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Custom AppFeatureBlock actions absent from automation builder action picker — all triggers, all configurations tested

  • June 23, 2026
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Two custom AppFeatureBlock features in app 18756 v13 do not appear in the from-scratch action picker, regardless of trigger.

Account / app

  • Account: pageproof-force (6802012)
  • App id: 18756, v13 draft (versionId 15461381)
  • Affected block keys: block_create_item_and_keep_in_sync_671900block_keep_item_in_sync_671901

Symptoms

Both blocks are invisible in the "Then do this" action picker when the trigger is set to any of: When status changesWhen item is createdWhen subitem is created (all monday-builtin), or PageProof's proof_reaches_statusproof_created_or_updatedproof_updatedproof_updated_with_subitem_reference. Sibling blocks in the same app appear normally (e.g. block_sync_subitem_671790block_create_proofs_for_assets_in_column_671797).

What we've verified

  • mapps manifest:export -i 15461381 returns exactly what we imported — monday's stored copy is correct.
  • The affected blocks have identical structural patterns to working sibling block_sync_subitem_671790: same inboundFieldsConfig.fields[].type and fieldTypeReferenceId, same constraints.subFieldsDependencies, same outboundFieldsConfig, same executionConfig, same lite_builder.sourceConfig shape, matching sentence.
  • Trigger output names match action inbound names (e.g. proofItemMapping on both sides).
  • Tested in an incognito window — same result.
  • Multiple manifest re-imports — same result.
  • Deleted both blocks and their three referencing AppFeatureWorkflowTemplate features (automations_template_30811600/601/602) from monday, then re-imported via mapps manifest:import — recreated, still invisible.
  • Stripped migrationEntityId and migrationId from the affected blocks, then deleted + re-imported again so they were created with no migration lineage — still invisible.

Hypothesis

The blocks were originally added via the Developer Center UI post-migration (migrationEntityIds 28201/28202, outside the range of the wizard-created blocks 2809628107). We suspect a registration path that doesn't fully wire the block into the new automation builder's block index. The recreate + strip-migration-markers experiment did not change behavior, so there may be additional account-scoped or app-scoped state we can't see or reset.

Ask

What additional registration step or metadata is required to make a custom AppFeatureBlock (kind=action) appear in the from-scratch action picker? Is there a way to force re-indexing of specific blocks?

2 replies

dvdsmpsn
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  • June 23, 2026

Have you tried deleting the automation block and rebuilding it from scratch in the UI?

It might just start working. Whenever I have problems like this, I try it. Sometimes it works better the 2nd, 3rd, 4th or 5th time you create it. 

If you get good at creating things in the dev center UI without making any mistakes at all, things often work better. Editing things is extremely buggy. 


rob
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  • monday.com Partner
  • June 26, 2026

Hey ​@pedroprimor 

I’ve posted the same exact behaviour here two weeks ago.

No feedback from Monday. 😔