This relates to #727030: Update existing item.. Does this mean the server will create a huge load and go through every previous scaped feed? Pls Explain? and may be fixed by #753426: Partial update of nodes, but isn't mentioned explicitly in either of those, so it seems new:

I'm trying to determine if Feeds is a feasible way to sync content between two sites. I set up a test site with a bunch of Story nodes and a Views-generated RSS feed. Then I set up a feed importer to pull in that RSS feed and create Feed Item nodes (on the same site). "Update existing items" is checked in the importer's node parser. When I import the feed for the first time, it pulls in the nodes. If I update one of those Stories, though, it never updates the corresponding Feed Item. The mapping has GUID set as a unique key.

Has anyone else had this problem? I had the same issue a while ago with FeedAPI, which is why I wanted to test it with Feeds to see if it changed. Writing this post, I wonder if it's because the feed and the original nodes are on the same site, is that possible? (On the other hand, if it goes by the nid or other unique ID, I don't see why that would matter.)

This would be the easiest way to achieve a project requirement so it would be great to get it working. Thanks.

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rickvug commented

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cghobbs commented

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alex_b commented
Version: 6.x-1.0-alpha14 » 6.x-1.x-dev

Hm. I can't confirm this with latest 6.x HEAD (which is not that different to alpha 14 in that regards. Nevertheless I'd appreciate if you could test and report on HEAD). Off the top of my head, some possible points of failure:

* Updated item is not present on the RSS feed or is only present in a cached form (i. e.: can you see the change on the feed?).
* Cron is not enabled and feed is never refreshed (I assume though you manually refresh the feed and can't see the expected results).
* There is a problem with the GUID (does it change on update?).

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thebuckst0p commented
Status: Active » Fixed

Well I'm an idiot... I cloned the default RSS feed importer and changed the settings on there, but the feed node was still attached to the default one, which was set not to update items. I changed the settings on the default one and it's working fine. Thanks!

Status: Fixed » Closed (fixed)

Automatically closed -- issue fixed for 2 weeks with no activity.