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. :thinking: Example: I want to sort a list of entities by Modification Date descending so I can review the entities by most-recently-mo…

Hi! That’s not a bug, but a feature in the backlog :slight_smile: So noted your request! (agree, that is seems counter-intuitive)

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]

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.

[DONE] "Modification Date" does not track changes to Rich Text fields

Ideas & Features

mdubakov October 1, 2026, 12:19pm 6

now it does, released today October 1, 2026 / 🔥 Custom Apps as Entity Views, Suggestion mode for rich text

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[DONE] "Modification Date" does not track changes to Rich Text fields

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