diff --git a/docs/long-term-plans/sync-core-extraction-plan.md b/docs/long-term-plans/sync-core-extraction-plan.md
index 2eeddc84e2..ca61f375a4 100644
--- a/docs/long-term-plans/sync-core-extraction-plan.md
+++ b/docs/long-term-plans/sync-core-extraction-plan.md
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ groundwork:
   `packages/sync-core/**/*.ts`.
 - The package currently exports operation primitives, apply types, LWW helper
   factory, full-state op-type helper factory, entity-key helpers,
+  host-configured sync-file prefix helpers, generic error-message helpers,
   `SyncStateCorruptedError`, entity-registry contracts, and the privacy-aware
   logger port.
 - The app registry now has `buildEntityRegistry()` and an `ENTITY_REGISTRY`
@@ -147,8 +148,9 @@ Suggested next order:
 2. Continue targeted `SyncLogger` routing for files as they become movable.
 3. Treat the PR 3b pure conflict-resolution and sync-import slices as complete
    for this round.
-4. Clean up logger/config dependencies before moving compression, prefix, or
-   error helpers.
+4. Continue logger/config cleanup before moving compression helpers or app
+   error classes; prefix parsing/formatting and generic error-message
+   extraction now have package-side helpers with app-owned diagnostics.
 5. Defer port/orchestration work until the remaining pure/config boundaries are
    settled.
 
@@ -284,6 +286,14 @@ Already present:
   entity IDs are still an SP replay convention.
 - `packages/sync-core/src/sync-logger.ts` defines `SyncLogger`,
   `NOOP_SYNC_LOGGER`, `SyncLogMeta`, `SyncLogError`, and `toSyncLogError()`.
+- `packages/sync-core/src/sync-file-prefix.ts` defines
+  `createSyncFilePrefixHelpers()`. The app shim supplies
+  `REMOTE_FILE_CONTENT_PREFIX` and `InvalidFilePrefixError`, keeping SP storage
+  constants and diagnostics app-side while moving the generic parsing/formatting
+  logic behind a config boundary.
+- `packages/sync-core/src/error.util.ts` defines `extractErrorMessage()` for
+  generic thrown-value message extraction. The app error module re-exports it
+  for compatibility while keeping SP/provider-specific error classes app-side.
 - `src/app/op-log/core/sync-logger.adapter.ts` wires `SyncLogger` to `OpLog`
   via the app-side `SYNC_LOGGER` injection token and the
   `OP_LOG_SYNC_LOGGER` direct adapter.
@@ -410,11 +420,13 @@ Initial candidate-file audit:
   `toSyncLogError()` and preserves only safe counts such as input length. It
   remains app-side until compression errors are split from app diagnostics.
 - `op-log/core/errors/sync-errors.ts`: not move-ready. Several constructors log
-  validation params, raw samples, or additional objects; split generic error
-  classes from app-specific diagnostics before routing through `SyncLogger`.
-- `op-log/util/sync-file-prefix.ts`: generic logic, but still depends on
-  app-side provider constants and app error classes. Move only after prefix and
-  error construction become package inputs.
+  validation params, raw samples, or additional objects. Generic
+  `extractErrorMessage()` now lives in the package, but error classes with
+  app-specific diagnostics stay app-side until their logging can be split or
+  routed safely through `SyncLogger`.
+- `op-log/util/sync-file-prefix.ts`: now delegates to the package helper with
+  app-supplied prefix and error construction. The app-facing shim should remain
+  until consumers are deliberately switched to injected/configured helpers.
 
 ### What This Unlocks
 
diff --git a/packages/sync-core/src/error.util.ts b/packages/sync-core/src/error.util.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bd62aeb63d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/sync-core/src/error.util.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+/**
+ * Extracts a meaningful error message from common thrown-value shapes.
+ *
+ * This helper intentionally does not log. Hosts decide whether an extracted
+ * message is safe for their user-visible or exportable diagnostics.
+ */
+export const extractErrorMessage = (err: unknown): string | null => {
+  if (typeof err === 'string' && err.length > 0) {
+    return err;
+  }
+
+  if (err instanceof Error) {
+    const cause = (err as Error & { cause?: unknown }).cause;
+    if (cause instanceof Error && cause.message) {
+      return cause.message;
+    }
+
+    const code = (err as Error & { code?: string }).code;
+    if (typeof code === 'string' && code.length > 0) {
+      return code;
+    }
+
+    if (err.message && err.message.length > 0) {
+      return err.message;
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (
+    err !== null &&
+    typeof err === 'object' &&
+    'message' in err &&
+    typeof (err as { message: unknown }).message === 'string'
+  ) {
+    const msg = (err as { message: string }).message;
+    if (msg.length > 0) {
+      return msg;
+    }
+  }
+
+  return null;
+};
diff --git a/packages/sync-core/src/index.ts b/packages/sync-core/src/index.ts
index f0253842c3..0832288e1c 100644
--- a/packages/sync-core/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/sync-core/src/index.ts
@@ -29,6 +29,23 @@ export type {
   SyncImportFilterKeepReason,
 } from './sync-import-filter';
 
