Zotero Beta: No Added By for some items

dstillman · 2026-03-22T13:28:06+00:00

This discussion was created from comments split from: Available for beta testing: Added By and Modified By for group libraries.

FHeimburger · 2026-03-20T21:03:04+00:00

This is fabulous news - really useful for group libraries.
There is something odd going on for the "added by" in a large group library of mine, though. Quite a few of the items (I can't figure out a pattern) do not have an "added by" in the desktop software when they do in the online library.
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dstillman · 2026-03-20T21:15:31+00:00

@FHeimburger: Have you synced this library since updating?

FHeimburger · 2026-03-20T21:44:21+00:00

I hadn't. I now have (and have then switched to another library and back again) and the same phenomenon persists. Restarting Zotero did not help either

dstillman · 2026-03-21T01:10:23+00:00

@FHeimburger: Can you provide a Debug ID for a sync?

FHeimburger · 2026-03-21T07:14:20+00:00

Here you are: D163999942

dstillman · 2026-03-21T19:30:48+00:00

@FHeimburger: OK, try the latest beta.

FHeimburger · 2026-03-21T21:36:02+00:00

I updated to 9.0-beta.14+8af91b014 and then tried again - no luck. Still looks exactly the same with the items with no "added by" info.
Here's another Debug ID for a sync, just in case that helps: D1889140321

dstillman · 2026-03-22T13:28:55+00:00

Can you go to Tools → Developer → Run JavaScript, paste this in, and click Run, and then provide another Debug ID for the very next sync?

await Zotero.DB.queryAsync("DELETE FROM settings WHERE setting='sync' AND key LIKE 'groupItemUsersBackfilled%'");

FHeimburger · 2026-03-22T20:10:58+00:00

I tried - it says "Error: Please enter a LIKE clause with bindings"

dstillman · 2026-03-22T20:26:22+00:00

Sorry:

await Zotero.DB.queryAsync("DELETE FROM settings WHERE setting='sync' AND key LIKE ?", 'groupItemUsersBackfilled%');

FHeimburger · 2026-03-22T20:29:46+00:00

That ran successfully - here's the sync debug id D639896735

dstillman · 2026-03-23T00:39:40+00:00

Can you run that command again and then generate another Debug ID for right-clicking on the group and clicking Sync for only that group?

FHeimburger · 2026-03-23T08:16:50+00:00

Done! Here you are D1174447417