I have the "Dropbox Plus" subscription and I run the client on 4 computers. Yesterday (Monday, 13-Jan-2020) I signed onto my desktop (which is always on) and has a full local sync of my dropbox that a number of new files added Saturday had big red Xs on them -- JPEGs I had scanned Saturday and which were in sync to my laptop on Sunday morning. I checked my other workstation (also always on) and Dropbox wasn't even running. I launched it, and it pretty immediately ran a "one time update". Once this completed, it appeared to go into a full-on sync mode, indexing thousands of files and downloading thousands more (my total dropbox footprint is ~17k files, 600 GB of data). This has been running for 24 hours without making any apparent progress, despite the drive being materially in sync with my first workstation (using BeyondCompare to check). Plus not enough system activity to indicate any actual indexing or download was taking place. I paused workstation 2, uninstalled dropbox on workstation 1 and reinstalled it. Just prior to this, workstation 1 was "stuck" uploading 2 files and downloading 7 files, which it had been on since last night. Workstation 1 now shows "indexing" for around 8k files and "downloading" for 9k files. Trouble is, Resource Monitor doesn't show disk activity or network activity for that kind of activity. What's going on? I was perfectly in sync as of Saturday morning and over the last 24 hours it's gotten bad. Oddly, my laptop ("laptop 1") is apparently fine, showing more or less normal sync status as far as I can tell (and is on build 88.4.172).

Finally! SUCCESS. After 2 weeks of troubleshooting I'm "Up to date", fully sync'd.Symptom #1: "Syncing...." (with no indication of # of files) Dropbox dies after it runs out of memory.Root cause #1: A circular symlink that allowed for infinite path tranversal (e.g.: /root/a/b/c/d/symlinkto-b/c/d/symlinkto-b/c/d/symlinkto-b/c/d/etc..)Solution #1: Rearrange the symlinks so they cannot be infinitely traversed.---Symptom #2: Stuck at "Syncing ####, Downloading ####, Uploading ####" sometimes w/ speeds like 0.1k/s. Dropbox eats memory over time but never makes progress. The point at which it gets stuck seems random.Root cause #2: I run multiple applications within my Dropbox folder. Some of them use or create files that are not owned by the same user/process that Dropbox is using. So Dropbox doesn't have access to read *and* write to every single file that is created/updated by the applications. Solution #3: Ensure *EVERY* file within Dropbox's reach (including inside/past/through/beyond symlinks) is fully owned RW (read-write permissions) by the same user/account/process as the Dropbox process. The "Fix Permissions" button attempts to automate this, but who knows if it always works.---Key point: My system as it was before, lasted for 4-6 years worth of Dropbox updates. In the past if Dropbox couldn't read/sync/access a file, it would continue on sync'ing everything else. If I gave it READ access to the unsync'd file, that was enough, it could sync and move on.There were obviously some significant changes to Dropbox in the past few weeks that have made it so if you have 1 single file that cannot be changed (WRITE, UPDATE) by Dropbox, it will destroy your entire sync with no indication what's going on. This is crazy, counterintuitive, and shame on Dropbox for not communicating this major change to us. I'm on Linux, so it's pretty straight forward to search for files that Dropbox cannot edit (+w). Windows isn't as friendly and likes to hide files, so if you're on Windows it may require some extra searching to locate the culprit(s). Be sure to try the "Fix Permissions" button and check all symlinks to see if they're circular.To Daphne 's credit, if I had followed her troubleshooting steps TO THE LETTER (delete all symlinks, run the custom Linux Fix Permissions script), I probably would have solved this sooner. However, the reality of live applications running on this server coupled with the fact that everything worked as-is for 4-6 years made me very skeptical. To Dropbox's non-credit (debt?) -- WAKE UP and provide a detailed CHANGELOG to your users like every other company on the planet. The one you give now is quite shallow and never mentioned this change. Something this significant is even worthy of a technical blog post from your engineers. I wish I could send you a bill for my 40+ hours of trouble.

