So, it seems there is an auto update bug on repeating groups that Bubble has yet to really grapple with; they are busy. It’s what it is. There are other threads and answers to this but I wanted to give the solution that worked for me.
Create a custom state in your repeating group (Click the “i” icon in the Black editor box) and name it “current_time” (I like using lower case and underscores, but name it what you like) and set the type of state to “date”.
Go to your workflow section and create an “On Page Load” workflow (Or add an action to it if you already have one).
In “On Page Load” workflow, add an action called “Do Every 5 Seconds”. Change the seconds to 1 second (This is client-side, so it won’t eat up your WU’s).
Under the “Do every 1 Second” action set the state of your repeating group (The one you added the custom state to) “current_time” to the call “Current Date/Time”.
What this does is set a static date on the repeating group when the page is loaded and when a user adds a post, or event or any type of content, the repeating group date will update based on the moving time clock you have in your state.
That’s it. You will now have a dynamic data update when you add content to a repeating group.
Kinda hard to interact with this topic when everything is stated as a matter of fact.
Can you describe the issue you are experiencing? It sounds to me like you’re using a date & time filter on your repeating group or in a custom state used in your repeating group’s data scource, which is why the repeating group doesn’t seem to ‘update.’ If you remove that or reconsider that part of your build you shouldn’t experience that issue.
Are you referring to real-time data updates whereby changes to DB data are immediately reflected in the frontend? If so, that’s an absolutely critical part of Bubble’s core functionality, and it’s been working fine for me. And whenever there have been issues with it in the past, Bubble has been quick to resolve them.
It’s certainly possible you’ve encountered an edge case or regional issue related to the feature, so if you can reliably reproduce the behavior, I’d recommend submitting a bug report if you haven’t already. One shouldn’t have to resort to workarounds for this basic functionality.
And as @QinisoG indicated, it’d be helpful to better understand your setup so that others can try to reproduce it or offer suggestions. It’s possible it’s not a bug at all but a misconfiguration or misunderstanding.
It’s probably an edge case. I have a feed with multiple data types, similar to a Facebook or X type of feed (Text, photos, video, events, etc.).When add a post it does not update in real time. I need to refresh the page to see the latest data (Update). I have read in other forum posts that others have had the same issue in the last year or two and people referred to it as a known Bubble bug. That’s all I know. If it’s an edge case then at least I found a solution that works for me. Thanks.
It has been a while since I checked this, but there was a known “bug” where things created in the back-end were NOT triggering the real time updates. It was known, and mentioned on the forums a few times. And I experienced it as well.
