Why Do the Google Drive New File Triggers Stop Working After a Day Despite Showing No Code Changes?

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Hi! I have two workflows that use the Google Drive New File Trigger. I’ve seen them work in edit mode and (I think) immediately after deploying but the next day they no longer trigger. Checking the logs, the events are never seen. I just tried editing one of them again and watch the test event come through, even though I made no code changes.

Hi , I responded in the support ticket — but asking here, are the files copies or duplicates of previously emitted events?

If so, there’s deduping handling so it doesn’t emit the same again event

Hi , thanks for the follow-up. There were some copies in there that you see but that was just me testing it. I have a workflow that takes an emailed file and drops it into that folder, then this is supposed to trigger off that new file.

I’ll try sending a file again right now and see what happens.

The ai-ocr workflow triggered correctly today. The Notion Voice Notes one did not trigger at all even though the file is showing in Drive

Each trigger is configured differently, I see the voice notes one is triggered when a file is added to the voice-notes folder

Did you add that audio file to the voice-notes folder?

Yes, it’s in the correct folder

Ah, I realized that trigger’s version is outdated (v0.1.2). We’ve shipped improvements and the current one is v0.1.11

Could you try deleting and recreating that trigger and see if it helps

I’ll try that and let you know. I just created this workflow less than a month ago. Did I do something wrong to get an old version like that?

No, at the moment you created the trigger, you got the latest version. But in the meantime we shipped some fixes and improvements

In this link you can see the history of changes

Unlike actions, triggers can’t be updated, they need to be recreated

Do you have the workflow share link you used to create the workflow?

This is the one I used for the voice notes - How to Take Perfect Notes with Your Voice Using ChatGPT and Notion

Is the AI OCR also behind? I’m having a hard time finding what version it is through the website

Ah, okay so I see the template is fixed with the v0.1.2 version, so I’ll have to ask Thomas to update the template

The AI OCR has the most recent version

You can find it in Sign Up - Pipedream, select your trigger, then click on the Configuration tab