{"version":"2.1.248","anchor":"directory-sync-reports-more-about-how-a-sync-started","canonical_anchor":"directory-sync-reports-more-about-how-a-sync-started","heading":"Directory sync reports more about how a sync started","tier":"internal","area":"Directory Sync","scope":null,"heads_up":null,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.248\/e\/directory-sync-reports-more-about-how-a-sync-started","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.248","markdown":"### Directory sync reports more about how a sync started\n\nDirectory sync events now record how a sync started and whether another window is syncing too.\n\n**What**\n\nSync status events now carry whether this was the first upload, how many files synced, whether another window is syncing the same directory, and whether the sync started from an upload. The state validators also accept a worker note that a sync halted because it failed to start.\n\n**Details**\n\n- New event fields: `first_upload`, `synced_files`, `other_window`, `started_from_upload`.\n- The halted state accepts the reason `start_failed`.\n\n**Evidence**\n\n`started_from_upload`\n\n- Area: Directory Sync\n- Tier: Under the hood\n- Useful: 2\/5\n- Signal: 2\/5"}