Sync should prioritise new master keys and possibly other objects

[JPvRiel]

I assume this affects all clients, but I've only observed it on Linux and Android (haven't installed/tested others)

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• Linux
• Android
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Application

• Desktop
• Mobile
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Feature Requests

The main issue I observed is there appears to be no prioritisation on how objects are synced. This increases the likelihood of conflicts and other complications.

Sync master keys first

I noticed a fair number of first time users (myself included) running into confusion setting up E2EE with a fairly large number of notes (e.g. importing evernote).

This can be avoided if the sync action prioritises first synching any new master keys?

Some other issues this would help mitigate:

• Sync progresses only when doing some action in UI #312
• Joplin stuck on syncing the encryption MasterKey #804
• Encryption Sync Issues

Sync priority for other objects

Maybe there should be an overall sync priority for various objects in terms of importance and size:

1. MasterKeys
2. Tags
3. Folders
4. Notes with LIFO (not FIFO), i.e. sync notes by most recent modification date, since most recently modified items are more likely to be accessed first across devices?
   4.a New/Edited Note
   4.b then New/Edited Resource for note

Maybe to-do note types before normal notes?

And I guess other principles of cache coherency and reliability might apply well to sync use-cases, but I'm no expert on the subject.

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