Appended multi-line text duplicating

62515088 5 Reputation points
2024-02-05T17:41:56.8833333+00:00

I am having an issue with a list that is duplicating a multi-line text field. I have the Notes section set up with "Append Changes to Existing Text" and this is a required field. This list requires attachments and when a user goes into the list item to review the attachment it duplicates the previous note, even though there were no edits being made to the item. Is this a known issue and if so is there a workaround for this? Below are screenshots of the column set-up and an example of the duplications User's image

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  1. 62515088 5 Reputation points
    2024-02-06T12:39:55.23+00:00

    This is the only list that I have that contains the "Append Changes to Existing Text", so yes, this is the only one that is impacted. I will update another list and add this scenario to see if the same issue occurs.

  2. AllenXu-MSFT 17,666 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
    2024-02-07T01:58:55.4+00:00

    Hi @62515088,

    Thanks for your reply. I tried to reproduce this issue by the steps in this link: https://lazymorning-my.sharepoint.com/:i:/g/personal/allenx_lazymorning_onmicrosoft_com/EV3TF9LLCuxLiTEa-JCYkssBy-qN4wG2ec5cmMXPvdc59g?e=WUghAM. Is there any difference between us?

  3. AW 0 Reputation points
    2024-05-09T13:54:11.27+00:00

    I'm having the same issue. Based on the date/time stamps in my instance, it seems anytime I selected the cell but then realized I had no edits, it saved by default. I also exported a view to Excel prior to enabling this column as appended changes.

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  4. SG 0 Reputation points
    2024-06-18T18:21:19.29+00:00

    Hi - tracking this issue as well. We have a list with append changes turned on that can be edited directly via comments in the list form, or through an instant cloud flow. When a comment is added via instant cloud flow, it posts with a specific format. In our case the duplicates appear to occur without this instant cloud formatting. So I believe the duplicates occur when people are posting comments directly in the list form. Duplicates will post multiple times and associate same comment to different users.

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