Account & Sync
What signing in gets you, what sync carries, and what to redo on a new machine.
Most local features work without an account: the launcher, search, screenshots, notes, file search.
Signing in adds two things: hosted model credits and cloud sync.
Signing in
Settings → Account → Sign in. It happens in your browser; the client only stores the session.
Turning on sync
Settings → Storage → toggle sync on. Requires a paid plan.
What syncs
| Content | Notes |
|---|---|
| App settings and shortcuts | |
| Model configuration | Including API keys you entered |
| Mailbox connection details | Not passwords |
| Installed plugins and their configuration | |
| Workspace information and files | Subject to include / exclude rules |
Sign in on another machine and your settings and plugins come back.
What does not sync
| Content | On a new machine |
|---|---|
| Conversation history | Not carried over |
| Otta's memory | Build it up again, or copy the memory folder |
| Mailbox passwords / app passwords | Sign in to mailboxes again |
| Login tokens | Sign in to Solazah again |
| Scheduled tasks | Recreate them |
| MCP server configuration | Configure again |
File sync scope
Syncs the default workspace, subject to include / exclude rules. Excluded by default, no configuration required:
.git/ node_modules/ dist/ build/ target/
.env* *.key *.pem anything containing "secret"
Individual files over 200 MB are skipped.
Conflicts
When two machines edit the same file, last write wins and the other version is kept beside it as a .conflict copy.
Turning sync off
Settings → Storage → toggle off. Local data is unaffected; it simply stops uploading.
Closing your account
Settings → Account → close account. Local files are unaffected. See the Privacy Policy for how data is handled.
Troubleshooting
The sync toggle will not turn on
It needs a paid plan. The free tier can use every local feature normally.
New machine, and my plugins did not come back
Check both machines are signed in to the same account with sync on. The cycle is about a minute.
One file never syncs
Check whether it matches an exclude rule, or exceeds 200 MB.
I see a .conflict file
Two machines edited it at once. Compare, keep the one you want, delete the other.