# Glide Updates without activity? **URL:** \ **Category:** Report a Bug\ **Tags:** data-sync\ **Created:** [August 19, 2023, 6:08am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/glide-updates-without-activity/65181 "2023-08-19T06:08:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dotstory\_Admin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/dotstory_admin/32/46941_2.png) [@Dotstory\_Admin](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Dotstory_Admin)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2023, 6:08am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/glide-updates-without-activity/65181/1 "2023-08-19T06:08:57Z")
Can someone tell me what is wrong with the updates 1.2k syncs without activity? ![Screenshot 2023-08-19 at 11.36.48](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/e/9/e9ae662dcfaf3f9837c406f96409bcaed17eabc9.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Murphy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/darren_murphy/32/47326_2.png) [@Darren\_Murphy](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Darren_Murphy)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2023, 7:36am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/glide-updates-without-activity/65181/2 "2023-08-19T07:36:47Z")
![CleanShot 2023-08-19 at 15.34.40@2x](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/9/1/911f15b343d9e255d1ac5a4bc0dc073718d86003.png) That means that one or more of your Apps are syncing with an external data source. Which Data Sources are you using? ---
**Author:** ![Dotstory\_Admin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/dotstory_admin/32/46941_2.png) [@Dotstory\_Admin](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Dotstory_Admin)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2023, 10:06am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/glide-updates-without-activity/65181/3 "2023-08-19T10:06:00Z")
We are using Google Sheet as Databse, we have forumula there but that forumula only run if any row is updated or added. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Murphy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/darren_murphy/32/47326_2.png) [@Darren\_Murphy](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Darren_Murphy)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2023, 10:20am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/glide-updates-without-activity/65181/4 "2023-08-19T10:20:26Z")
Do you use any of the Google Sheet volatile functions in your formulas? That is, any of: `TODAY()`, `RAND()`, `RANDBETWEEN()` or `NOW()` Also, do you have Extra Sync mode enabled in Glide? ---
**Author:** ![Dotstory\_Admin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/dotstory_admin/32/46941_2.png) [@Dotstory\_Admin](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Dotstory_Admin)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2023, 11:21am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/glide-updates-without-activity/65181/5 "2023-08-19T11:21:37Z")
No Such formula, and we never use extra sync it’s on normal ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Murphy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/darren_murphy/32/47326_2.png) [@Darren\_Murphy](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Darren_Murphy)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2023, 11:28am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/glide-updates-without-activity/65181/6 "2023-08-19T11:28:53Z")
Okay, then I can’t explain that number of syncs, sorry. Maybe somebody else will have an idea. ---
**Author:** ![Robert\_Petitto](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/robert_petitto/32/25193_2.png) [@Robert\_Petitto](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Robert_Petitto)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2023, 5:12pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/glide-updates-without-activity/65181/7 "2023-08-19T17:12:14Z")
I agree with @Darren_Murphy. Chances are you have some sort of formula in your Google sheet that’s consistently updating your sheet and thus updating Glide via syncs. Are you using scripts in your Google sheet? ---
**Author:** ![Dotstory\_Admin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/dotstory_admin/32/46941_2.png) [@Dotstory\_Admin](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Dotstory_Admin)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2023, 7:58am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/glide-updates-without-activity/65181/8 "2023-08-24T07:58:57Z")
Yes we have custom functions, but they only run when a row is updated. ---
**Author:** ![ThinhDinh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/thinhdinh/32/49_2.png) [@ThinhDinh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ThinhDinh)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2023, 11:37pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/glide-updates-without-activity/65181/9 "2023-08-24T23:37:08Z")
So it’s an on change/on edit trigger? Can you check your logs to see if they run at all without changes/edits?