Hi,
Can anyone tell me why my contact record ID numbering has suddenly changed for every new contact I add?
I use the record ID as the customers account and contract number in my day to day business.
I don’t think the record IDs are sequential numbers. I was only able to find this information on record id’s but it doesn’t appear they are an auto-increment field as you were anticipating ( https://developers.hubspot.com/docs/api/crm/understanding-the-crm) . In this case, you could continue to use the ID as it will always be a unique identifier, or you could consider setting up your own unique ID property.
Hi @JoshWard001,
@JoshWard001 wrote:
Can anyone tell me why my contact record ID numbering has suddenly changed for every new contact I add?
Yes, this is an update that was pushed live in March and is explained here: Increasing the size of contact record IDs
There is also an ongoing thread for discussing here: https://community.hubspot.com/t5/Developer-Announcements/Increasing-the-size-of-contact-record-IDs/m-p/890611#M571
Best regards!
Eurghhhh, this is rather annoying. I appreciate the need for updates but it’s going to cause chaos for my existing records and new ones!