P: Ability to download full resolution file from a shared folder

Clearly IS a bug. Absolutely not by design. Millenials don't know what design is. Show me the documentation that specifies this "design". Doesn't exist because it's an obvious and gaping bug. Why do you think so many people have been complaining about it for so long???

It's not really a bug as it's either by design since the inception of LrM or most likely technical restrictions on the side of Lightroom Desktop? Or maybe both?

Just to confirm Victoria, bizarrely I checked earlier before I read this thread again and from a link you can only download 2048px.

Good enough for a 6x4 & 300dpi I guess?

Major bug. Documented NOWHERE. Of course, display images on web are lower resolution for faster display. There is no reason (other than dumb millennial programmers) that originals couldn't be downloaded directly. When a program claims to "sync" that means it should synchronize, i.e. store same information (files) on both sides of the "synchronization". Programmers these days don't document anything and don't understand the meanings of basic words like "sync" or synchronize. In any case, as I said, the full resolution files ARE NOT available for download.

Photos synced from Lightroom for desktop are never originals - so downloading originals is not possible as they do not exist on line. Originals that are imported to the ecosystem via Lightroom for Web, iOS, and Android should all be available for download via Lightroom for Web's interface as the original is in your cloud account. 

It does NOT show up for synced photos which is all that matters

I can confirm it does show up in Loupe view in the Web UI (top right corner) when you're logged into your own account... but only if the original is available in the cloud (photos uploaded through mobile/web, not through LR desktop). I don't think it works for "other" users viewing a shared collection, but I can't check that right now.

INCORRECT. No such link for original appears on Lightroom web either when logged in to Adobe account or not. The only thing Lightroom Web allows you to download is a low low low resolution version of the image (230KB typically - JPG).

INCORRECT. No such link for original appears on Lightroom web either when logged in to Adobe account or not. The only thing Lightroom Web allows you to download is a low low low resolution version of the image (230KB typically - JPG).

Ok, thanks Rikk, maybe in time with the maturity of the product, more users may request it.

I think current functionality is designed so that 'you' can work on your files from a browser anywhere.   We will leave this as an active request for viewers of web galleries.