I got some random selection of Bookmarks suddenly lost from Firefox Bookmark Folders, some Folders entirely cleared… I’m I the only one?!

    • 乇ㄥ乇¢ㄒ尺ㄖ@infosec.pubOP
      41·
      5 months ago

      Both, Sync is enabled… So if you lose something on either end you lose it on the other end…

      I was organizing my bookmarks, I spend the entire day in front of my PC, then at 1am I scrolled on my phone for a second, I started working again only to realize that the folder I’m working on has entries missing ( subfolders missing too ), started checking other folders, same… some Folders are still intact though… But for anyone ( not just me ) this is a disaster… Losing research and stuff… Luckily I enabled offline backups so I’m golden…

      Also, something that troubles me, is the fact I lost most of my bookmarks from folders that contain sensitive topics, like Politics…

      I try not to think about it, but it spooks me

      • sgibson5150@slrpnk.net
        2·
        5 months ago

        Oh dear.

        Edit: Just checked and my work bookmarks appear to be all there. I did a fresh backup through the Library tool just in case. Hope you get your issue sorted.

        • 乇ㄥ乇¢ㄒ尺ㄖ@infosec.pubOP
          2·
          5 months ago

          Hope you get your issue sorted.

          This seems to be a bug, affecting big sized folders ( Folders with subfolders and lots of Bookmarks ), these are the folders that got Bookmarks removed from them ( in my case they were political which spooked me a bit )…

          I should join Mozilla’s forums and talk about this, it’ll be noticed there by the Devs, but… yeah… Sync is not enough to save your Bookmarks, and you should always keep a local copy… Luckily I did … 😮‍💨

          • Dymonika@beehaw.org
            1·
            5 months ago

            Intriguing. How many bookmarks are we talking about, if you can estimate? Did the list extend off the monitor?

            • 乇ㄥ乇¢ㄒ尺ㄖ@infosec.pubOP
              1·
              5 months ago

              How many bookmarks are we talking about, if you can estimate?

              I’m guessing 100 bookmakrs lost

              Did the list extend off the monitor?

              What does this mean ? I have other Bookmarks stored in Tab Stash extension, they weren’t affected

              • Dymonika@beehaw.org
                1·
                5 months ago

                Wow, that is a lot of lost bookmarks. That sucks!

                What does this mean ?

                I meant if they were mostly in one folder, if the list is so long that when you open the folder, the bookmarks continue past the bottom of the screen so you’d have to scroll to reach the bottom. One of my folders is like that 😅👀

                • 乇ㄥ乇¢ㄒ尺ㄖ@infosec.pubOP
                  1·
                  5 months ago

                  that is a lot of lost bookmarks

                  Yeah, and a lot of research gone, and a lot of work to get them organized, I still have most of them in a local backup… 😮‍💨

                  the bookmarks continue past the bottom of the screen

                  Yeah, lol… In my case you have to scroll down to see other subfolders, which contain more subfolders and finally you get a list of Bookmarks that < again > goes off the screen…