+// Host-configured sync file prefix helpers.
+export {
+  createSyncFilePrefixHelpers,
+  SyncFilePrefixError,
+  SyncFilePrefixVersionError,
+} from './sync-file-prefix';
+export type {
+  SyncFilePrefixConfig,
+  SyncFilePrefixHelpers,
+  SyncFilePrefixInvalidPrefixDetails,
+  SyncFilePrefixParams,
+  SyncFilePrefixParamsOutput,
+} from './sync-file-prefix';
+
+// Generic error helpers.
+export { extractErrorMessage } from './error.util';
+
 // Full-state operation classification helper. Hosts supply their own op strings.
 export {
   FULL_STATE_OP_TYPES,
diff --git a/packages/sync-core/src/sync-file-prefix.ts b/packages/sync-core/src/sync-file-prefix.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9c0fabc6e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/sync-core/src/sync-file-prefix.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,115 @@
+export interface SyncFilePrefixParams {
+  isCompress: boolean;
+  isEncrypt: boolean;
+  modelVersion: number;
+}
+
+export interface SyncFilePrefixParamsOutput {
+  isCompressed: boolean;
+  isEncrypted: boolean;
+  modelVersion: number;
+  cleanDataStr: string;
+}
+
+export interface SyncFilePrefixHelpers {
+  getSyncFilePrefix(cfg: SyncFilePrefixParams): string;
+  extractSyncFileStateFromPrefix(dataStr: string): SyncFilePrefixParamsOutput;
+}
+
+export interface SyncFilePrefixConfig {
+  prefix: string;
+  endSeparator?: string;
+  createInvalidPrefixError?: (details: SyncFilePrefixInvalidPrefixDetails) => Error;
+}
+
+export interface SyncFilePrefixInvalidPrefixDetails {
+  expectedPrefix: string;
+  endSeparator: string;
+  inputLength: number;
+}
+
+export class SyncFilePrefixError extends Error {
+  override name = 'SyncFilePrefixError';
+
+  constructor(details: SyncFilePrefixInvalidPrefixDetails) {
+    super(`Invalid sync file prefix. Expected prefix "${details.expectedPrefix}".`);
+  }
+}
+
+export class SyncFilePrefixVersionError extends Error {
+  override name = 'SyncFilePrefixVersionError';
+
+  constructor(modelVersion: number | string) {
+    const formattedModelVersion = String(modelVersion);
+    const safeModelVersion =
+      formattedModelVersion.length > 40
+        ? `${formattedModelVersion.slice(0, 40)}...`
+        : formattedModelVersion;
+    super(`Invalid sync file model version: ${safeModelVersion}`);
+  }
+}
+
+const DEFAULT_END_SEPARATOR = '__';
+const MODEL_VERSION_PATTERN = /^\d+(?:\.\d+)?$/;
+
+const escapeRegExp = (value: string): string =>
+  value.replace(/[.*+?^${}()|[\]\\]/g, '\\$&');
+
+const formatModelVersion = (modelVersion: number): string => {
+  const formatted = String(modelVersion);
+  if (
+    !Number.isFinite(modelVersion) ||
+    modelVersion < 0 ||
+    !MODEL_VERSION_PATTERN.test(formatted)
+  ) {
+    throw new SyncFilePrefixVersionError(modelVersion);
+  }
+  return formatted;
+};
+
+const parseModelVersion = (rawModelVersion: string): number => {
+  const modelVersion = parseFloat(rawModelVersion);
+  if (!Number.isFinite(modelVersion)) {
+    throw new SyncFilePrefixVersionError(rawModelVersion);
+  }
+  return modelVersion;
+};
+
+export const createSyncFilePrefixHelpers = ({
+  prefix,
+  endSeparator = DEFAULT_END_SEPARATOR,
+  createInvalidPrefixError,
+}: SyncFilePrefixConfig): SyncFilePrefixHelpers => {
+  const prefixPattern = escapeRegExp(prefix);
+  const separatorPattern = escapeRegExp(endSeparator);
+  const prefixRegex = new RegExp(
+    `^${prefixPattern}(C)?(E)?(\\d+(?:\\.\\d+)?)${separatorPattern}`,
+  );
+
+  return {
+    getSyncFilePrefix: (cfg: SyncFilePrefixParams): string => {
+      const c = cfg.isCompress ? 'C' : '';
+      const e = cfg.isEncrypt ? 'E' : '';
+      return `${prefix}${c}${e}${formatModelVersion(cfg.modelVersion)}${endSeparator}`;
+    },
+
+    extractSyncFileStateFromPrefix: (dataStr: string): SyncFilePrefixParamsOutput => {
+      const match = dataStr.match(prefixRegex);
+      if (!match) {
+        const details: SyncFilePrefixInvalidPrefixDetails = {
+          expectedPrefix: prefix,
+          endSeparator,
+          inputLength: dataStr.length,
+        };
+        throw createInvalidPrefixError?.(details) ?? new SyncFilePrefixError(details);
+      }
+
+      return {
+        isCompressed: !!match[1],
+        isEncrypted: !!match[2],
+        modelVersion: parseModelVersion(match[3]),
+        cleanDataStr: dataStr.slice(match[0].length),
+      };
+    },
+  };
+};
diff --git a/packages/sync-core/tests/error.util.spec.ts b/packages/sync-core/tests/error.util.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ecb5f92876
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/sync-core/tests/error.util.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
+import { extractErrorMessage } from '../src';
+
+describe('extractErrorMessage', () => {
+  it('returns non-empty string errors', () => {
+    expect(extractErrorMessage('plain failure')).toBe('plain failure');
+    expect(extractErrorMessage('')).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  it('prefers an Error cause message when present', () => {
+    const err = new Error('outer message', {
+      cause: new Error('inner cause'),
+    });
+
+    expect(extractErrorMessage(err)).toBe('inner cause');
+  });
+
+  it('returns error codes without host-specific normalization', () => {
+    const err = new Error('');
+    Object.defineProperty(err, 'code', {
+      value: 'Z_BUF_ERROR',
+    });
+
+    expect(extractErrorMessage(err)).toBe('Z_BUF_ERROR');
+  });
+
+  it('returns non-zlib error codes before empty messages', () => {
+    const err = new Error('');
+    Object.defineProperty(err, 'code', {
+      value: 'ERR_SYNC',
+    });
+
+    expect(extractErrorMessage(err)).toBe('ERR_SYNC');
+  });
+