From what I've read in this thread, it seems the Dropbox update has caused widespread syncing problems.My guess is that Dropbox does not have adequate server capacity to handle all of the re-syncing that is being requested, and that explains the low download rates users are experiencing.Unfortunately, it's unlikely Dropbox will acknowledge this, because it would imply they need to offer some form of compensation to users for not providing the service level paid for.So instead, Dropbox appears to be running a disinformation campaign portraying the issue as caused by users, such as the symlink problem that keeps coming up in support messages.Ironically, Dropbox's advice that users keep trying to re-sync simply maintains the overload of server requests, perpetuating the problem.But Dropbox makes millions from many users, so the delay is not much to them. However, individual users who cannot access files are losing productivity and reputation in their own work, which matters a lot. Dropbox needs to understand that.

C´mon guys @Dropbox ... What is going on? The thing is stuck at "Syncing" ... THIS IS A BUG, please do kindly fix it.Thanks in advance

Hey @Shawn B.14!I'm having the exact same problem here! Did you find out anything that helps to solve this situation?I've tried both "Fix permissions" and "Fix hardlinks", and apparently neither did work.I'm currently working in a team project and I don't get any updates from my coworkers, althought I receive their notifications.Thanks in advance.

Yes I am having the exact same problem!- Notification stuck at 'Syncing...'- Just happened all of a sudden with recent Dropbox update 88.4.172- Tried the 'Fix hardlinks' and 'Fix permissions' and didn't help.- Wasted hours with tech support about this and they kept insisting it's just a "wait and let it sync" thing!So many people are experiencing the same thing so clearly it's a bug! If so many people are complaining about this issue then it's time Dropbox look at what's really happening instead of giving us generic solutions.I clearly explained to the tech support what was happening and they kept insisting I just need to let it "Sync" when I told them the Sync is stuck/not doing anything and that I have nothing to upload/download/re-index.If you log out and then rename your Dropbox folder to something else and then create a new empty Dropbox folder then log back in, Dropbox will actually start the full sync and download process SHOWING notification updates like 'Downloading 10 files...'. But the download speed is massively slow. Again, there are many complaints that download speed is slow recently but Dropbox will handball it with generic solutions.

Dropbox is stuck syncing after an update, what can I do?

MaxLebled

Helpful | Level 6

5 years ago

Recently I've had the initial starting/indexing bit take ten minutes, instead of ten seconds. I'm not sure when it started happening exactly, but I'm positive it was in the last two weeks, much like many of the users here.

Note that I use two symbolic links with Dropbox... but they are FROM my Dropbox TO another location. That is to say, I am using the symlink to present e.g. D:/Dropbox/blah/ as C:/.../.../.../.../blah/. (The folder icon with the shortcut icon added to it is outside Dropbox.) So as far as I understand things, the actual symbolic links are outside Dropbox. This may be an important detail.

I guess I was fortunate enough to have the app merely be very slow instead of stuck... where it gets very interesting is that this is happening on a laptop I have not touched during that time, so my best guess is that it's something wrong in the Dropbox app.

Like others, I am seeing basically 0 drive activity and 100% usage on one core during this issue.

Once the app gets past "Starting..." (which takes about a minute), it then gets stuck on "Indexing 1 file" (displayed as "Syncing 1 file" in the expanded tray) for about 3 to 4 minutes. It then goes to just "Syncing..." for 2 or 3 more minutes.

Using Resource Monitor, I see Dropbox calling for the following files:

During "startup":

During "indexing 1 file..."

Let me know if there is any additional information I can provide (logs etc)

Thanks.

Matt F.16

Collaborator | Level 9

5 years ago

For the past 8 hours my machine has been stuck at...

Syncing 723 files
Uploading 390 files...
Downloading 333 files...

Dropboxd is currently using 100% of a core, 10GB of RAM, and is at 462 minutes on the CPU. I'm not optimistic.

