Sync Client Documentation

This section is intended to provide a comprehensive guide to how Firefox Sync clients interact with the server and ultimately with each other to provide the functionality of syncing browser data between clients.

It is a somewhat technical document, but should require no in-depth knowledge. Links to more detailed API docs offer an opportunity to dig deeper.

• Overview
  • Introduction
  • The Sync Server
  • Collections and records
  • Sync Clients
  • Storage Limits
• The Life of a Sync
  • Initial Client Configuration
  • Performing a Sync
  • INCOMPLETE CONTENT
• Sync Storage Formats
  • Global Storage Version
  • Collection/Object Format Versions
• Global Storage Version 5
  • Overview
  • Cryptography
  • Metaglobal Record
  • crypto/keys record
  • Collection Records
• Firefox object formats
  • Add-ons
  • Bookmarks
  • Clients
  • Commands
  • Forms
  • History
  • Passwords
  • Preferences
  • Tabs