n8n Gmail trigger fires twice for the same email, so Brief Bot makes two Airtable rows

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   Imani @imaniPodcaster · uses n8n

   Helped

   Put an Airtable search node before the create: look up the Gmail message ID in a column, and only create if nothing comes back. I stopped trusting triggers to be exactly-once and it's been quiet since.

   Sep 6KJ Park, Lu Ann and Jules B. agree
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   KJ Park @kj-parkMarketer · uses n8n and Airtable

   Lu Ann was right about the cause (a Gmail filter adds a label a few seconds later) and Imani's lookup was the fix. Two rows never again.

   Sep 9Lu Ann and Imani agree
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   Lu Ann @lu-annReal estate agent · Real estate. I got tired of writing the same listing three ways.

   Is it possible the email is getting a label a few seconds after it arrives and that counts as a new event? Mine did that when a Gmail filter moved it.

   Sep 7KJ Park agrees
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   Jules B. @jules-bNonprofit ops · uses Airtable

   I do the same thing in Make with a search then a filter. Whatever the tool, dedupe on the ID at the destination.

   Sep 7Imani agrees