Zotero can't sync to Box WebDAV

xiaobaifighting

Please help! My report ID is 1052046214
I try to sync my documents in Zotero to Box WebDAV, that red button on the right upper corner reminds me of this" An error occurred during syncing: A file upload failed due to insufficient space on the WebDAV server."
I go to box.com to check my account, it shows that "940.4 MB/10.0 GB", so I really don't know what happened on my Zotero or Box.com.

BTW, Papership on my iPad can't work as well, I go to "Zotero File Hosting" and enter the URL Username and Password, it appears "Cannot Verify Server: please check your server credentials(Excepted status code in (200-299).got 404)"

Anyone can help me? Thanks

lei.gao

I'm facing the same problem

jskim383

I'm facing the same problem, too.

lei.gao

It might be helpful to create an empty "lastsync.txt" document under the directory "/zotero" in your box server. Please refer to https://forums.zotero.org/discussion/62579/papership-and-zotero-org-online-library-are-not-syncing#latest for more information.

PS: You have to create the txt file DIRECTLY in box.com, rather than create it in notebook and drag it into box.com.

vikramgoel

Thank you so much! This solved the problem. I was using pCloud instead of Box. Also, as one cannot create a txt file in pCloud online, I made one on my desktop and uploaded it to pCloud. It worked.

P.S. - I had to rename the file in pCloud because of a spelling mistake. I don't think this step made any difference though.

bwiernik

Zotero no longer uses the "lastsync.txt" file. What version of Zotero are you running?

kwsm

by creating an empty "lastsync.txt" file under the directory "/zotero", it finally worked. thank you very much!

bwiernik

Note that Box is ending their WebDAV service, so you should switch to a different WebDAV provider.

jskim383

I also fixed this problem. By creating an empty "lastsync.txt" file under the directory "/zotero", it finally worked. thank you very much!

attilalengyel

lastsync.txt still works in 2021 :)