#417 Loss of recent WBS edits after cloud storage sync conflict

[David Tuma]

Process Dashboard 2.7 introduced the ability to use cloud storage providers (such as DropBox, OneDrive, and Google Drive) for team projects.

Cloud storage providers include logic to detect when a file has been modified simultaneously on multiple computers. When this occurs, they may rename files with a computer-specific suffix to indicate that a collision has occurred.

The dashboard uses a careful storage approach to avoid triggering this conflict logic. But in rare situations, a cloud storage provider may incorrectly decide a conflict has occurred. (This can occur, for example, when a user has been offline for an extended period and the cloud storage provider is catching up on a large backlog of deferred synchronization tasks.)

If a cloud storage provider incorrectly decides a conflict has occurred, and adds a suffix to some of the files the dashboard uses for team storage, it may cause recent edits to the WBS to be lost.