Pain point · Reliability & bugs · Blocks work
Reinstall re-downloads every file and creates conflicts for identical files
1 source thread · first seen 2023-11
Summary
After a full client reinstall, all existing files are downloaded individually and conflict with identical local and server copies because hashes are not checked first.
- Affects
- desktop client users
Evidence
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“A successful complete reinstall downloads all the existing files individually, creating conflicts with identical(!?) local and server files”