Issue with reloading reference in Sanity causing incorrect title to revert back.

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Last updated: Apr 5, 2024
Hi everyone, I could really use some help/tips here. I don't know what the issue is.
If I can't fix this in Sanity, then it is going to take me many hours of extra work to redo it all (I will have to catalogue all the items, so I can remove them and manually re-add them)
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I can see you're experiencing a frustrating issue with Sanity, but your message doesn't include details about what specific problem you're encountering. To help you effectively, I'll need to know more about what's happening.

However, I can offer some general troubleshooting guidance for common Sanity issues:

If you're having problems with your Studio:

  • Check the browser console for error messages (F12 or right-click → Inspect)
  • Look at your terminal/command line where the Studio is running for errors
  • Try clearing your browser cache or using an incognito window
  • Make sure your Studio dependencies are up to date (npm install or yarn install)

If documents are missing or behaving strangely:

  • Check if you're looking at the right dataset (production vs development)
  • Verify your document IDs haven't changed
  • Look at your document history in the Studio to see if something was accidentally deleted or modified

If you're seeing schema/validation issues:

  • Review recent schema changes that might have made existing content invalid
  • Check if field names or types were changed

Before doing any manual rebuild:

  • Your content is safely stored in Sanity's Content Lake - it's very rare to actually lose data
  • You can use the Sanity CLI to export your dataset as a backup: sanity dataset export
  • The Vision plugin lets you query your data directly to verify what's actually in your dataset using GROQ

To get specific help: The best next step is to share more details about your issue:

  • What exactly isn't working? (error messages, unexpected behavior, missing content)
  • Any error messages from the console or terminal?
  • What you were doing when the issue started?
  • Screenshots if applicable?

The Sanity community Slack is very active and helpful for troubleshooting. You can also check the Sanity Exchange for common solutions. There's almost always a solution that doesn't require manual re-entry of all your content - Sanity is built to preserve your data integrity, so let's figure out what's actually happening before you resort to rebuilding everything manually!

When I click "reload reference" everything looks good, but then it gets reverted and looks like this again (same incorrect title, with the message above that reference has changed)
Please tell me if this is not allowed, but I would offer a bounty to anyone who can lead me directly to a fix.
đź‘‹ What version of the Studio are you running?
Can you try upgrading to the lates version?
user M
The latest version of which package?
of the studio,
sanity
, I presume
ok trying this now
If this doesnt work im going to cry and shit my pants
im not joking. I have a condition
If this doesnt work im going to cry and shit my pants
Im not joking. I have a condition
If any of u make fun of me I can report u and get u kicked out of this community
HOLY SHITE IT WORKED!!!! Yes you guys rock hell yeah
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