Google Drive - watched folder only returns one item (and doesn't trigger on changes)

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Hey all, first post here so be nice :slight_smile:

I’ve recently discussed N8N and looking to dip my toes into Agents, utilising RAG - following a couple of Youtube tutorials I’ve got the local install and flows sorted, but the Google Drive integration (trigger) setup to monitor changes to a folder (for created items and updated items) has two problems for me:

  1. The workflow is activated, but the schedule trigger doesn’t run every minute (that I can see).
  2. When testing the workflow, it only ever returns 1 item, the latest file in the folder, not the 6 items in the folder.

I’m sure you’ll need more info than this, so apologies and thanks in advance!

Running via the self-hosted-ai-starter-kit
n8n version: 1.70.4
Database (default: SQLite): postgres?
n8n EXECUTIONS_PROCESS setting (default: own, main): v1
Running n8n via: Docker
Operating system: Windows

Cheers
R

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It looks like your topic is missing some important information. Could you provide the following if applicable.

  • n8n version:
  • Database (default: SQLite):
  • n8n EXECUTIONS_PROCESS setting (default: own, main):
  • Running n8n via (Docker, npm, n8n cloud, desktop app):
  • Operating system:
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Hey @bobbyd4t , the test mode returns one item for you to be able to map the properties. For the trigger in production mode to return items, the condition has to meet from the moment the trigger was activated. Moreover the user you connected with should have access to those items. That is if you use one user o create/update items and those documents are not shared with the user you connect the trigger with, no items will be returned by the trigger.

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I’m having the same issue where created or updated docs in the monitored folder is not triggering drive modules.

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Also having the same issue

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