ST2.1 - Store Load() then Sync() deletes records

[nbester]

I am upgrading my app to ST2.1 from 2.0.1.1 and I am having trouble with strange behaviour when loading a server store. I have run the same app against the two SDK versions to highlight the difference.

Information on the store.
1. It has a server Rest proxy
2. In the experiment it has 9 records which gets loaded when reader is called
3. Two local records are added at startup.

Behaviour with ST 2.0.1.1:
After first load data on the store is as follows:
couchCourseStore has 11 records: 0 new; 0 removed; 9 updated;

After the second and subsequent loads the store info as follows:
couchCourseStore has 11 records: 0 new; 0 removed; 9 updated;

Behaviour with ST 2.1b3:
After first load data on the store is as follows (same as with ST2.0.1.1):
couchCourseStore has 11 records: 0 new; 0 removed; 9 updated;
After the second load, however, the information changes to the following
couchCourseStore has 11 records: 0 new; 11 removed; 9 updated;

Here it now shows 11 removed records. When I now want to sync this store, it deletes all my records! I have combed the forum and found an issue here which sounds very similar. Could it be that this problem is re-surfacing in the new version?

[mitchellsimoens]

You may want to follow that bug report then.

[nbester]

OK, will do so. There just has been no activity on that tread for about 4 months, so I assumed (hoped really) that it has been fixed and just got lost. Checking it now I see it was never closed:fixed.

[aberlinguette]

Just wondering what the status of this bug is or if anyone has any valid workarounds?

Thanks,
Marc.

[nbester]

Mark,

I made a comment here on a workaround that works for me. It could be highly specific to what I am doing but it takes my problems away for now..

I overloaded the "doDataRefresh" function on store as indicated...

I have no info on the longer term fix..