Airtable Data Sync Updates: What's New, What's Coming, and What to Know

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Hey everyone,

With our updated data sync for Airtable coming to completion in the coming days, there are some updates you should be aware of regarding Airtable Views, a few known issues we’re actively fixing, and some exciting features on the way.

Airtable Views

With the new data sync model, we’ve changed how Airtable Views are handled:

  • Existing blocks using Airtable Views continue to work normally. These blocks will remain on the old syncing mechanism and won’t be affected by this migration.
  • New blocks cannot be filtered with a View. When creating new blocks in the updated data model, you’ll need to connect directly to the Airtable table and filter with Softr conditional filters rather than a specific View.

If you need to use Views right now, here are your options:

  1. Use legacy blocks, which still support Views
  2. Duplicate an existing View-backed block and modify from there

That said, most of what Views offer can be achieved directly in Softr Studio using conditional filters. And once this migration wraps up, we’ll be extending our conditional filtering capabilities to include grouping with AND/OR logic early next year. This will make it even easier to replicate View-like functionality natively in Softr without relying on Airtable Views at all.

Known Issues We’re Fixing

Read-only fields not updating immediately – When a read-only field value changes in Airtable, it’s not syncing to Softr right away. This is due to a limitation in the Airtable API (their metadata doesn’t update when read-only fields change). We’re working around this and expect a fix next week.

Deleted data sync delay – Data deleted in Airtable currently has a small delay before it’s removed in Softr. We’re optimizing this and expect a fix next week as well.

What’s Coming

With this new syncing mechanism wrapping up, Airtable users will start getting access to some of our latest features, including Ask AI, inline editing, and more. Some of these may already be available to you. The rest will roll out over the next week or two as we finish this migration.

The Bigger Picture

I know it might feel like this transition is creating more problems than it’s solving. But once complete, this new data model will be well worth the wait. It’s designed to help you build faster, more scalable applications with Airtable than ever before.

Questions? Drop them below.

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Very excited about these improvements! (And all of my team who doesn’t know they’re coming are going to not notice and still benefit greatly from them!)

Will I be notified in Studio as these new features roll out or should I just keep an eye out here?

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We will be sure to notify in studio + forum + social media as best we can =)

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Awesome update. Thanks.

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Great News, lets keep our figures crossed that it solves some of the slow updating, formular and lookup field issues.

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Is there any way to join a beta features program? I am really curious to checkout these airtable updates asap :smiley:

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Airtable updates have since rolled out to everyone. You should be experiencing them already =)

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Yes, thanks. forgot to build new blocks, as you mentioned :slight_smile:

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Should the issue with Read-only fields not updating immediately be resolved now or is that still in progress?

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Still in progress. Hoping to have it live tomorrow or by EOW latest.

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So this was posted 21 days ago. As of this week, users deleted in Airtable are not then deleted in Softr when advanced user sync settings are set to do so. There is either a significant lag or sync must be manually triggered after this lag.

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I am seeing changes in airtable that are 20 minutes (edit: 2 hours old, still not updated), not reflected in Softr. For more than 24 months our app has functioned without issue until December of 2025 and almost daily issues now. Very unnerving. Hopeful this is actively being worked.