# Reference in smart action not working anymore (8.0.16)

**URL:** <https://community.forestadmin.com/t/reference-in-smart-action-not-working-anymore-8-0-16/6870>\
**Category:** Help me!\
**Tags:** smart-action\
**Created:** [November 27, 2023, 11:37am UTC](https://community.forestadmin.com/t/reference-in-smart-action-not-working-anymore-8-0-16/6870 "2023-11-27T11:37:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Thomas\_Viaud](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.forestadmin.com/thomas_viaud/32/6688_2.png) [@Thomas\_Viaud](https://community.forestadmin.com/u/Thomas_Viaud)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2023, 11:37am UTC](https://community.forestadmin.com/t/reference-in-smart-action-not-working-anymore-8-0-16/6870/1 "2023-11-27T11:37:29Z")

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## Feature(s) impacted

Smart action reference field type

## Observed behavior

Since we upgraded our forest\_liana gem to latest (7.6.5 =\> 8.0.16) we are having an issue with reference fields in custom smart actions.  
[Enregistrement de l’écran 2023-11-27 à 12.34.19.zip](https://community.forestadmin.com/uploads/short-url/xeE0dCYxhYzbg953ObadOrHLP8A.zip) (812.4 KB)

The field is defined as:

```javascript
           {
             field: 'partner',
             is_required: false,
             reference: 'Partner.id',
           },

```

where Partner is another forest collection.

## Expected behavior

When searching a reference and clicking on it it should be the current value of the input.

Is there any reason it is not working anymore ? The api seems to be the same to use references.  
Thanks.

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**Author:** ![anon62739609](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c2a13f/32.png) [@anon62739609](https://community.forestadmin.com/u/anon62739609)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2023, 11:57am UTC](https://community.forestadmin.com/t/reference-in-smart-action-not-working-anymore-8-0-16/6870/2 "2023-11-27T11:57:25Z")

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Hi @Thomas_Viaud,

When did you first notice this issue ?

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**Author:** ![Thomas\_Viaud](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.forestadmin.com/thomas_viaud/32/6688_2.png) [@Thomas\_Viaud](https://community.forestadmin.com/u/Thomas_Viaud)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2023, 12:36pm UTC](https://community.forestadmin.com/t/reference-in-smart-action-not-working-anymore-8-0-16/6870/3 "2023-11-27T12:36:46Z")

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We noticed the problem today. We did not change anything except the mentioned update which occurred 3 days ago.

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**Author:** ![anon62739609](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c2a13f/32.png) [@anon62739609](https://community.forestadmin.com/u/anon62739609)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2023, 12:49pm UTC](https://community.forestadmin.com/t/reference-in-smart-action-not-working-anymore-8-0-16/6870/4 "2023-11-27T12:49:03Z")

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Okey this might be on our end. Let me try to reproduce 👀

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**Author:** ![anon62739609](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c2a13f/32.png) [@anon62739609](https://community.forestadmin.com/u/anon62739609)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2023, 1:08pm UTC](https://community.forestadmin.com/t/reference-in-smart-action-not-working-anymore-8-0-16/6870/5 "2023-11-27T13:08:57Z")

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@Thomas_Viaud could you retry please ? See if the issue is fixed 🙏

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**Author:** ![Thomas\_Viaud](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.forestadmin.com/thomas_viaud/32/6688_2.png) [@Thomas\_Viaud](https://community.forestadmin.com/u/Thomas_Viaud)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2023, 1:10pm UTC](https://community.forestadmin.com/t/reference-in-smart-action-not-working-anymore-8-0-16/6870/6 "2023-11-27T13:10:32Z")

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Hello, yes it seems to work again! Thanks.