Matt F.16

Collaborator | Level 9

5 years ago

This seems to indicate Dropbox is not actually syncing my files:

$> lsof -p <dropbox pid>

COMMAND   PID USER   FD      TYPE             DEVICE  SIZE/OFF     NODE NAME
dropbox 30902 matt  cwd       DIR                8,2      4096 63176758 /home/matt
dropbox 30902 matt  rtd       DIR                8,2      4096        2 /
dropbox 30902 matt  txt       REG                8,2  11181752 63177210 /home/matt/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-89.4.278/dropbox
dropbox 30902 matt  mem       REG                8,2   4033420 20187078 /usr/share/fonts/truetype/droid/DroidSansFallbackFull.ttf
dropbox 30902 matt  mem       REG                8,2    757076 20187044 /usr/share/fonts/truetype/dejavu/DejaVuSans.ttf
dropbox 30902 matt  mem-W     REG                8,2  10485760 63177021 /home/matt/.dropbox/logs/1/1-6013-5e2b6f23.tmp
dropbox 30902 matt  mem       REG                8,2    101168 81269470 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libresolv-2.27.so
dropbox 30902 matt  mem       REG                8,2     26936 81269448 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libnss_dns-2.27.so
dropbox 30902 matt  mem       REG                8,2     97176 81269446 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libnsl-2.27.so
dropbox 30902 matt  mem       REG                8,2     47576 81269451 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libnss_nis-2.27.so
dropbox 30902 matt  mem       REG                8,2     39744 81269447 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libnss_compat-2.27.so
dropbox 30902 matt  mem       REG                8,2     84032 81269422 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgpg-error.so.0.22.0
dropbox 30902 matt  mem       REG                8,2   1159864 81264667 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgcrypt.so.20.2.1
dropbox 30902 matt  mem       REG                8,2    112672 15472430 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/liblz4.so.1.7.1
dropbox 30902 matt  mem       REG                8,2    153984 81269433 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/liblzma.so.5.2.2
dropbox 30902 matt  mem       REG                8,2    536648 81264984 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libsystemd.so.0.21.0
dropbox 30902 matt  mem       REG                8,2    313496 81264967 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdbus-1.so.3.19.4
dropbox 30902 matt  mem       REG                8,2   3779465 63176906 /home/matt/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-89.4.278/resources/resources_images.rcc
dropbox 30902 matt  mem       REG                8,2     39240 15474924 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXcursor.so.1.0.2
dropbox 30902 matt  mem       REG                8,2     47568 81269449 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libnss_files-2.27.so
dropbox 30902 matt  mem       REG                8,2    202672 15472534 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpng16.so.16.34.0
dropbox 30902 matt  mem       REG                8,2    202880 81265008 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libexpat.so.1.6.7
dropbox 30902 matt  mem       REG                8,2     27112 81264806 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libuuid.so.1.3.0
dropbox 30902 matt  mem       REG                8,2     39448 15473573 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXrender.so.1.3.0
dropbox 30902 matt  mem       REG                8,2    735704 15472385 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libfreetype.so.6.15.0
dropbox 30902 matt  mem       REG                8,2    281984 15473487 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libfontconfig.so.1.10.1
dropbox 30902 matt  mem       REG                8,2     97952 15467408 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libICE.so.6.3.0
dropbox 30902 matt  mem       REG                8,2     30960 15467703 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libSM.so.6.0.1
dropbox 30902 matt  mem       REG                8,2   1410856 63176975 /home/matt/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-89.4.278/libQt5XcbQpa.so.5
dropbox 30902 matt  mem       REG                8,2   6983864 63177204 /home/matt/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-89.4.278/libQt5Widgets.so.5
dropbox 30902 matt  mem       REG                8,2   5404096 63177223 /home/matt/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-89.4.278/PyQt5.QtWidgets.cpython-37m-x86_64-linux-gnu.so
dropbox 30902 matt  mem       REG                8,2    213824 63177202 /home/matt/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-89.4.278/PyQt5.QtDBus.cpython-37m-x86_64-linux-gnu.so
dropbox 30902 matt  mem       REG                8,2   4186752 63177186 /home/matt/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-89.4.278/libQt5Network.so.5
dropbox 30902 matt  mem       REG                8,2    776480 63177196 /home/matt/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-89.4.278/PyQt5.QtNetwork.cpython-37m-x86_64-linux-gnu.so
dropbox 30902 matt  mem       REG                8,2     80104 81264669 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libbsd.so.0.8.7
dropbox 30902 matt  mem       REG                8,2     22616 15472349 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXdmcp.so.6.0.0
dropbox 30902 matt  mem       REG                8,2     14456 15472348 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXau.so.6.0.0
dropbox 30902 matt  mem       REG                8,2     55640 63177002 /home/matt/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-89.4.278/libdrm.so.2
dropbox 30902 matt  mem       REG                8,2     22784 15468798 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXxf86vm.so.1.0.0
dropbox 30902 matt  mem       REG                8,2      6160 15474692 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libxshmfence.so.1.0.0
dropbox 30902 matt  mem       REG                8,2    162232 15468761 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libxcb.so.1.1.0
