1833909 - History sync may not be consistent across all devices

Status: UNCONFIRMED

(Firefox for iOS :: Sync, defect)

Description

[Jeremy]

I've sometimes noticed that the history can vary across devices. It happens that if I haven't browsed a link in a while, it may no longer appear when I type words from the title or even the domain name of the site into the address bar of Firefox for iOS, while I have no problem finding it on my computer using the same search in the history of the desktop version.

Of course, if the link is bookmarked, then there is no problem. But if I want to find an old link, like a recipe I haven't made in a long time for example, I have to find it on my computer first to send it to Firefox for iOS, which can't find the same link as the desktop version. Does Sync only save history up to a certain point in time?

Comment 1

[Mark Hammond [:markh] [:mhammond]]

We only sync the most 5000 recent visits, but we should do a better job at "backfilling" more.

Comment 2

[BugBot [:suhaib / :marco/ :calixte]]

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:jeevans, could you have a look please?

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Comment 3

[Denis Müller [:Webworkr]]

Related Android report:
Bug 1993866
Clearing history is not synced properly
Firefox for Android : History

Comment 4

[Denis Müller [:Webworkr]]

Probably related to Bug 578694 (Clearing history should wipe server and remote clients (desktop)).

Comment 5

[Mark Hammond [:markh] [:mhammond]]

(In reply to Denis Müller [:Webworkr] from comment #4)

Probably related to Bug 578694 (Clearing history should wipe server and remote clients (desktop)).

Maybe, but that's not obvious to me - there's no mention of a device wiping all history, and if that was involved, I'd expect the user would notice the deletion didn't sync almost immediately after doing the deletion, not a significant time later when some sites were not showing up on the device that did the wipe?