+  it('falls back to the Error message', () => {
+    expect(extractErrorMessage(new Error('direct message'))).toBe('direct message');
+  });
+
+  it('reads a message property from plain objects', () => {
+    expect(extractErrorMessage({ message: 'object message' })).toBe('object message');
+  });
+
+  it('returns null for unsupported values', () => {
+    expect(extractErrorMessage(undefined)).toBeNull();
+    expect(extractErrorMessage({ message: 123 })).toBeNull();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/sync-core/tests/sync-file-prefix.spec.ts b/packages/sync-core/tests/sync-file-prefix.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a544c58fe0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/sync-core/tests/sync-file-prefix.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,132 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
+import {
+  SyncFilePrefixError,
+  SyncFilePrefixVersionError,
+  createSyncFilePrefixHelpers,
+} from '../src';
+
+describe('createSyncFilePrefixHelpers', () => {
+  it('formats prefixes with host-supplied prefix and default separator', () => {
+    const helpers = createSyncFilePrefixHelpers({ prefix: 'pf_' });
+
+    expect(
+      helpers.getSyncFilePrefix({
+        isCompress: true,
+        isEncrypt: true,
+        modelVersion: 17,
+      }),
+    ).toBe('pf_CE17__');
+    expect(
+      helpers.getSyncFilePrefix({
+        isCompress: false,
+        isEncrypt: false,
+        modelVersion: 17,
+      }),
+    ).toBe('pf_17__');
+  });
+
+  it('extracts prefix state and leaves the payload untouched', () => {
+    const helpers = createSyncFilePrefixHelpers({ prefix: 'pf_' });
+
+    expect(helpers.extractSyncFileStateFromPrefix('pf_CE17__{"task":[]}')).toEqual({
+      isCompressed: true,
+      isEncrypted: true,
+      modelVersion: 17,
+      cleanDataStr: '{"task":[]}',
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('supports decimal model versions for existing sync file compatibility', () => {
+    const helpers = createSyncFilePrefixHelpers({ prefix: 'pf_' });
+
+    expect(helpers.extractSyncFileStateFromPrefix('pf_C16.5__{}')).toEqual({
+      isCompressed: true,
+      isEncrypted: false,
+      modelVersion: 16.5,
+      cleanDataStr: '{}',
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('escapes regex characters in host prefix and separator', () => {
+    const helpers = createSyncFilePrefixHelpers({
+      prefix: 'host.sync+',
+      endSeparator: '.*',
+    });
+
+    expect(
+      helpers.getSyncFilePrefix({ isCompress: true, isEncrypt: false, modelVersion: 1 }),
+    ).toBe('host.sync+C1.*');
+    expect(helpers.extractSyncFileStateFromPrefix('host.sync+C1.*payload')).toEqual({
+      isCompressed: true,
+      isEncrypted: false,
+      modelVersion: 1,
+      cleanDataStr: 'payload',
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('uses the host invalid-prefix error factory when supplied', () => {
+    class HostInvalidPrefixError extends Error {
+      override name = 'HostInvalidPrefixError';
+    }
+    let receivedDetails: unknown;
+
+    const helpers = createSyncFilePrefixHelpers({
+      prefix: 'pf_',
+      createInvalidPrefixError: (details) => {
+        receivedDetails = details;
+        return new HostInvalidPrefixError(`invalid length ${details.inputLength}`);
+      },
+    });
+
+    expect(() => helpers.extractSyncFileStateFromPrefix('bad secret payload')).toThrow(
+      HostInvalidPrefixError,
+    );
+    expect(receivedDetails).toEqual({
+      expectedPrefix: 'pf_',
+      endSeparator: '__',
+      inputLength: 'bad secret payload'.length,
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('throws a generic package error without a host error factory', () => {
+    const helpers = createSyncFilePrefixHelpers({ prefix: 'pf_' });
+
+    expect(() => helpers.extractSyncFileStateFromPrefix('bad')).toThrow(
+      SyncFilePrefixError,
+    );
+  });
+
+  it('rejects formatted model versions that the parser cannot read back', () => {
+    const helpers = createSyncFilePrefixHelpers({ prefix: 'pf_' });
+
+    for (const modelVersion of [Number.NaN, Number.POSITIVE_INFINITY, -1, 1e21]) {
+      expect(() =>
+        helpers.getSyncFilePrefix({
+          isCompress: false,
+          isEncrypt: false,
+          modelVersion,
+        }),
+      ).toThrow(SyncFilePrefixVersionError);
+    }
+  });
+
+  it('rejects parsed model versions that overflow to Infinity', () => {
+    const helpers = createSyncFilePrefixHelpers({ prefix: 'pf_' });
+
+    expect(() =>
+      helpers.extractSyncFileStateFromPrefix(`pf_${'9'.repeat(400)}__{}`),
+    ).toThrow(SyncFilePrefixVersionError);
+  });
+
+  it('bounds rejected model-version text in error messages', () => {
+    const helpers = createSyncFilePrefixHelpers({ prefix: 'pf_' });
+
+    try {
+      helpers.extractSyncFileStateFromPrefix(`pf_${'9'.repeat(400)}__{}`);
+      throw new Error('Expected invalid model version to throw');
+    } catch (error) {
+      expect(error).toBeInstanceOf(SyncFilePrefixVersionError);
+      expect((error as Error).message.length).toBeLessThan(100);
+    }
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/app/op-log/core/errors/sync-errors.ts b/src/app/op-log/core/errors/sync-errors.ts
index e84b22bf45..e218355c50 100644
--- a/src/app/op-log/core/errors/sync-errors.ts
+++ b/src/app/op-log/core/errors/sync-errors.ts
@@ -1,55 +1,15 @@
 import { IValidation } from 'typia';
+import type { SyncFilePrefixInvalidPrefixDetails } from '@sp/sync-core';
+import { extractErrorMessage as extractGenericErrorMessage } from '@sp/sync-core';
 import { OpLog } from '../../../core/log';
 import { FILE_BASED_SYNC_CONSTANTS } from '../../sync-providers/file-based/file-based-sync.types';
 
