What happened
What this says
As at Fri 9 Oct 2026Sunita Bains reported Salesforce connector syncing slowly and records disappearing. Bethan Lister identified custom field expansion as cause. Optimised connector on 21 Nov 2024.
Problem: CRM Administrator reported Salesforce connector performance collapse: syncs taking hours instead of minutes, with records appearing and disappearing. Key account managers' deal visibility was impaired.
Handling: Assigned to Bethan Lister. First response at 14:32 on 2024-11-21 (100 minutes after report). Lister diagnosed timeout: customer had added three custom opportunity fields for a campaign, expanding the query. Sunita confirmed tens of thousands of contacts and several thousand opportunities. Bethan optimised the connector same day (16:04).
Watch: Custom field additions in large Salesforce instances can cause sync timeout. Escalate performance tuning before connector stability is lost.
Details
Updated 9 Oct 26Trail
- Internal note · Bethan Lister 21 Nov 2024 11:38Started investigating slow Salesforce syncs reported from this customer. Data volume surge likely.
- created · Sunita Bains 21 Nov 2024 14:24The Salesforce connector has been syncing very slowly the last few days: what used to take minutes now takes hours. We're also seeing records disappear and reappear, which confuses the key-account managers. This is affecting how they see deal status. When will this be fixed?
- Public reply · Bethan Lister 21 Nov 2024 14:32Hi Sunita, I've picked this up. Slow syncs and missing records suggest the connector is timing out on a large pull. Your Salesforce volume appears to have grown. Can you tell me: 1. Approximately how large is your contact and opportunity base right now? 2. Have you added any custom fields in the last week or two? Thanks, Bethan
- Public reply · Sunita Bains 21 Nov 2024 14:54Quite large: tens of thousands of contacts and several thousand opportunities. We did add three custom fields to opportunities last week for a sales campaign.
- Public reply · Bethan Lister 21 Nov 2024 16:04That's the issue. The new fields expanded the query and caused the timeout. I've optimised the connector on our end. Can you try syncing again now?
- Status change · 29 Nov 2024 23:59