Browser History not fully synced between OSX and Linux
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Did you search for similar issues before submitting this one? Yes
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Describe the issue you encountered: When Browsing History is enabled under Preferences > Sync > Sync Data, Browsing History is not fully sync-ed between my laptop (mac) and linux vm.
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Platform (Win7, 8, 10? macOS? Linux distro?): Device 0 is MacBook running 10.11.1 Device 1 is Linux VM running Ubuntu 17.04
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Brave Version (revision SHA): Device 0/Mac: Brave 0.16.3 rev 9f7c3b7 Muon 3.2.102 libchromiumcontent 59.0.3071.71
Device 1/LinuxVM: Brave 0.15.310 rev 6b5e4e2 Muon 3.0.201 libchromiumcontent 58.0.3029.110
- Steps to reproduce:
- Enable Sync (no changes to settings) on Device 0/Mac.
- Enable Sync (no changes to settings) on Device 1/Linux VM.
- Bookmarks/site settings were synced as expected.
- On Device 0/Mac enable Browsing History Sync.
- On Device 1/LinuxVM enable Browsing History Sync.
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Actual result: Browsing history was not synced.
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Expected result: Browsing History would be synced. When I opened the Linux VM the next morning I saw that some of the browsing history was synced, but not all.
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Will the steps above reproduce in a fresh profile? If not what other info can be added?
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Is this an issue in the currently released version? Device 0/Mac has beta version
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Can this issue be consistently reproduced?
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Extra QA steps: n/a
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Screenshot if needed: Device 0/Mac History:

Device 1/Linux VM (note missing & out of order entries)

- Any related issues:
needs investigation per https://github.com/brave/browser-laptop/issues/9303#issuecomment-309128380
@srirambv can you give this another spin and make sure it's only syncing history going forward from sync time?