Manual and automatic refresh of contacts is non-functional and/or unreliable

[brianjcohen]

Steps to reproduce:

1. My Mac is configured to synchronize contacts automatically from my Google Account to 'Contacts'
2. From my Android phone, I add a contact to my Google Account

Expected behavior:

The new contact should, within a reasonable amount of time, become available to Bluebubbles Server and the clients that connect to it.

Actual behavior:

The new contact never becomes available to Bluebubbles on its own.

Additional troubleshooting and information:

• Contacts > Manage > Refresh Contacts does not import the new contact.
• Restarting Bluebubbles server on the Mac does successfully import the new contact.
• Running version 1.9.6
• At some point in the recently past this was working correctly but it regressed. I am uncertain as to the timing of the regression.

[SpaceSaver]

I think BB manages its own copy of the contact book iirc

[brianjcohen]

@SpaceSaver I also believe it does, but it should be importing entries from the Mac's Contacts periodically, and on-demand when you use Contacts > Manage > Refresh Contacts but it does not seem to be working that way any longer.

[SpaceSaver]

Are you able to use the export contacts feature in the settings of the Android app?

[brianjcohen]

@SpaceSaver I haven't tried that because it didn't seem relevant to troubleshooting.