dropbox 30902 matt  mem       REG                8,2     26712 15470185 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libxcb-sync.so.1.0.0
dropbox 30902 matt  mem       REG                8,2     10296 15467366 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libxcb-present.so.0.0.0
dropbox 30902 matt  mem       REG                8,2     14408 15467362 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libxcb-dri3.so.0.0.0
dropbox 30902 matt  mem       REG                8,2     18488 15466728 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libxcb-dri2.so.0.0.0
dropbox 30902 matt  mem       REG                8,2    108600 15475517 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libxcb-glx.so.0.0.0
dropbox 30902 matt  mem       REG                8,2   1277384 15466709 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libX11.so.6.3.0
dropbox 30902 matt  mem       REG                8,2      5992 63176995 /home/matt/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-89.4.278/libX11-xcb.so.1
dropbox 30902 matt  mem       REG                8,2     22640 15472975 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXfixes.so.3.1.0
dropbox 30902 matt  mem       REG                8,2     10272 15474926 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXdamage.so.1.1.0
dropbox 30902 matt  mem       REG                8,2     73640 15472350 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXext.so.6.4.0
dropbox 30902 matt  mem       REG                8,2    211192 15468297 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglapi.so.0.0.0
dropbox 30902 matt  mem       REG                8,2    413968 63177209 /home/matt/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-89.4.278/libGL.so.1
dropbox 30902 matt  mem       REG                8,2   6304008 63177199 /home/matt/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-89.4.278/libQt5Gui.so.5
dropbox 30902 matt  mem       REG                8,2   3225712 63177188 /home/matt/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-89.4.278/PyQt5.QtGui.cpython-37m-x86_64-linux-gnu.so
dropbox 30902 matt  mem       REG                8,2    127984 63176901 /home/matt/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-89.4.278/sip.cpython-37m-x86_64-linux-gnu.so
dropbox 30902 matt  mem       REG                8,2    521128 63176900 /home/matt/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-89.4.278/libQt5DBus.so.5
dropbox 30902 matt  mem       REG                8,2    464824 81269461 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpcre.so.3.13.3
dropbox 30902 matt  mem       REG                8,2   1137968 15467206 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0.5600.4
dropbox 30902 matt  mem       REG                8,2      5984 15467830 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgthread-2.0.so.0.5600.4
dropbox 30902 matt  mem       REG                8,2  16011928 63177195 /home/matt/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-89.4.278/libicudata.so.42
dropbox 30902 matt  mem       REG                8,2   1504304 63177184 /home/matt/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-89.4.278/libicuuc.so.42
dropbox 30902 matt  mem       REG                8,2   1685512 63177227 /home/matt/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-89.4.278/libicui18n.so.42
dropbox 30902 matt  mem       REG                8,2   5515832 63177185 /home/matt/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-89.4.278/libQt5Core.so.5
dropbox 30902 matt  mem-W     REG                8,2  10485760 63176777 /home/matt/.dropbox/logs/1/1-9a5b-5e2b6f21.tmp
dropbox 30902 matt  mem       REG                8,2    116960 81269487 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libz.so.1.2.11
dropbox 30902 matt  mem       REG                8,2   2849072 63177224 /home/matt/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-89.4.278/PyQt5.QtCore.cpython-37m-x86_64-linux-gnu.so
dropbox 30902 matt  mem       REG                8,2     11436 63176893 /home/matt/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-89.4.278/libdropbox_sqlite_ext.so
dropbox 30902 matt  mem       REG                8,2     27930 63176993 /home/matt/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-89.4.278/libdropbox_tprt.so
dropbox 30902 matt  mem       REG                8,2     26704 63177205 /home/matt/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-89.4.278/libatomic.so.1
dropbox 30902 matt  mem       REG                8,2    108424 63177193 /home/matt/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-89.4.278/tprt.cpython-37m-x86_64-linux-gnu.so
dropbox 30902 matt  mem       REG                8,2  27343308 63177187 /home/matt/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-89.4.278/libdropbox_nucleus.so
dropbox 30902 matt  mem       REG                8,2   1594864 15467142 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6.0.25
dropbox 30902 matt  mem       REG                8,2     92400 63177180 /home/matt/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-89.4.278/nucleus_python.cpython-37m-x86_64-linux-gnu.so
dropbox 30902 matt  mem       REG                8,2     32024 63177192 /home/matt/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-89.4.278/_yappi.cpython-37m-x86_64-linux-gnu.so
dropbox 30902 matt  mem       REG                8,2     10200 63177211 /home/matt/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-89.4.278/linuxffi_gnu_native.cpython-37m-x86_64-linux-gnu.so
dropbox 30902 matt  mem       REG                8,2     10392 63177197 /home/matt/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-89.4.278/posixffi_libc_native.cpython-37m-x86_64-linux-gnu.so
dropbox 30902 matt  mem       REG                8,2     10312 63176973 /home/matt/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-89.4.278/linuxffi_sys_native.cpython-37m-x86_64-linux-gnu.so
dropbox 30902 matt  mem       REG                8,2     56024 63177206 /home/matt/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-89.4.278/librsync.so.1
dropbox 30902 matt  mem       REG                8,2     14584 63177208 /home/matt/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-89.4.278/librsyncffi_native.cpython-37m-x86_64-linux-gnu.so
