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Get changes for an item - output shows false even though a change has been made

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I've got a 'master' list in sharepoint which tracks the status of a project.

I wanted to also track the dates the status changes (i didn't want to include a date field for each status change in the master list)

So I've create a Log list in sharepoint and a flow in power automate. It triggers on the When an item is created/edited and then used the Get changes for an item action - to see if a change has been made.

It's quite simple - if the Status value has changed - i.e. If Has column changed = true then create a new item with the status value and the date. Easy

This does seem to work, but not always. I KNOW I've made changes to the status on an item on the master sharepoint list, but when I look at the flow it shows that the Has column changed = false. Looking at the flow history, if I add the version number to the columns I don't see ALL the versions. Does Get changes for an item work 100% of the time?

Is there a bug, is there something I've missed?

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@steshepherd ,

Please have in consideration that Sharepoint - When an item is created/edited is not an instant trigger, the trigger event is added to a queue. Based on server load it takes sometimes up to 2 min to be triggered and when it does it uses the last version of the item from Sharepoint.

That's have to be the reason you don't see all version !

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@steshepherd ,

Please have in consideration that Sharepoint - When an item is created/edited is not an instant trigger, it is added to a queue. Based on server load it takes sometimes up to 2 min to be triggered and when it does it uses the last version of the item from Sharepoint.

That's have to be the reason you don't see all version !

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Hi,
But I'm talking days later...the flows are running but the Has column changed is false when I look
Does it matter that I am changing multiple columns? So if I update some other fields, and also the status, then save - would that be why it's not working? Do I have to JUST update the status?

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