Regarding activesync_init_subscriptions; I did not address this yet. For the initial usecase this is good enough, and in a future patch I suppose we could read the same setting in synchroton and initalize the subscription accordingly.

The keepalive patch is available sine 0.9.7.

Removed the in-memory cache instead.

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In D2143#24421, @machniak wrote:

How about we call self::folders_typedata($prefix); to populate the cache, but then user folder_type() anyways to fetch missing entries (it still uses the cache if available)?

I don't like it for performance reasons, because if we know the folder has no type then why would you bother with a METADATA request? This would create many redundant requests when listing mail folders. And I'm not sure it would solve your issue.

In D2143#24409, @machniak wrote:

With this change METADATA for every folder will be asked separately. This definitely will have performance implications. Maybe a better approach would be to add a method to reset kolab_storage::$typedata (and other cache-like data if needed). And call that method from syncroton's kolab_sync::sleep() or kolab_sync_backend_folder::hasHierarchyChanges().

See https://bifrost.kolabsystems.com/T408794 for context. I verified that the RC UI continues to function (especially activesync and folder config),
so it doesn't brake anything, and that the Ping works better for https://bifrost.kolabsystems.com/T408794

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The previous patch was inclomplete as it built on another one, this is the full version.

FWIW, I assume the original code meant to make the case prettier where all folders are below inbox. I think for the affected UI's it shouldn't be a big deal, and avoids the confusing situation we can have right now.

Instead of not showing a tree at all, show it for INBOX as well.

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FWIW, this code was just like this from the beginning, so I don't know if there ever was a valid usecase for it.
Can't think of one though.

In D2056#23539, @machniak wrote:

Also, maybe we should tackle this from a different angle. If the folder has been disabled why do we even attempt to sync anything from that folder. We should tell the client that a hierarchy changed. So, maybe the problem is somewhere else, and could be fixed in a better way. We of course can still keep this solution as it prevents from timeout issues caused by other factors.

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Good points.

Tested with up to 200k messages (it failed with 50k before).

Only check if the module is available so we don't depend on pecl