-/**
- * Extracts a meaningful error message from various error shapes.
- * Handles Error objects with nested cause, zlib error codes, and plain strings.
- * This is important because some browser APIs (like DecompressionStream) throw
- * errors with empty messages but contain the real error in the 'cause' property.
- */
 export const extractErrorMessage = (err: unknown): string | null => {
-  if (typeof err === 'string' && err.length > 0) {
-    return err;
+  const message = extractGenericErrorMessage(err);
+  if (typeof message === 'string' && message.startsWith('Z_')) {
+    return `Compression error: ${message.replace('Z_', '').replace(/_/g, ' ').toLowerCase()}`;
   }
-
-  if (err instanceof Error) {
-    // Check for nested cause first (e.g., DecompressionStream errors)
-    const cause = (err as Error & { cause?: unknown }).cause;
-    if (cause instanceof Error && cause.message) {
-      return cause.message;
-    }
-
-    // Check for error code (e.g., zlib errors like Z_DATA_ERROR)
-    const code = (err as Error & { code?: string }).code;
-    if (typeof code === 'string' && code.length > 0) {
-      // Make zlib error codes more readable
-      if (code.startsWith('Z_')) {
-        return `Compression error: ${code.replace('Z_', '').replace(/_/g, ' ').toLowerCase()}`;
-      }
-      return code;
-    }
-
-    // Use the error's own message if available
-    if (err.message && err.message.length > 0) {
-      return err.message;
-    }
-  }
-
-  // For objects with message property
-  if (
-    err !== null &&
-    typeof err === 'object' &&
-    'message' in err &&
-    typeof (err as { message: unknown }).message === 'string'
-  ) {
-    const msg = (err as { message: string }).message;
-    if (msg.length > 0) {
-      return msg;
-    }
-  }
-
-  return null;
+  return message;
 };
 
