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Initial scan with virtual filesystem enabled starts from scratch if it's interrupted
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Expected behaviour
When setting up Nextcloud with virtual filesystem enabled, it tries to scan every single folder in Nextcloud. This can take a while (hours or days) since TB of data comprising hundreds of thousands of files must be scanned for changes.
Sometimes it's not possible to leave a computer on for such a longs periods, or sometimes there's a small network downtime that interrupts that scan. In those case, I'd expect that the scan continues at the point where it left.
Moreover, I noticed that the "symbolic links" (probably not the correct term) to the files stored in the server are not created until all files have been checked for changes once, so it's not possible to access any of them until the very end. It would be more convenient if they were created on the go.
Actual behaviour
The initial scan starts from scratch once again. In my case, I have to make sure that the computer that is going to use nextcloud is not turned off for ~15 hours, and make sure there will be network interruptions or nothing accesses the Nextcloud folder, since these things might trigger it to start once again from scratch.
Once workaround that I had used in the past was to exclude the largest folders first, by editing the ignored files options. But since that configuration is also saved in the nextcloud folder, and it's often still not available, it is not until the first scan has finished that you can edit that file.
Steps to reproduce
- Install Desktop client.
- Configure your account.
- Start the initial sync.
- Pause and resume the sync.
Client configuration
Client version: 3.3.5,
Operating system: both in Windows 10 and Ubuntu 20.04.
OS language: English
Installation path of client: C:\Program Files\Nextcloud
Server configuration
Nextcloud version: 22.1.0
Storage backend (external storage): sshfs
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I can confirm that this behavior also happens in MacOS Monterrey. I have been trying to do the initial sync in a macbook pro, and for reason, if it gets interrupted, it starts all over again. So far it's been syncing for more than 6 hours, but most of the time it's just checking the same folders over and over again.
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I can confirm this issue is still present with the client v3.4.4. I reinstalled the operating system, and now the initial sync started. I estimate that it will take 10-15 uninterrupted hours to complete.
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