# False Loop Detected in Formula

**URL:** <https://community.fibery.io/t/false-loop-detected-in-formula/6317>\
**Category:** Bugs & Issues\
**Created:** [June 20, 2024, 8:32pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/false-loop-detected-in-formula/6317 "2024-06-20T20:32:52Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![interr0bangr](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/interr0bangr/32/8089_2.png) [@interr0bangr](https://community.fibery.io/u/interr0bangr)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2024, 8:32pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/false-loop-detected-in-formula/6317/1 "2024-06-20T20:32:52Z")

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I have a formula that has been flagged as an infinite loop but I don’t understand why since the only reference to itself is in the 1-to-1 self-related parent entity.

Am I missing something?

 ![Fibery-Database-Fibery (2)](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/fibery/original/2X/d/d51220a9415745283be6947078a5999fbb03c7de.jpeg)

- The field is on a “Page” database
- “Parent Page” is a 1-to-1 relationship to another Page.
- Slug is a regular text field

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**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:** [June 21, 2024, 12:19am UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/false-loop-detected-in-formula/6317/2 "2024-06-21T00:19:38Z")

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If it is theoretically possible that the field _could_ be a self-reference, that is probably the reason.

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**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:** [June 21, 2024, 5:59am UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/false-loop-detected-in-formula/6317/3 "2024-06-21T05:59:28Z")

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My guess is that you have a snake that bites its own tail.  
e.g. A - B - C - A

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**Author:** ![interr0bangr](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/interr0bangr/32/8089_2.png) [@interr0bangr](https://community.fibery.io/u/interr0bangr)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2024, 6:58pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/false-loop-detected-in-formula/6317/4 "2024-06-21T18:58:36Z")

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I triple checked everything and while you could technically have a parent be its own child, I didn’t find examples of it happening.

But anyways, it just started working again out of the blue so will cross my fingers that it stays that way!