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var listID: String

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Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Clearly specified
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
swift
Domain
mobile-dev

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Open ContactsList.swift and inspect the Contact extension and current listID implementation. Update the list identifier as proposed, then verify that cloud-fetched changes update list items when fields beyond the contact name change.

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Description

In ContactsList.swift extension Contact

// In order for the list to update properly when fetch changes from the cloud, we need to use something other than the contact ID for the list item ID.
var listID: String { "\(self.id)\(Self.listIDSeparator)\(self.name)" }

The problem with this approach is when you start adding more fields to Contact. Your approach doesn't guarantee updates when changes are fetched.

I propose changing to the following:
var listID: String { "\(self.id)\(Self.listIDSeparator)\(self.userModificationDate)" }

In my testing, this solves all update issues regardless of adding fields to Contact.

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