 /**
@@ -563,6 +523,15 @@ export class ModelVersionToImportNewerThanLocalError extends AdditionalLogErrorB
 
 export class InvalidFilePrefixError extends AdditionalLogErrorBase {
   override name = 'InvalidFilePrefixError';
+
+  constructor(details: SyncFilePrefixInvalidPrefixDetails) {
+    super({
+      message: `Invalid sync file prefix. Expected prefix "${details.expectedPrefix}".`,
+      expectedPrefix: details.expectedPrefix,
+      endSeparator: details.endSeparator,
+      inputLength: details.inputLength,
+    });
+  }
 }
 
 export class DataRepairNotPossibleError extends AdditionalLogErrorBase {
diff --git a/src/app/op-log/encryption/encrypt-and-compress-handler.service.spec.ts b/src/app/op-log/encryption/encrypt-and-compress-handler.service.spec.ts
index 6f6243920a..b81edb2739 100644
--- a/src/app/op-log/encryption/encrypt-and-compress-handler.service.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/op-log/encryption/encrypt-and-compress-handler.service.spec.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { OpLog } from '../../core/log';
 import type { SyncLogger } from '@sp/sync-core';
-import { JsonParseError } from '../core/errors/sync-errors';
+import { extractErrorMessage, JsonParseError } from '../core/errors/sync-errors';
 import { EncryptAndCompressHandlerService } from './encrypt-and-compress-handler.service';
 import { getErrorTxt } from '../../util/get-error-text';
 
@@ -140,6 +140,34 @@ describe('EncryptAndCompressHandlerService', () => {
       expect(result.data).toEqual(complexData);
       expect(result.modelVersion).toBe(2);
     });
+
+    it('should round-trip compressed unencrypted sync data', async () => {
+      const testData = {
+        tasks: Array.from({ length: 20 }, (_, i) => ({
+          id: `task-${i}`,
+          title: `Task ${i}`,
+        })),
+      };
+
+      const compressed = await service.compressAndEncrypt({
+        data: testData,
+        modelVersion: 3,
+        isCompress: true,
+        isEncrypt: false,
+      });
+
+      expect(compressed.startsWith('pf_C3__')).toBeTrue();
+
+      const result = await service.decompressAndDecrypt<typeof testData>({
+        dataStr: compressed,
+        encryptKey: undefined,
+      });
+
+      expect(result).toEqual({
+        data: testData,
+        modelVersion: 3,
+      });
+    });
   });
 });
 
