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Create planner tasks for flagged emails in Office 365 is creating duplicate tasks

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Posted on by AS-25111605-0 2
Hi,
 
I noticed my old flow to create a task in planner from flagged email in Outlook is now creating two tasks (duplicated).
This is happening with other colleagues.
 
The flow was created from the template. I already tried to create a new flow but same behavior.
 
Anyone could help?
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    SaiRT14 Profile Picture
    SaiRT14 1,992 Super User 2025 Season 1 on at
    pls try the following:
     
    Use the flag.status property to ensure the flow only triggers for flag.status == "flagged" and not completed or other changes. 
    @equals(triggerBody()?['flag']?['status'], 'flagged')
     

    Add a Condition in the flow to check if a task with the same subject or identifier already exists in Planner before creating a new one.
    • Use the "List tasks" action in Planner to fetch existing tasks.
    • Compare the subject or email ID to avoid creating duplicates.
  • AS-25111605-0 Profile Picture
    AS-25111605-0 2 on at
    It creates two tasks at same time randomly.
    For the same flagged email sometimes it creates two and sometimes it creates only one.
    It's a bug that started happening some days ago without any modification.
     
     

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