Firefox sync fails while syncing passwords

Hi all,
I have this problem on all but one of my computers.
Firefox sync constantly nags about "Error while syncing" and gives further details "sync encountered an error while syncing: unknown error."
When I check about:sync-log I see:
"2011-01-14 10:59:33 Service.Main DEBUG passwords failed: NS_ERROR_XPC_JS_THREW_STRING JS Stack trace: Channel_onStopRequest([object XPCWrappedNative_NoHelper],null,2153185310)@resource.js:438 < Res__request(...)@resource.js:357 < Res_get()@resource.js:376 < SyncEngine__processIncoming()@engines.js:511 < ()@engines.js:203 < SyncEngine__sync()@engines.js:768 < ()@engines.js:203 < WrappedNotify()@util.js:147 < Engine_sync()@engines.js:213 < WeaveSvc__syncEngine([object Object])@service.js:1738 < ()@service.js:1624 < WrappedNotify()@util.js:147 < WrappedLock()@util.js:119 < WrappedCatch()@util.js:97 < sync()@service.js:1529 < (22)@sync.js:380"
All other engines seem to work (passwords, tabs...) but passwords.
I have tried resetting sync to no avail
I have tried "stop using this account" and set up sync again using same account to no avail.
I have this same issue on 64bit Win7 with Firefox 4b8 and sync version 1.6.1 and 32bit WinXP with Firefox 3.6.13 and sync version 1.6.1
The computer that has sync running with no errors is 32bit WinXP with Firefox 4b8 with sync version 1.6.1
Some of the passwords seem to sync, as when after I have tried resetting sync I have 76 saved passwords and on other computer there are over 300 saved passwords.
It would be nice to be able to use sync yet again and be able to believe it is doing its work reliably!

Seems to be a common bug. Post and vote for the bug fix on bugzilla.
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=614984

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