dropbox 30902 matt  mem       REG                8,2      6080 63177201 /home/matt/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-89.4.278/linuxffi_resolv_native.cpython-37m-x86_64-linux-gnu.so
dropbox 30902 matt  mem       REG                8,2      6352 63176985 /home/matt/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-89.4.278/tornado.speedups.cpython-37m-x86_64-linux-gnu.so
dropbox 30902 matt  mem       REG                8,2     96616 81264982 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgcc_s.so.1
dropbox 30902 matt  mem       REG                8,2     31680 81269471 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/librt-2.27.so
dropbox 30902 matt  mem       REG                8,2   8624422 63176984 /home/matt/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-89.4.278/libdropbox_apex.so
dropbox 30902 matt  mem       REG                8,2     44056 63177200 /home/matt/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-89.4.278/apex._apex.cpython-37m-x86_64-linux-gnu.so
dropbox 30902 matt  mem       REG                8,2     10208 63176994 /home/matt/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-89.4.278/cpuid_native.cpython-37m-x86_64-linux-gnu.so
dropbox 30902 matt  mem       REG                8,2     10208 63177203 /home/matt/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-89.4.278/linuxffi_pthread_native.cpython-37m-x86_64-linux-gnu.so
dropbox 30902 matt  mem       REG                8,2     14864 63176966 /home/matt/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-89.4.278/psutil._psutil_posix.cpython-37m-x86_64-linux-gnu.so
dropbox 30902 matt  mem       REG                8,2     23760 63177213 /home/matt/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-89.4.278/psutil._psutil_linux.cpython-37m-x86_64-linux-gnu.so
dropbox 30902 matt  mem       REG                8,2    350992 63176911 /home/matt/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-89.4.278/_decimal.cpython-37m-x86_64-linux-gnu.so
dropbox 30902 matt  mem       REG                8,2     78408 63176990 /home/matt/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-89.4.278/fastpath.cpython-37m-x86_64-linux-gnu.so
dropbox 30902 matt  mem       REG                8,2    131176 63177212 /home/matt/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-89.4.278/_ctypes.cpython-37m-x86_64-linux-gnu.so
dropbox 30902 matt  mem       REG                8,2     10448 63176910 /home/matt/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-89.4.278/cryptography.hazmat.bindings._padding.cpython-37m-x86_64-linux-gnu.so
dropbox 30902 matt  mem       REG                8,2   3545904 63177198 /home/matt/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-89.4.278/cryptography.hazmat.bindings._openssl.cpython-37m-x86_64-linux-gnu.so
dropbox 30902 matt  mem       REG                8,2     44448 29364817 /var/cache/fontconfig/945677eb7aeaf62f1d50efc3fb3ec7d8-le64.cache-7
dropbox 30902 matt  mem       REG                8,2     39280 63177194 /home/matt/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-89.4.278/libffi.so.6
dropbox 30902 matt  mem       REG                8,2    203856 63177222 /home/matt/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-89.4.278/_cffi_backend.cpython-37m-x86_64-linux-gnu.so
dropbox 30902 matt  mem       REG                8,2     10472 63177181 /home/matt/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-89.4.278/cryptography.hazmat.bindings._constant_time.cpython-37m-x86_64-linux-gnu.so
dropbox 30902 matt  mem       REG                8,2      2112 29364824 /var/cache/fontconfig/0bd3dc0958fa2205aaaa8ebb13e2872b-le64.cache-7
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dropbox 30902 matt  mem-r     REG                8,2     32768 63176779 /home/matt/.dropbox/instance1/sync/nucleus.sqlite3-shm
dropbox 30902 matt  mem       REG                8,2   2030544 81269402 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc-2.27.so
dropbox 30902 matt  mem       REG                8,2    144976 81269467 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpthread-2.27.so
dropbox 30902 matt  mem       REG                8,2   1700792 81269435 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libm-2.27.so
dropbox 30902 matt  mem       REG                8,2     10592 81269484 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libutil-2.27.so
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Shawn599
Helpful | Level 6
5 years ago
I switched from Google Drive to Dropbox 16 months ago, because Google Drive maxed out my CPU, duplicated folders and files, took forever to scroll files, and more. The particulars are at https://www.quora.com/Why-is-Google-Drive-so-slow-for-downloading-and-uploading
Dropbox was a breath of fresh air. Low CPU use, fast uploads and downloads, fast indexing, fast scrolling through many files online. I was very happy to pay double the cost per terabyte at the time.
Now, I wonder if Dropbox is starting to move away from developing smaller-scale online backup like Google Drive did. If so, from a few decades' experience with software, the only solution I know of would be to move to a new company who wants new customers needing good backup solutions.
- Server_Align
  Collaborator | Level 10
  5 years ago
  FOR Anyone witrh the NEW relase that is now STUCK syncing/restarting/limbo
  OK what appears is the database DB uses to monitor your files was "updated" and the process requires a reindex. For reasons unknown thios doesnt seem to work anywhere near well enough.
  Here was my solution to get around it.
  1) UNLINK the PC, restart
  2) rename the DROPBOX folder OLDBOX
  3) LINK the PC, during signup, select to selectively sync NOTHING!
  4) Once upto date (with no files present), change your settings to what they used to be, like save space settings etc, and apply
  5) Once upto date (should be near instant), change the selective sync to what it used to be, and apply.
  6) shutdown the DB app
  7) move the content of the saved folder OLDBOX over top the the current dropbox content
  8) start the DB app again
  9) await it to sync/check/update (takes a while but is a **bleep** load faster now)
  
