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Support for cloud storage started with uBlock Origin 1.1.0.0.
Cloud storage is also often referred to as _Sync_, as in _Firefox Sync_ or Chromium-based browsers' _sync settings_ feature, i.e. the ability to synchronize browser and extensions settings across multiple devices.
In uBlock Origin, the cloud storage support must be explicitly enabled by the user, from the _Settings_ pane in the dashboard: check the _"Enable cloud storage support"_ checkbox. This will give you access to whatever cloud storage support your browser vendors offer you.
Once you enable cloud storage support, a new UI widget will be available in the dashboard for panes which support the export/import of settings to/from cloud storage:
![screenshot](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/585534/9213128/5f29f5f2-405d-11e5-92a9-b2d9e8db3d42.png)
Your uBlock Origin settings are precious, and in order to prevent any automated browser's syncing task to cause precious local data (or cloud data) to be mistakenly overwritten, the chosen solution in uBlock Origin is to _never_ ever export to/import from cloud storage without **the user expressly asking uBlock Origin to do so**.
So essentially, the sync feature in uBlock is implemented as a global clipboard (through cloud storage) to where settings are copied to/pasted from, and only you decide when to export/import.
The granularity of uBlock settings regarding cloud storage support is straightforward: one dashboard pane = one dedicated cloud storage entry. This way it is possible for a user to use cloud storage for specific panes, and not for others. Given that cloud storage is limited by browser vendors, one can choose to not persist one specific pane to the cloud.
If ever an export operation causes the cloud storage capacity limit to be reached, typically the cloud storage providers will refuse the operation, and the data on the cloud storage will be left unchanged. This is what I have observed with Chromium-based browsers.
#### Caveats
Cloud storage services offered by specific browser vendors have their own limitations and quirks -- and this is out of control of uBlock.
##### Chromium-based browsers
- Various size limits: for example, on Chrome storage space limit is 102,400 bytes.
- Various limits on the number of operations per unit of time.
- See [`chrome.storage` API](https://developer.chrome.com/extensions/storage#property-sync) for more technical details.
##### Firefox
- I have observed that too large amount of data will cause a warning in the browser console (> 8K).
- <https://discourse.mozilla-community.org/t/how-to-sync-preferences-of-a-bootstrapped-extension-via-sync/3024>.
- There is not much doc about this for Firefox, so there might be undocumented limitations yet to be found.
- Other Firefox-related platform:
- I have no clue whether this new feature will work for other browser vendors.