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You cannot edit a live connection in place, and pausing it does not make it editable. Instead, Synclify gives you an editable draft: a copy you change freely, validate, preview, and then promote.
Pausing is not editing. Paused connections reject edits — the API returns errors. If you paused a connection hoping to change its mapping, that isn’t the path. Create a draft.

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The draft flow

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Create the draft

Open the connection and make a change. Synclify asks: Create editable draft? Confirm.The live connection keeps running untouched while you work.
2

Make your changes

Adjust field mappings, per-field directions, sync direction, cadence, publishing, or deletion policy.
3

Save

Your changes are stored on the draft.
4

Save & Review

Synclify validates the draft and computes a preview of what the next sync would do.
5

Approve

Read the preview. Approving activates the draft, replacing the live configuration.
Drafts survive page reloads and browser restarts. Come back and Synclify picks up where you left off.

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What validation checks

The same guards as creation:
  • Every mapping is type-compatible across text / number / boolean / date-time families.
  • An identity field is set.
  • Required Webflow fields are mapped.
  • Existing records still pair correctly under the new mapping.
Warnings do not block approval. Anything reported as a warning — including “dry-run preview is only available” — lets you activate, with a toast. Only error, failed, or invalid statuses stop you.A warning still deserves a read. Warnings are how Synclify tells you a mapping is legal but probably not what you meant.

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Changing the identity field

Possible, but think first. Changing which field identifies a record re-pairs everything. Records that paired under the old field may not pair under the new one. Synclify shows you the consequences in the preview — read the create and delete counts carefully. If Delete orphaned records is on, an identity change that fails to re-pair will delete the unmatched Webflow items and create replacements. Turn that setting off before changing identity, then turn it back on once you’ve confirmed the pairing.

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Picking up a new source column

Adding a column in Airtable does not add it to a live connection. Mappings are fixed at activation. Create a draft, map the new column, review, approve.

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Approval hiccups

If the preview was incomplete, Synclify re-runs the full preview and retries the approval once. No action needed.
You clicked Sync now while a draft is pending. Finish the review-and-approve flow first; Sync now only works on active connections.
The message tells you: recheck the draft, and if it persists, resolve the records in Airtable or Webflow directly. Usually the new identity field’s values don’t actually match across the two sides.

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A known limitation

Webhook-triggered syncs continue to fire against the live connection while you edit a draft. Pausing the connection is not a valid workaround, because paused connections can’t be edited.In practice: make your draft changes and approve them in one sitting rather than leaving a draft open for days.