N8n Airtable Trigger Not Detecting New Records - WhatsApp Automation

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Hello fam,

I’m busy building a Airtable + WhatsApp confirmation automation

My Workflow: https://gist.github.com/tommycoconutvacationhomes-tech/c4781b5aeb8e25237f6a2daa010a4dad

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The Problem: My Airtable Trigger keeps processing the same old record (a test entry) instead of picking up new form submissions. When guests submit new applications, the workflow doesn’t trigger automatically and still references old data when manually executed.

Setup:

  • Airtable form → captures new guest applications

  • n8n Airtable Trigger → should detect new records

  • Process & send WhatsApp confirmation (through Twillio)

What Happens:

  • New guests submit forms successfully to Airtable :white_check_mark:

  • n8n workflow doesn’t auto-trigger :cross_mark:

  • When manually executed, it processes old test data instead of newest record :cross_mark:

Question: How do I configure the Airtable Trigger to:

  1. Auto-detect new form submissions

  2. Process the newest/most recent record instead of old data

  3. Properly trigger the workflow when new applications come in

Am I making a beginner mistake? Any guidance or help would be greatly appreciated

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Hey @Coco-coder Welcome to the n8n community!

I just went through your workflow and i see some hardcoding done there, you might wanna replace the your variable at the end : ={{ $json.fields ? $json.id : ‘rec1ogXSb7q5J22BR’ }}

Just use the ID here that you’’re going to get when the airtable trigger is triggered.

Also, It might sound stupid but have you published/Active your workflow ?
And if you have then please try to reauthenticate and go through the scopes of the token.

One thing i recommend is that please use the OAuth Approach when connecting credentials of a database service like airtable, Try using OAuth once and then let me now if it helps you in anyway or not then we can pivot into the right direction.