ttrss "starred" status not being updated by News+ #88

TwoBytes · 2015-01-19T21:55:23Z

If I star or unstar an item in News+, the starred status doesn't sync back to ttrss.

Items that are already starred in ttrss via a different method (web interface or another ttrss mobile app) appear as starred in News+, but if I unstar or star an item in News+, it is reset to whatever the server status is on the next sync.

noinnion · 2015-01-19T22:02:19Z

try to go to the starred folder and sync from there

On Mon, Jan 19, 2015 at 10:55 PM, TwoBytes [email protected] wrote:

If I star or unstar an item in News+, the starred status doesn't sync back
to ttrss.

Items that are already starred in ttrss via a different method (web
interface or another ttrss mobile app) appear as starred in News+, but if I
unstar or star an item in News+, it is reset to whatever the server status
is on the next sync.

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TwoBytes · 2015-01-20T00:36:58Z

If I select Starred items from the drop-down, it says "Tag not found", so I can't sync from there

TwoBytes · 2015-01-21T23:04:45Z

I'm guessing that my issue might be related to the fact that I get "Tag not found" when I go to starred items.

Could this be a ttrss server side issue?

The server was originally v1.7.9, but I've upgraded it to v1.15.3 (the latest at this time) and installed the News+ extension to see if it would fix this issue, but it hasn't made a difference.

Android apps "Tiny Tiny RSS" and "TTRSS-Reader" both work fine with starred items (ie. I can star and un-star items and the star status syncs back to the server).

31SFX4 · 2015-01-29T12:59:03Z

It's working for me with 1.15.3. Can you check that you (re-)installed the ttrss newsplus-api? When you update ttrss, it creates a new installation without any additional plugins. This caught me out several times when I updated ttrss and newsplus then didn't work properly.

Also make sure that "include starred articles" is set in the sync settings in NewsPlus.

TwoBytes · 2015-01-30T00:31:38Z

Hi smatthie, thanks for the response.

I actually installed the newsplus-api plugin after I upgraded to v1.15.3, so it's definitely there. I'm pretty sure it's working, because the sync is quicker than it was before

I turned on "include starred articles", and it gave me a messages that it had synced 199 more items, so it's doing something, but it still says "tag not found" when I click on "Starred items".

The strangest thing is that it works fine in several other Android clients, so I don't think it's an issue with the server.

I might try setting up a new server instance of tt-rss to see if that's the problem.

This is driving me crazy!

TwoBytes · 2015-01-31T10:30:39Z

The plot thickens...

I created a new empty MySQL database with the ttrss schema and pointed my existing ttrss instance at it.

With the fresh database, News+ syncs and displays starred items properly.

(News+ had a heart-attack when I swapped the database out in the backend, but "force stop" and "clear cache" fixed that)

Troubleshooting continues...

I exported OPML files with settings from the DB that works, and the one that doesn't
Importing the "broken" OPML into the "good" database breaks it (News+ doesn't do stars)
Importing the "good" OPML into the "broken" database fixes it (News+ stars work)

Now I'm trying to figure out which setting in the OPML breaks News+'s star behaviour.

I found one other interesting thing... when stars are working, STARRED ITEMS in the feed list has a little star icon to the left, but when it's broken, there is a ">" instead.

TwoBytes · 2015-01-31T10:45:11Z

A bit more info on what I'm doing to replicate this behaviour...

I now have two OPML files, one exported from a completely fresh ttrss database, and one from my main database that News+ is having issues with.

I import the OPML file through the ttrss web interface, then clear the News+ cache and resynch to get it to display the behaviour.

I have removed all the feed info from both OPML files, so it's just settings.

If I import the "broken" OPML...

News+ doesn't see any Starred articles
it doesn't sync a star back to the database
it says "> STARRED ITEMS" in the feed list (when I have view all instead of just view unread on)
if I select "STARRED ITEMS" from the "Subscriptions" drop-down, it says "Tag not found"

If I import the "fixed" OPML...

News+ sees starred items
it syncs stars back to the database
it has a picture of a star to the left of "STARRED ITEMS" in the feed list
selecting STARRED ITEMS from the Subscriptions dropdown is the same as selecting "STARRED ITEMS" from the feed list

These are the only settings that are different between the two OPML files (these settings are from the working one)...

