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I have build a flow for updating one column in my sharepoint List

I have only made changes for one record in my SharePoint list, But its keep triggering for every minute for the same record

And because of that my list is showing some sync issues , which Iam not been able to figure out why it is happening

Following are warnings shown in the lIst

I have turned off the flow , still the sync issue are there

Could anyone please help me to understand why it is happening to my flow and how to fix this sharepoint issue

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Nived_Nambiar 18,129 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at

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Hi @Danny_Dicaprio

This happens because update item action itself triggers the trigger again as trigger works when item is modified or created 🙂

To avoid this , we have to add a condition which prevents it from updating all the time when item is updated.

Could you explain what you are doing with record and what you are trying to update so that we can make condition accordingly 🙂

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Hi @Nived_Nambiar

Thanks for the response,

I was trying to create a unique User ID Column for my records in sharepoint list

I have created another column for triggering the automate ( yes /No)

when I update the triggering column, the flow should run and update the user id column with the ID details (Created by date and time)
formatDateTime(triggerOutputs()?['body/Created'],'yyyyhhmmss')
for first 100 records the User ID was created using the flow
for the rest of the records, it is showing a sync issue in SharePoint list, and the flow keeps running continuously

Could u please suggest me a solution

Is there is any way to fix the SharePoint list synch isue

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Nived_Nambiar 18,129 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at

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Hi @Danny_Dicaprio

So flow should be trigger when user created item / not edited right ?

If yes - use the below trigger which triggers the flow when record is created

Hope it helps !

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Thanks for the response @Nived_Nambiar

The flow will trigger when a new item is created or modified

In my case , iam updating a certain column which will trigger the flow for creating the unique ID for my list

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Nived_Nambiar 18,129 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at

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Hi @Danny_Dicaprio

If i am correct, there are already some items in list before the flow was created, so u want to modify those records so that user id can be created for those ?

If that is case, write a trigger condition like below

@or(equals(triggerOutputs()?['body/Product'],null),empty(triggerOutputs()?['body/Product']))

This expression is checking whether the Product column is empty or null, in your case, it should be User ID column, so your flow triggers only when the User ID is null or empty.

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@Nived_Nambiar

Thanks for the response

But still the SharePoint sync issue is still there
In the Landing page of sharepoint List

Inside the All-items views
When I click on the items with synch issues
Could u please guide me, how should I fix this issue

Also, I tried removing the cache files from the browser and signed into Incognito Mode, still the sync issue is there

Really appreciate your help on this

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Nived_Nambiar 18,129 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at

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Hi @Danny_Dicaprio

see whether this helps 🙂

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/sharepoint/sharepoint-list-sync-issues/m-p/3777984

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