# \[DONE\] "Modification Date" does not track changes to Rich Text fields **URL:** \ **Category:** Ideas & Features\ **Created:** [September 2, 2023, 12:24am UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/done-modification-date-does-not-track-changes-to-rich-text-fields/5066 "2023-09-02T00:24:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Matt\_Blais](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/matt_blais/32/1464_2.png) [@Matt\_Blais](https://community.fibery.io/u/Matt_Blais)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2023, 12:24am UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/done-modification-date-does-not-track-changes-to-rich-text-fields/5066/1 "2023-09-02T00:24:59Z")
The built-in “Modification Date” field does not appear to track changes to Rich Text fields in the entity. Is this intentional? Because it seems counter-intuitive. 🤔 **Example:** I want to sort a list of entities by Modification Date descending so I can review the entities by most-recently-modified – and I am hard-pressed to imagine a case where I would _ **not** _ want this to include changes made to Rich Text fields like Description. ---
**Author:** ![Polina\_Zenevich](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/polina_zenevich/32/480_2.png) [@Polina\_Zenevich](https://community.fibery.io/u/Polina_Zenevich)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2023, 3:00pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/done-modification-date-does-not-track-changes-to-rich-text-fields/5066/2 "2023-09-05T15:00:50Z")
Hi! That’s not a bug, but a feature in the backlog 🙂 So noted your request! (agree, that is seems counter-intuitive) ---
**Author:** ![Seven](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/seven/32/7595_2.png) [@Seven](https://community.fibery.io/u/Seven)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2023, 6:11pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/done-modification-date-does-not-track-changes-to-rich-text-fields/5066/3 "2023-09-05T18:11:37Z")
A workaround I’ve done is an automation rule that updates some date field when the rich text field is modified. Then you can sort by that date field. This would look like this: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/fibery/original/2X/1/12f15ac3daea252a5127c0287a87e6fd7d9b3796.png) ---
**Author:** ![Chr1sG](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/chr1sg/32/3941_2.png) [@Chr1sG](https://community.fibery.io/u/Chr1sG)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2023, 9:21am UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/done-modification-date-does-not-track-changes-to-rich-text-fields/5066/4 "2023-09-07T09:21:46Z")
7 posts were split to a new topic: [Mentioning entities in rich text](https://community.fibery.io/t/mentioning-entities-in-rich-text/5094) ---
**Author:** ![Wilco\_Boode](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/wilco_boode/32/9985_2.png) [@Wilco\_Boode](https://community.fibery.io/u/Wilco_Boode)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2024, 10:58am UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/done-modification-date-does-not-track-changes-to-rich-text-fields/5066/5 "2024-11-08T10:58:08Z")
I’d like to bump this topic, especially with the new Automation limitations. We use the described automation for several databases, but we will rapidly increase our automation count if we were to continue using this in the future. ---
**Author:** ![mdubakov](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/mdubakov/32/10_2.png) [@mdubakov](https://community.fibery.io/u/mdubakov)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2026, 12:19pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/done-modification-date-does-not-track-changes-to-rich-text-fields/5066/6 "2026-10-01T12:19:19Z")
now it does, released today [October 1, 2026 / 🔥 Custom Apps as Entity Views, Suggestion mode for rich text](https://community.fibery.io/t/october-1-2026-custom-apps-as-entity-views-suggestion-mode-for-rich-text/11348) ---
**Author:** ![Chr1sG](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/chr1sg/32/3941_2.png) [@Chr1sG](https://community.fibery.io/u/Chr1sG)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2026, 12:51pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/done-modification-date-does-not-track-changes-to-rich-text-fields/5066/7 "2026-10-01T12:51:32Z")