      <outline pref-name="AUTO_ASSIGN_LABELS" value="false"/>'
      <outline pref-name="CDM_EXPANDED" value="true"/>
      <outline pref-name="DEFAULT_UPDATE_INTERVAL" value="30"/>
      <outline pref-name="ENABLE_FEED_CATS" value="true"/>
      <outline pref-name="FRESH_ARTICLE_MAX_AGE" value="24"/>
      <outline pref-name="PURGE_OLD_DAYS" value="60"/>
      <outline pref-name="PURGE_UNREAD_ARTICLES" value="true"/>
      <outline pref-name="USER_TIMEZONE" value="Automatic"/>
      <outline pref-name="_DEFAULT_VIEW_MODE" value="adaptive"/>
      <outline pref-name="_DEFAULT_VIEW_ORDER_BY" value="default"/>
      <outline pref-name="_ENABLED_PLUGINS" value=""/>

This is those same lines from the "broken" one...

      <outline pref-name="AUTO_ASSIGN_LABELS" value="true"/>
      <outline pref-name="CDM_EXPANDED" value="false"/>
      <outline pref-name="DEFAULT_UPDATE_INTERVAL" value="15"/>
      <outline pref-name="ENABLE_FEED_CATS" value="false"/>
      <outline pref-name="FRESH_ARTICLE_MAX_AGE" value="10000"/>
      <outline pref-name="PURGE_OLD_DAYS" value="0"/>
      <outline pref-name="PURGE_UNREAD_ARTICLES" value="false"/>
      <outline pref-name="USER_TIMEZONE" value="Australia/Canberra"/>
      <outline pref-name="_DEFAULT_VIEW_MODE" value="all_articles"/>
      <outline pref-name="_DEFAULT_VIEW_ORDER_BY" value="feed_dates"/>
      <outline pref-name="_ENABLED_PLUGINS" value="import_export"/>

Nothing in there jumps out to me as being obviously crazy, so I'm going to go through and add in one line at a time to see exactly what's breaking it.

Here's the full "broken" OPML file if anybody else wants to see if they can replicate the behaviour...

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<opml version="1.0">
  <head>
    <dateCreated>Fri, 30 Jan 2015 10:43:30 +0000</dateCreated>
    <title>Tiny Tiny RSS Feed Export</title>
  </head>
  <body>
    <outline text="tt-rss-prefs" schema-version="126">
      <outline pref-name="ALLOW_DUPLICATE_POSTS" value="false"/>
      <outline pref-name="AUTO_ASSIGN_LABELS" value="true"/>
      <outline pref-name="BLACKLISTED_TAGS" value="main, generic, misc, uncategorized, blog, blogroll, general, news"/>
      <outline pref-name="CDM_AUTO_CATCHUP" value="false"/>
      <outline pref-name="CDM_EXPANDED" value="false"/>
      <outline pref-name="COMBINED_DISPLAY_MODE" value="true"/>
      <outline pref-name="CONFIRM_FEED_CATCHUP" value="true"/>
      <outline pref-name="DEFAULT_ARTICLE_LIMIT" value="30"/>
      <outline pref-name="DEFAULT_UPDATE_INTERVAL" value="15"/>
      <outline pref-name="DIGEST_CATCHUP" value="false"/>
      <outline pref-name="DIGEST_ENABLE" value="false"/>