  Its STEP 5 that I think helps, when you have cloud only files I expect you get all the reindex data sent to you from the dropbox servers as you dont have the files so cant reindex them. Then when you replace those with the original files and restart the app, it sees a real file and compares the content to the index data, and finds it the same so moves on. This appears alot quicker than reindexing the original files and then comparing it to the dropbox servers index data, its likely just a timing or bulk activity thing, that you get sent all the index data at once when you change the selective sync rather than fetching it yourself form the file then comparing that to the servers one file at a time.
  
  I just got a server with 2+TB in 700k+ of files back up.
  While it was processing a few files were updated rempotely and the syustem dealt with them as they appeared, likely on a sperate execution thread.
  
  Hope this helps someone at least!
  - S34W0LF
    Helpful | Level 6
    5 years ago
    It helped me! Woohoo! @Server_Align you are the man! Thank you so much.
    https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Files-folders/Dropbox-is-stuck-syncing-after-an-update-what-can-I-do/m-p/393147/highlight/true#M143038
    It is syncing now, will need a couple of days it seems, but I am unstuck!
    For reference, I was stuck in "Syncing..." status for 13 days. No crashes, No CPU or Memory consumption, it was just sitting there "Syncing..."
    Server_Align 's trick did the job. I do not see extended double files or anything, new files from the cloud are downloading and my "stuck" files are being uploaded, all seems fine.
    Thanks again!
Daphne
Dropbox Staff
5 years ago
Hey Shawn B.14, I hope you're well today!

