Update syncthing configuration

tasks/syncthing.yml

@@ -25,6 +25,11 @@
       owner: sonny
       group: sonny
 
+- name: Stop current containers
+  community.docker.docker_compose_v2:
+    project_src: "{{ syncthing_app_dir }}"
+    state: stopped
+
 - name: Remove previous Syncthing configurations
   become: true
   ansible.builtin.file:
@@ -40,6 +45,11 @@
     group: sonny
     mode: "0755"
 
+# The current configuration has the bare minimum options configured per element
+# and relies on falling back to syncthing's defaults. This is because Syncthing
+# overwrites the config file while the application is running,
+# see https://forum.syncthing.net/t/manage-devices-and-folders-with-ansible/20078.
+# Note that the config version should also be updated whenever the image tag is updated.
 - name: Copy Syncthing configuration
   become: true
   ansible.builtin.template:
@@ -58,17 +68,6 @@
     group: sonny
     mode: "0755"
 
-- name: Stop current containers
-  community.docker.docker_compose_v2:
-    project_src: "{{ syncthing_app_dir }}"
-    state: stopped
-
-- name: Pull missing image
-  community.docker.docker_compose_v2:
-    project_src: "{{ syncthing_app_dir }}"
-    pull: missing
-    state: stopped
-
 - name: Remove dangling containers
   community.docker.docker_compose_v2:
     project_src: "{{ syncthing_app_dir }}"