      <outline pref-name="DIGEST_PREFERRED_TIME" value="00:00"/>
      <outline pref-name="ENABLE_API_ACCESS" value="true"/>
      <outline pref-name="ENABLE_FEED_CATS" value="false"/>
      <outline pref-name="FEEDS_SORT_BY_UNREAD" value="false"/>
      <outline pref-name="FRESH_ARTICLE_MAX_AGE" value="10000"/>
      <outline pref-name="HIDE_READ_FEEDS" value="false"/>
      <outline pref-name="HIDE_READ_SHOWS_SPECIAL" value="true"/>
      <outline pref-name="LONG_DATE_FORMAT" value="D, M d Y - G:i"/>
      <outline pref-name="ON_CATCHUP_SHOW_NEXT_FEED" value="false"/>
      <outline pref-name="PURGE_OLD_DAYS" value="0"/>
      <outline pref-name="PURGE_UNREAD_ARTICLES" value="false"/>
      <outline pref-name="REVERSE_HEADLINES" value="false"/>
      <outline pref-name="SHORT_DATE_FORMAT" value="M d, G:i"/>
      <outline pref-name="SHOW_CONTENT_PREVIEW" value="true"/>
      <outline pref-name="SORT_HEADLINES_BY_FEED_DATE" value="false"/>
      <outline pref-name="SSL_CERT_SERIAL" value=""/>
      <outline pref-name="STRIP_IMAGES" value="false"/>
      <outline pref-name="STRIP_UNSAFE_TAGS" value="true"/>
      <outline pref-name="USER_CSS_THEME" value="default.css"/>
      <outline pref-name="USER_LANGUAGE" value="auto"/>
      <outline pref-name="USER_STYLESHEET" value=""/>
      <outline pref-name="USER_TIMEZONE" value="Australia/Canberra"/>
      <outline pref-name="VFEED_GROUP_BY_FEED" value="false"/>
      <outline pref-name="_COLLAPSED_FEEDLIST" value="false"/>
      <outline pref-name="_COLLAPSED_LABELS" value="false"/>
      <outline pref-name="_COLLAPSED_SPECIAL" value="false"/>
      <outline pref-name="_COLLAPSED_UNCAT" value="false"/>
      <outline pref-name="_DEFAULT_INCLUDE_CHILDREN" value="false"/>
      <outline pref-name="_DEFAULT_VIEW_LIMIT" value="30"/>
      <outline pref-name="_DEFAULT_VIEW_MODE" value="all_articles"/>
      <outline pref-name="_DEFAULT_VIEW_ORDER_BY" value="feed_dates"/>
      <outline pref-name="_ENABLED_PLUGINS" value="import_export"/>
      <outline pref-name="_MOBILE_BROWSE_CATS" value="true"/>
      <outline pref-name="_MOBILE_ENABLE_CATS" value="false"/>
      <outline pref-name="_MOBILE_HIDE_READ" value="false"/>
      <outline pref-name="_MOBILE_REVERSE_HEADLINES" value="false"/>
      <outline pref-name="_MOBILE_SHOW_IMAGES" value="false"/>
      <outline pref-name="_MOBILE_SORT_FEEDS_UNREAD" value="false"/>
      <outline pref-name="_PREFS_ACTIVE_TAB" value=""/>
      <outline pref-name="_PREFS_SHOW_EMPTY_CATS" value="false"/>
      <outline pref-name="_THEME_ID" value="0"/>
    </outline>
    <outline text="tt-rss-labels" schema-version="126"/>
    <outline text="tt-rss-filters" schema-version="126"/>
  </body>
</opml>

