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redm
Helpful | Level 6
6 years ago

A shared folder where the non-owner changes content, causes cursor loop with wrong data

FALSE POSITIVE REPORT -- this turned out to be a false positive with an overflow of the cursor length on our side causing repeat calls. Combined with the unexpected "delete" folder that occurs when y...
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    redm
    6 years ago

    Hi Greg,

    I have also been further investigating this. I believe something the problem is when we got the delete folder our storage of the cursor broke. This caused us to get a new cursor every time but not store it properly (overflow due to an unexpectedly lengthy cursory). This is what produced the symptoms. Sorry for the false report!

    This should be cleared as a false positive, however, thank you for clarifying the unexpected delete folder call we got stuck on, and for the quick response!

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