Syncing Root folder between Chrome <138 and Chrome >= 138

[ForeverInfinity]

Which version of floccus are you using?

5.6.0

How many bookmarks do you have, roughly?

200-300

Are you using other means to sync bookmarks in parallel to floccus?

Yes, I sync bookmarks on Chrome and Edge through my Google account and MS account respectively

Sync method

Google Drive

Which browser are you using? In case you are using the phone App, specify the Android or iOS version and device please.

Edge 139

Which version of Nextcloud Bookmarks are you using? (if relevant)

I don't know this

Which version of Nextcloud? (if relevant)

I don't know this

What kind of WebDAV server are you using? (if relevant)

No response

Describe the Bug

My Chrome can pull and push bookmarks smoothly, but Edge has been unable to sync bookmarks for the past two weeks. I tried to clear the local bookmarks and try to pull again, but I got a blank bookmark folder.

floccus-5.6.0-2025-08-29-redacted.log

Expected Behavior

The bookmarks I stored in Google Drive should appear in Edge Favorites

To Reproduce

I exported a profile from Chrome and imported it into Edge, then immediately manually synced my favorites, but my bookmarks didn't appear in my favorites as expected.

Debug log provided

• I have provided a debug log file

[github-actions]

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[marcelklehr]

Hi @ForeverInfinity
Could you check in your Edge Browser the following URL: edge://version/ to see which chromium version your Edge version is based on? Also, could you find out the version of Chrome you are using?

[ForeverInfinity]

Hi @ForeverInfinity Could you check in your Edge Browser the following URL: edge://version/ to see which chromium version your Edge version is based on? Also, could you find out the version of Chrome you are using?

This is my version page

[marcelklehr]

And which version of chrome are you using on the other device that you were talking about that works?

[ForeverInfinity]

This is my chrome version, the plugin works fine

[marcelklehr]

Ah, there's the issue. You're using Cent Browser which is based on Chrome 132 under the hood, while Edge uses Chrome 139.

Basically, you can either

1. choose to sync the Toolbar and the Other bookmarks folder separately in floccus by creating two profiles, one for each, instead of creating one profile for the root folder. This way you can sync browsers from before Chrome 138 with browser after Chrome 138.
2. or you can choose to only use Browsers that are all based on either Chrome <138 or all based on Chrome >= 138.

Syncing the root folder from a browser with Chrome <138 to a browser with Chrome >=138 doesn't work due to a change in how Chrome exposes bookmarks to extensions.

[ForeverInfinity]

Thanks, I will try your answer