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Find Records Step Dynamic Value Insertion Glitch

Reba

 

I’ve been experiencing glitches/slowness whenever I try to work with the Find Records step within an automation. 

I try to insert a dynamic value (blue plus icon) for either Record ID or as value for the selected field, and the page freezes, and I have to check back in later for it to sometimes work. 

I’ve been experiencing this for many months, and across different bases, and I was wondering if this is something that others have also faced with the Find Records action within the Automations tab! 

 

 

    5 replies

    ScottWorld
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    ​@Reba 

    I tried recreating your automation from your screenshot above, and I am not experiencing any problems on my end. You may want to email support@airtable.com and send them a Loom video which shows them the problem in action.

    - ScottWorld, Expert Airtable Consultant 

      bredah
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      • bredah
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      • October 2, 2026

      Hey ​@Reba! Echoing Scott above. I haven’t experienced this issue either 😕 I have a few automations with a nearly identical Find Records setup, and I just tested them again to confirm that I’m able to insert dynamic values without any freezing/delays. Definitely reach out to support@airtable.com! Fingers crossed they can get to the bottom of it for you 🤞🏻

      Hannah
        Mike_AutomaticN
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        Hey ​@Reba,

        Feel free to grab a slot using this link. Happy to go through it together on a quick call :D

        Best,

        Mike, Consultant @ Automatic Nation 

        anthonyXRay
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        • anthonyXRay
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        • October 5, 2026

        It seems no one else has experienced this, so it is probably related to your setup.  The dynamic value picker most likely loads all the fields from the previous step.  This means tables that have a lot of fields can get really heavy especially with lots of linked records and lookups.

        Something to try is to open the automation in an incognito window with the extensions turned off to rule out that it is the browser.  Then try the same step again against a small test table to see if the freeze follows the table’s size.  Since your Update record step is inside of a repeating group, it may help to pick the Record ID from the “Repeating group item” instead of from the Find records step directly.

        Anthony at XRay
        Alexey_Gusev
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        Hi, 
        never experienced something like that for several years, even wih low-cost PCs. I’m using Chrome for Windows. It seems like something with your browser or its extension.

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