Design issue for the Gmail node

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Hey,

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I think there is the design issue in the Gmail node. When you type “Reply to a message” action to find in the search, you get two results which are different options but they have the same name so I think it would be more better if they have a different names.
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Hi @Hovo_Kazhoyan

This is what I believe is happening.

The “duplicate” options you see are actually two different tools that just happen to have the same name. One is designed to reply to a single specific email (the “Message” resource), while the other is designed to reply to an entire conversation (the “Thread” resource). Because the search bar only shows the name of the action and not the category it belongs to, they look identical, which causes confusion.

To tell them apart, select one and look at the “Resource” dropdown menu at the top of the node settings; it will tell you if you are using the Message or Thread version. This is a design flaw in the user interface, and the best way to get it fixed is to report it to GitHub so the developers can give these actions more distinct names.