Synchronization happens every 10 seconds even if nothing has changed

[iJorgen]

Operating system

Linux

Joplin version

2.14.11

Desktop version info

Joplin 2.14.11 (prod, linux)

Client ID:
Sync Version: 3
Profile Version: 45
Keychain Supported: No

Revision: 0f9d6a1

Simple Backup: 1.3.6

Current behaviour

The desktop client checks for changes every 10 seconds even if no changes are made. This happens 24/7 and it finds nothing to synchronize, just the spinning wheel and a message that it's completed "Completed: 2024-01-29 16:40 (2s)".

Using "1 hour" as the "Synchronization interval" under settings.

Expected behaviour

Follow the setting under "Synchronization interval" or sync only after a while when changes are made locally.

Logs

No response

[marph91]

Same for me:

• Joplin 2.14.11 (prod, linux)
• Synchronization interval: 5 minutes
• Sync target: self-hosted nextcloud

[personalizedrefrigerator]

I can reproduce this with Joplin Server sync (synchronization interval: 1 hour, Joplin in dev mode, v2.14.11), but not filesystem sync.

[personalizedrefrigerator]

I'm getting a large number of

10:02:21: App: "syncInfoCache" was changed - setting up encryption related code

messages in the log.

The relevant code seems to trigger a sync 10 seconds in the future:

joplin/packages/lib/BaseApplication.ts

Lines 370 to 380 in 99e8818

	// changed. This is not optimal but:
	// - The sync target info rarely changes.
	// - All the calls below are cheap or do nothing if there's nothing
	// to do.
	'syncInfoCache': async () => {
	if (this.hasGui()) {
	appLogger.info('"syncInfoCache" was changed - setting up encryption related code');
	await loadMasterKeysFromSettings(EncryptionService.instance());
	void DecryptionWorker.instance().scheduleStart();
	const loadedMasterKeyIds = EncryptionService.instance().loadedMasterKeyIds();

joplin/packages/lib/BaseApplication.ts

Lines 385 to 390 in 99e8818

	});
	// Schedule a sync operation so that items that need to be encrypted
	// are sent to sync target.
	void reg.scheduleSync();
	}

joplin/packages/lib/registry.ts

Lines 89 to 94 in 99e8818

	public scheduleSync = async (delay: number = null, syncOptions: any = null, doWifiConnectionCheck = false) => {
	this.schedSyncCalls_.push(true);
	try {
	if (delay === null) delay = 1000 * 10;
	if (syncOptions === null) syncOptions = {};

[personalizedrefrigerator]

From a git bisect, 7b06090 seems to be the first commit with this issue.

[stevemagruder]

I've noted this in the Joplin forum, but this applies to the Windows app as well. I'm seeing the same issue happen with a 30-minute interval set. (this is a "for the record" statement, given the above code fix covers Windows too)