dvanoni / notero

A Zotero plugin for syncing items and notes into Notion
https://download.notero.vanoni.dev
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"Last edited time" property in Notion database doesn't update when an existing Zotero note is edited #571

Open ERC6 opened 1 month ago

ERC6 commented 1 month ago

I’m facing an issue with the Notero integration. When I edit an existing note in Zotero, the “Last edited time” property in the Notion database doesn’t update. I would like to sort the database in Notion by the last edited date to track my recent activities, but this only works when I create a new note in Zotero, not when I edit an existing one. Is this the expected behavior or am I missing something? Thank you!

dvanoni commented 1 month ago

Hi @ERC6, thanks for reporting this! I've also noticed this in passing but never looked into it much. I just confirmed that I can replicate the issue.

After some testing, here's what I've discovered:

The discrepancy between those last two points make me wonder if there's something strange happening with the Notion API. I'm going to reach out to Notion and see if I can figure this out.

ERC6 commented 1 month ago

Hi @dvanoni ! Thank you so much for the quick response and for looking into the issue! It would be great if you could figure this out.

dvanoni commented 1 month ago

I heard back from Notion, and unfortunately their response wasn't super encouraging.

After further review, I can confirm that this is currently the expected behavior for the "notion.blocks.children.append" endpoint. I've forwarded your feedback to the relevant team. While I don't have an immediate fix, I can assure you that your feedback will be considered for future API enhancements.

Until they improve their API, we may need to try a workaround. Perhaps performing a dummy update on the page would do the trick, though unfortunately it would mean an extra network request.

ERC6 commented 1 month ago

Not an encouraging response, indeed ... Unfortunately I'm not much help in making smart suggestions for workarounds to this issue ... For now, the only thing I can think of doing is creating a “temporary” tag for the article every time I edit a note in Zotero (something I'll probably forget to do ... and which defeats the purpose of having everything as automated as possible in my workflow so I don't forget stuff). I'll hope they improve their API soon or that a feasible workaround pop up here.

Thanks again!