Edge Sync Error - datatype error was encountered: Permanent bookmark entities missing

Question

I decided to sort out my thousands of bookmarks a few days ago and I did delete a lot but now I am seeing this error in edge://sync-internals/ and now my bookmarks won't sync.

Bookmarks	0	0	Error: OnInitialUpdateReceived@../../components/sync_bookmarks/bookmark_model_type_processor.cc:472, datatype error was encountered: Permanent bookmark entities missing	Failed

I didn't delete and of the main folders so I don't know what entry is missing.

(This is happening in Dev and Canary)

does anyone know what are the Permanent bookmark entities?

Answer 1

I'm having this problem too. Everything else is syncing successfully, but passwords are getting this:

Passwords	196	196	Error: DataTypeManagerImpl@components/sync/driver/data_type_manager_impl.cc:89, datatype error was encountered: Preexisting controller error on Sync startup	Failed

Passwords were syncing properly between Android Edge and MacOS Edge. Then I got a new Mac and installed Edge and signed in, and passwords have never synced successfully.

Answer 2

Same problem, resetting didn't help!

Answer 3

I tried resetting again and making sure I was logged out of everywhere but I am now seeing this error:

Bookmarks	0	0	Error: DataTypeManagerImpl@../../components/sync/driver/data_type_manager_impl.cc:89, datatype error was encountered: Preexisting controller error on Sync startup	Failed

Answer 4

I have tried a reset but I don't think I logged out of all my devices, I will give that one a try

Answer 5

Hi beckett1,

If you haven't tried reset sync yet, I would for you to give that a try.  You do need to log out of your account on other browsers, including mobile.

1. Click on the three dots menu button.
2. Click on Settings.
3. Click on Sync.
4. Click on Reset sync at the bottom.
5. Make sure Resume sync on this device after resetting sync is checked.
6. Click on Reset.

Eric