@@ -233,3 +261,14 @@ describe('JsonParseError', () => {
     expect(error.dataSample).toBeDefined();
   });
 });
+
+describe('extractErrorMessage', () => {
+  it('preserves app-side compression error code wording', () => {
+    const error = new Error('');
+    Object.defineProperty(error, 'code', {
+      value: 'Z_BUF_ERROR',
+    });
+
+    expect(extractErrorMessage(error)).toBe('Compression error: buf error');
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/app/op-log/util/sync-file-prefix.spec.ts b/src/app/op-log/util/sync-file-prefix.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0af0233c32
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/op-log/util/sync-file-prefix.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+import { OpLog } from '../../core/log';
+import { InvalidFilePrefixError } from '../core/errors/sync-errors';
+import { extractSyncFileStateFromPrefix } from './sync-file-prefix';
+
+describe('sync-file-prefix app shim', () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    spyOn(OpLog, 'log').and.stub();
+  });
+
+  it('throws InvalidFilePrefixError without logging raw sync payload content', () => {
+    const rawPayload = '{"task":{"entities":{"task1":{"title":"secret task"}}}}';
+
+    expect(() => extractSyncFileStateFromPrefix(rawPayload)).toThrowError(
+      InvalidFilePrefixError,
+    );
+
+    const logText = (OpLog.log as jasmine.Spy).calls.allArgs().flat().join('\n');
+    expect(logText).toContain('inputLength');
+    expect(logText).not.toContain('secret task');
+    expect(logText).not.toContain(rawPayload);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/app/op-log/util/sync-file-prefix.ts b/src/app/op-log/util/sync-file-prefix.ts
index 7a60d4f0dc..7d5aaae821 100644
--- a/src/app/op-log/util/sync-file-prefix.ts
+++ b/src/app/op-log/util/sync-file-prefix.ts
@@ -1,42 +1,16 @@
+import { createSyncFilePrefixHelpers } from '@sp/sync-core';
+import type { SyncFilePrefixParams, SyncFilePrefixParamsOutput } from '@sp/sync-core';
 import { REMOTE_FILE_CONTENT_PREFIX } from '../sync-providers/provider.const';
 import { InvalidFilePrefixError } from '../core/errors/sync-errors';
 
-const PREFIX = REMOTE_FILE_CONTENT_PREFIX;
-const END_SEPERATOR = '__';
+export type { SyncFilePrefixParams, SyncFilePrefixParamsOutput };
 
-export interface SyncFilePrefixParams {
-  isCompress: boolean;
-  isEncrypt: boolean;
-  modelVersion: number;
-}
-export interface SyncFilePrefixParamsOutput {
-  isCompressed: boolean;
-  isEncrypted: boolean;
-  modelVersion: number;
-  cleanDataStr: string;
-}
+const syncFilePrefixHelpers = createSyncFilePrefixHelpers({
+  prefix: REMOTE_FILE_CONTENT_PREFIX,
+  createInvalidPrefixError: (details): Error => new InvalidFilePrefixError(details),
+});
 
-export const getSyncFilePrefix = (cfg: SyncFilePrefixParams): string => {
-  const c = cfg.isCompress ? 'C' : '';
-  const e = cfg.isEncrypt ? 'E' : '';
-  return `${PREFIX}${c}${e}${cfg.modelVersion}${END_SEPERATOR}`;
-};
+export const getSyncFilePrefix = syncFilePrefixHelpers.getSyncFilePrefix;
 
-export const extractSyncFileStateFromPrefix = (
-  dataStr: string,
-): SyncFilePrefixParamsOutput => {
-  // Modified regex to match decimal numbers
-  const match = dataStr.match(
-    new RegExp(`^${PREFIX}(C)?(E)?(\\d+(?:\\.\\d+)?)${END_SEPERATOR}`),
-  );
-  if (!match) {
-    throw new InvalidFilePrefixError(dataStr);
-  }
-
-  return {
-    isCompressed: !!match[1],
-    isEncrypted: !!match[2],
-    modelVersion: parseFloat(match[3]), // Changed to parseFloat
-    cleanDataStr: dataStr.slice(match[0].length),
-  };
-};
+export const extractSyncFileStateFromPrefix =
+  syncFilePrefixHelpers.extractSyncFileStateFromPrefix;