Block-level sync for VeraCrypt not working post 83.4.152 update

It has been a month since the last update. 

I really do not want to switch from dropbox - it there any news re-this issue as block-level syncing is pretty basic functionality, that was a stand-out feature of Dropbox. There are other providers that might work but Dropbox did it best.

Any news?

I've just encountered this issue today after a colleague pointed out the VeraCrypt file was empty when he went to look at it. Thankfully I was still at the old PC - deleting and reuploading didn't work but then a conflicted copy appeared that had the data in it. I'm pretty shocked that this bug still persists after a year. I remember using TrueCrypter with Dropbox years ago without an issue so it's sad to see this sort of functionality regression, but even worse for it to have gone unresolved for over a year.

Thanks for your updates here!

Could you just clarify for me which version of the app you have installed at the moment Alan R.4 and deMangler?

Keep me posted!

Hi Daphne  it's v104.4.175 (the latest stable version available from the website - I was previously on experimental version and asked to downgrade, unsurprisingly it has made no difference as the issue has been in place for about a year now!)

Thanks for confirming Alan R.4!

So we can look into this in more detail, we would need to continue through our Support channel. I was able to locate your ticket with our Support team and I've passed along your comments from here.

If there's anything else that I can help with from here, please let me know!

Hi Daphne unfortunatley your support team have just sent through a rather patronising email (below) that tells me what container files are. I'm well aware of what they are and they don't seem to have read this thread. Can you please escalate the issue to more senior tech support and ask them to actually read through this thread and come up with a fix? It used to work fine, it stopped working last year and lots of us clearly are having the same issue. As a paying Dropbox customer I must say I'm very disappointed with the level of support received thus far.

Container or package files look like regular files if you look at them on your computer, but they're actually wrappers that contain other file types inside of them including those necessary for the associated application to open them correctly. Those files are needed for the application to run properly and load all the components that the file requires.

If you take a look at those files in the Dropbox website or from a different operating system, in case they have already been synced, they resemble a folder (or directory) containing all the files that I mentioned before. This is not a problem, it's just the way those files are saved.

These files could be created from several different applications such as word processors, photo, video or music editors, backup apps, or any other software. Please note that those files can only be opened correctly when you use the application that created them originally and the files inside of them haven't been modified manually. In other words, Dropbox will sync those files exactly as it receives them, but it is not responsible for opening or editing them and you will still need to have the appropriate software on your computer to do so, just as with files from any other source. If the files inside the container or package were modified manually, you may receive error messages when attempting to open them even if you're using the proper application.

For more information about them or if you're having problems with them, I’d recommend contacting the customer support organization of the product you used to create those files.

Hi Daphne ,

how about some answers and a statement to my open posts months ago?

Hey everyone, thanks for your ongoing reports on this, and I'm sorry to hear about your frustration. 

I understand how important this is for you, however, due to account-specific information that may be necessary to troubleshoot accordingly and to make sure that we cover as much basis, we have to continue via email for now. 

For this reason, you can submit a ticket from this page or, if you have any trouble doing so, just give us another nudge and we'll send one for you. 

If you have sent our team a ticket already, please let us know the ID (eg. #1234567) associated with it to pass your comments along to the member of the team reviewing this matter for you. 

Thank you for your time and effort!

really? " account-specific information that may be necessary to troubleshoot"

it seems to me that dropbox has not or is not willing to understand the problem

there is nothing account specifc here, just install veracrypt, create a dummy container, set the flag not to update the file timestamp

and observe that it does not sync