# Filesize = 0 --\> bug or feature?

**URL:** <https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/filesize-0-bug-or-feature/62820>\
**Category:** DEVONthink\
**Tags:** sync, feature-request, bug-report, devonthink3\
**Created:** [March 8, 2021, 5:51pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/filesize-0-bug-or-feature/62820 "2021-03-08T17:51:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![Solar-Glare](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/user_avatar/discourse.devontechnologies.com/solar-glare/32/18874_2.png) [@Solar-Glare](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/Solar-Glare)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2021, 5:57pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/filesize-0-bug-or-feature/62820/2 "2021-03-08T17:57:56Z")

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You mind want to read this topic. It likely explains your situation.

> [@Adding empty files to a database breaks sync silently](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/adding-empty-files-to-a-database-breaks-sync-silently/62808):
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> I noticed two of my databases had without warning stopped syncing two weeks ago. This is very disconcerting to me as I trust DEVONthink to keep all my clients synced for remote work when I don’t have access to my primary workstation. Digging into the logs I found that the issue was that I had a number of empty files in the two databases. I’m not sure why DEVONthink freaks out about empty files. They are nothing special. Everyone can make one typing touch empty\_file in the terminal. Getting rid…

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