TwoBytes · 2015-01-31T10:51:38Z

And the full "Fixed" OPML file, in case you imported the "Broken" one and want to get it back again!

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<opml version="1.0">
  <head>
    <dateCreated>Sat, 31 Jan 2015 03:23:32 +0000</dateCreated>
    <title>Tiny Tiny RSS Feed Export</title>
  </head>
  <body>
    <outline text="tt-rss-prefs" schema-version="126">
      <outline pref-name="ALLOW_DUPLICATE_POSTS" value="false"/>
      <outline pref-name="AUTO_ASSIGN_LABELS" value="false"/>
      <outline pref-name="BLACKLISTED_TAGS" value="main, generic, misc, uncategorized, blog, blogroll, general, news"/>
      <outline pref-name="CDM_AUTO_CATCHUP" value="false"/>
      <outline pref-name="CDM_EXPANDED" value="true"/>
      <outline pref-name="COMBINED_DISPLAY_MODE" value="true"/>
      <outline pref-name="CONFIRM_FEED_CATCHUP" value="true"/>
      <outline pref-name="DEFAULT_ARTICLE_LIMIT" value="30"/>
      <outline pref-name="DEFAULT_UPDATE_INTERVAL" value="30"/>
      <outline pref-name="DIGEST_CATCHUP" value="false"/>
      <outline pref-name="DIGEST_ENABLE" value="false"/>
      <outline pref-name="DIGEST_PREFERRED_TIME" value="00:00"/>
      <outline pref-name="ENABLE_API_ACCESS" value="true"/>
      <outline pref-name="ENABLE_FEED_CATS" value="true"/>
      <outline pref-name="FEEDS_SORT_BY_UNREAD" value="false"/>
      <outline pref-name="FRESH_ARTICLE_MAX_AGE" value="24"/>
      <outline pref-name="HIDE_READ_FEEDS" value="false"/>
      <outline pref-name="HIDE_READ_SHOWS_SPECIAL" value="true"/>
      <outline pref-name="LONG_DATE_FORMAT" value="D, M d Y - G:i"/>
      <outline pref-name="ON_CATCHUP_SHOW_NEXT_FEED" value="false"/>
      <outline pref-name="PURGE_OLD_DAYS" value="60"/>
      <outline pref-name="PURGE_UNREAD_ARTICLES" value="true"/>
      <outline pref-name="REVERSE_HEADLINES" value="false"/>
      <outline pref-name="SHORT_DATE_FORMAT" value="M d, G:i"/>
      <outline pref-name="SHOW_CONTENT_PREVIEW" value="true"/>
      <outline pref-name="SORT_HEADLINES_BY_FEED_DATE" value="false"/>
      <outline pref-name="SSL_CERT_SERIAL" value=""/>
      <outline pref-name="STRIP_IMAGES" value="false"/>
      <outline pref-name="STRIP_UNSAFE_TAGS" value="true"/>
      <outline pref-name="USER_CSS_THEME" value="default.css"/>
      <outline pref-name="USER_LANGUAGE" value="auto"/>
      <outline pref-name="USER_STYLESHEET" value=""/>
      <outline pref-name="USER_TIMEZONE" value="Automatic"/>
      <outline pref-name="VFEED_GROUP_BY_FEED" value="false"/>
      <outline pref-name="_COLLAPSED_FEEDLIST" value="false"/>
      <outline pref-name="_COLLAPSED_LABELS" value="false"/>
      <outline pref-name="_COLLAPSED_SPECIAL" value="false"/>
      <outline pref-name="_COLLAPSED_UNCAT" value="false"/>
      <outline pref-name="_DEFAULT_INCLUDE_CHILDREN" value="false"/>
      <outline pref-name="_DEFAULT_VIEW_LIMIT" value="30"/>
      <outline pref-name="_DEFAULT_VIEW_MODE" value="adaptive"/>
      <outline pref-name="_DEFAULT_VIEW_ORDER_BY" value="default"/>
      <outline pref-name="_ENABLED_PLUGINS" value=""/>
      <outline pref-name="_MOBILE_BROWSE_CATS" value="true"/>
      <outline pref-name="_MOBILE_ENABLE_CATS" value="false"/>
      <outline pref-name="_MOBILE_HIDE_READ" value="false"/>
      <outline pref-name="_MOBILE_REVERSE_HEADLINES" value="false"/>
      <outline pref-name="_MOBILE_SHOW_IMAGES" value="false"/>
      <outline pref-name="_MOBILE_SORT_FEEDS_UNREAD" value="false"/>
      <outline pref-name="_PREFS_ACTIVE_TAB" value=""/>
      <outline pref-name="_PREFS_SHOW_EMPTY_CATS" value="false"/>
      <outline pref-name="_THEME_ID" value="0"/>
    </outline>
    <outline text="tt-rss-labels" schema-version="126"/>
    <outline text="tt-rss-filters" schema-version="126"/>
  </body>
</opml>

TwoBytes · 2015-02-01T03:07:23Z

I figured it out...

Importing this line in an OPML file...
<outline pref-name="ENABLE_FEED_CATS" value="false"/>
Breaks News+, but ONLY after clearing the cache and re-synching

So obviously, going into preferences and unticking "Enable feed categories" also breaks it (after clearing the News+ cache and re-synching)

I'm not sure if this is an easy fix. None of the other ttrss Android clients I've used have this problem, so hopefully that means it's possible.

I would prefer not to have categories enabled, because now all my feed are rolled up under "Uncategorised", which I need to expand every time, but that's a whole lot better than having a year's worth of "stars" silently ignored!

31SFX4 · 2015-02-01T10:51:21Z

I can confirm this. I had feed cats enabled, and now disabled them to test your idea. Worked at first, but after clearing the cache it didn't sync starred items any more (no starred articles at all on News+). Enabling cat and it works again.

TwoBytes · 2015-02-02T03:49:52Z

Thanks for taking the time to verify my issue smatthie!

Like I said, it would be great to get this fixed, but it's a very small annoyance now, compared to the major showstopper it was before I figured it out.

noinnion · 2015-02-02T10:47:15Z

the problem is that if ENABLE_FEED_CATS is disabled. Starred tag is not
created on News+. So syncing is not possible for starred items. Maybe I
should add it manually.

On Mon, Feb 2, 2015 at 4:49 AM, TwoBytes [email protected] wrote:

Thanks for taking the time to verify my issue smatthie!

Like I said, it would be great to get this fixed, but it's a very small
annoyance now, compared to the major showstopper it was before I figured it
out.

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31SFX4 · 2015-02-02T11:00:15Z

Can I ask: is "starred" in News+ handled like an article tags? I'm asking because there is also an issue that tags are not synchronised with ttrss, which may be related.

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