Zotero 5: An error occurred during syncing: Invalid path

jacobo
Hello,

I migrated to Zotero Beta 5 because I was having permission problems with pdfs in mac os sierra. I moved my zotero folder to the new default location and could not sync any longer using webdav.

The webdav server verifies successfully, but when I try to sync I get the following error:

"An error occurred during syncing:

Invalid path"

I assume it could be a problem with cert_override.txt that is not being read, and I tried locating my old cert_override.txt in the new Zotero folder but this did not help.


The report id is 188866509

Thanks.
  • dstillman Zotero Team
    (You can switch to the Zotero release version (currently 5.0.8) — no need to be on the beta unless you want to.)

    This isn't related to cert_override.txt.

    Can you provide a Debug ID for a sync that produces this?
  • jacobo
    The Debug ID is D1787778064.

  • dstillman Zotero Team
    Invalid attachment path '../../../../Downloads/[…].pdf'
    You somehow ended up with a stored file with a relative path to elsewhere on your hard drive. This shouldn't be possible, so not sure how it happened — could've been some bug or something ZotFile did.

    Paste 5CTZJ26M into the Zotero search bar in All Fields & Tags to see the attachment in question, and if you have any recollection of doing anything path-related to that, let me know. You should then delete that file and empty the trash (and re-add it if you want), since it's not valid in its current state.
  • dstillman Zotero Team
    This should also be fixed in the latest version of Zotero.

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