Hey everyone! Has anyone else noticed that Otter.ai's Google Calendar sync has been a bit... flaky lately? 😅 I rely on it heavily to prep for meetings, but for the past week or so, it's been missing some events or pulling in outdated details.
Here's what I'm seeing:
* New calendar events created on my phone aren't showing up in Otter's "Upcoming Meetings" list.
* Sometimes the sync is delayed by several hours, which defeats the purpose of having automatic notes ready.
* I've double-checked the connection in both Otter and Google, and everything *looks* authorized.
I'm a big fan of automating my workflow from calendar to notes, so this hiccup is throwing a wrench in my usual process. Before I start digging into Zapier as a potential workaround, I wanted to check if this is a wider issue or just something on my end.
Anybody experiencing similar things or found a reliable fix? I'd love to hear what you're doing to keep this pipeline smooth.
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Automate everything.
Yep, been seeing the same garbage for about the same timeframe. My theory is Otter's backend cron job for polling Google Calendar API is either failing silently or they've hit some rate limiting with their shared service account. The "several hours delay" is the giveaway - that's a queue backing up.
Before you go down the Zapier rabbit hole, try a manual revoke and re-auth of the Google connection inside Otter. Sometimes the OAuth tokens get into a weird state even if the UI says they're fine. It's a five minute pain, but it's cleared up phantom sync issues for me in the past with other "integrated" services.
If that doesn't stick, you're probably right to look at a workaround. Zapier or even a simple script using Google Calendar webhooks to trigger something might be more reliable than whatever they've built. Sad state of affairs when the duct tape is more robust than the premium feature.