After some updates or reinstallations, it would be expected that the desktop app does a quick reindex of your files. However, the stuck syncing seems to be the problem here.

Can you try the following steps to see if they do the trick:

Click the Dropbox icon in your system tray.

Click the profile pic/initials icon in the top right of the window.

Choose "Preferences..."

Go to the "Account" tab.

While holding the Space bar key, click "Fix Hardlinks".

If you don't see any progress in the syncing status after a short period of time, please try the above again but instead choose "Fix permissions".

You can try this with both devices, but I'd suggest trying the steps with workstation 2 first.

Let me know how it goes!
- Shawn B.14
  Helpful | Level 6
  5 years ago
  I did both these steps without any apparent change in sync/indexing status or any change in system load which would indicate actual indexing or sync activity.
  If anything, I'd say it's gotten slightly worse as the "indexing" count is up to 8k now.
  What's the next troubleshooting step, an "advanced reinstall"?
  - Daphne
    Dropbox Staff
    5 years ago
    Hey Shawn B.14, apologies for the delayed reply here!
    
    Can you let me know if you've had any progress with the syncing at all?
    
    Usually, if incorrect permissions are the cause of stuck syncing, applying the fixes mentioned above would allow syncing to progress so it may be expected that the number increases for a time while the app works away.
    
    Keep me posted - thanks!
- user2891
  Helpful | Level 6
  5 years ago
  Hi @Daphne, I do not have the Fix Hardlinks or Fix Permissions options in the account section of my dropbox preferences.
  What can I do?
- rheilmann15
  New member | Level 2
  5 years ago
  Tried all the fixes suggested by @Daphne and still not working. This is clearly a widespread issue. I have 3 machines that are having the same stuck on connecting/synching issue.
hoegge
Helpful | Level 5
5 years ago
Also have problem here. This machine has been online uninterrupted on a 1GBit internet connectio, still, though, it says 65 files to sync, taking several days, suddenly says 45 files and 2 days and then changes back. What is going on? Dropbox is communicating over network at around 150 bps. There is no way to see what files are being synced and queued - and what direction. If the UI showed this, at least the user would be able to see if things seem to be right or not. Dropbox also restarted several times yesterday, doing 3 updates. So I removed it, cleared the cache and reinstalled. But is still syncing. Have checked for links and permission a month ago (running on Windows). Now it says 37 files +2 days - how is that possible? Something is clearly wrong with DropBox at the moment. In the past there were never such problems.
- Shawn599
  Helpful | Level 6
  5 years ago
  Ah, sweet relief. Online file storage is working as it should now. OneDrive is syncing like a Swiss watch and I canceled my Dropbox Plus account. I have a big smile on my face. :grin:
- Server_Align
  Collaborator | Level 10
  5 years ago
  hoegge wrote:
  
  ... Now it says 37 files +2 days - how is that possible? ...
  
  It's say +2 days because its not getting anywhere with the syncing of these files.
  
  If your down to 65 I would suggest this approach. (assuming windows but my understanding is mac has similar icons)
  
  Open file explorer, enter the dropbox folder, look for the folder with the spinning icon of still syncing, and then enter that folder, and repeat until you find the files it is still syncing, and DOWNLOAD them if in ther cloud only and UPLOAD them if on the device only, and examine and make a choise if on both.
  
  I just had a device that was stuck at 31 files and I found them all in one folder and a few subfolders, nothing looked special about the folder, I tried the making the cloud only then local again, no fix, so I just downloaded the folder then unpacked the zip over the local device copy, this synced to the cloud and the app dropped to "up to date" about 15 seconds later.
  - marcoross83
    Helpful | Level 5
    5 years ago
    I removed boxifier and installed it again several times: dropbox is always stuck. I just opened a google drive account, and I'm going to close my dropbox plan soon, as I don't see any progress in the solution of the problem. We gave you several weeks to fix, but we don't have an endless patience....

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