syncthing-macos: macOS Ventura 13.0 sync fails due to com.apple.provenance metadata

update: This should be fixed once v1.22.2 is released, scroll down for details…

Since upgrading one of my Macs to Ventura 13.0, my folder will no longer sync (getting stuck on a piece of undocumented metadata called com.apple.provenance

I have tried removing the xattr with sudo xattr -d com.apple.provenance /path/to/file but that isn’t working either.

Google has nothing about this really… anyone else running into this? Using syncthing-macos 1.22.0-1

see related post on ST forum

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State: closed
Created 2 years ago
Comments: 18 (11 by maintainers)

Commits related to this issue

Update README.md Add FAQ note about syncing xattrs from macOS 13.0 to macOS < 13.0. See issue #185. — committed to syncthing/syncthing-macos by xor-gate 2 years ago

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Syncthing macOS is now shipping with release v1.22.2 (see commit https://github.com/syncthing/syncthing-macos/commit/bf62e121108d188e68d346ceb92c150630b0808b). Only the auto-updater is broken for some unknown reason, you can wait or download the signed/secure DMG.

xor-gate on Dec 9, 2022

Compiled a build this morning based on v1.22.2-rc.2 and this is now 100% fixed for me 👍

luckman212 on Nov 11, 2022

Note from @luckman212 (here https://github.com/syncthing/syncthing-macos/issues/154#issuecomment-1307221618) copied over here for convience:

Just adding this note here related to debugging going on over at https://forum.syncthing.net/t/com-apple-provenance/19262/17

For anyone who wants to increase the logfile size using the macOS bundle, you can use:

# sets logfile size to 50MB, and keep the last 5 during logrotate 
defaults write com.github.xor-gate.syncthing-macosx Arguments '--log-max-size=52428800 --log-max-old-files=5'

And when you’re done debugging, use this to revert things back to default:

defaults delete com.github.xor-gate.syncthing-macosx Arguments

I believe you need to fully quit the Syncthing app after each of these changes (not just stop/start the service) for it to take effect.

Thanks @luckman212 !

xor-gate on Nov 8, 2022

The README.md has been updated with appropiate information. Manual editing is the only way for now. See commit https://github.com/syncthing/syncthing-macos/commit/7fa1d1a0daa234638f0a3241f833da76677c8231

xor-gate on Nov 6, 2022

As noted on the forum, this can be disabled by configuration, unfortunately only by hand editing the config at the moment:

<folder id="..." ...>
  <xattrFilter>
    ...
    <entry match="com.apple.provenance" permit="false"/>
    <entry match="*" permit="true"/>
  </xattrFilter>
</folder>

We might want to look into some sort of default black list per operating system perhaps, in the future.

calmh on Nov 6, 2022