Status and People Field Fidelity

Make Notion Status and People properties look and behave correctly in your published app — colored status chips, people name chips, multi-select people defaults, and reliable writeback to Notion.

What changed NotionApps now preserves Notion Status option colors in list tags and Details chips, shows People as chips (avatar when available), defaults new People create/update fields to multi-select, and keeps Owner / People edits writing back to Notion.

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What you get

Surface	Before	After
List tags for Status	Often flat / app-default colors	Notion option colors (Open = green, Scouting = blue, Closed = red, …)
Details Status	Plain text or weak chip	Colored status chip matching Notion
Details People / Owner	Easy to miss as plain text	Name chips (with avatar when Notion provides one)
Create / Update People fields	Often single-select by default	Multi-select by default for People-like fields
Editing Owner in the app	Could look saved without Notion updating	Values write back to the Notion People property

Restaurants builder ready with Status and Owner fields connected

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Before you start

You need:

• A Notion database with a Status property and/or a People property

• Those properties linked into your NotionApps screens (List, Details, Create Form, Update Form)

• Permission to Reload Data and Publish

Tip After you add Status or People columns in Notion, use Reload Data in the builder so new colors and people options sync before you customize list tags.

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Step 1 — Confirm Status colors on a List screen

1. Open your app in the builder.

2. Select a List screen that shows a Status property (for example, Restaurants).

3. In preview, open the list and confirm status tags use Notion colors — not a single flat accent for every option.

List screen showing Status tags with Notion option colors

What to expect

Status example	Typical Notion color
Open	Green
Scouting / In progress	Blue
Closed / Done	Red / gray depending on your Notion options
Not started	Default / gray

If colors look wrong after a Notion change, click Reload Data, then re-check the list preview.

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Step 2 — Confirm Status + People chips on Details

1. Open a Details screen for the same database.

2. Select a record that has both Status and Owner (People) filled.

3. Confirm:

   • Status renders as a colored chip

   • Owner renders as a people chip (name, and avatar when available)

Details screen with green Open status chip and Owner people chip

Compare another status value to verify colors track the option, not a single hard-coded color:

Details screen with blue Scouting status chip

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Step 3 — Edit People / Owner and verify Notion writeback

1. Open a Create Form or Update Form that includes the Owner / People field (People defaults to multi-select).

2. Choose or change the selected person (add or replace).

3. Submit / save.

4. Confirm the Owner chip on Details (and in Notion) matches what you saved.

Create form with Owner people field (multi-select) ready to edit

Details showing Owner people chip after save / writeback

Sync timing On busy workspaces, Notion may take a few seconds to reflect the write. Refresh the Notion page if the People cell still looks empty after save.

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Step 4 — Create Form People defaults

When you add a new People create/update field in the builder, NotionApps now defaults it to multi-select behavior so makers can assign more than one person without hunting for a setting.

Recommended check:

1. Add or select a People field on a Create Form.

2. Confirm users can pick multiple people when that matches your Notion property.

3. Publish and test on the live app.

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Checklist

• Notion Status options use the colors you expect

• List tags show those colors after Reload Data

• Details Status chip color matches the option

• Details People / Owner shows chips (not plain unlabeled text)

• Update Form People edits appear in Notion

• App is Published after any layout changes

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Troubleshooting

Symptom	Likely cause	What to do
Status tags all the same color	List tag colors not refreshed from Notion	Reload Data; for brand-new lists, recreate the list screen or re-seed tag colors
Status chip missing on Details	Field not mapped / wrong component	Confirm the Details component is bound to the Status property
People shows email only / no chip	Older layout cache	Reload Data, hard-refresh preview, republish
Notion People still empty after save	Pending sync or wrong property	Wait a few seconds, refresh Notion, confirm the form field maps to the People property
Single person only on Create Form	Field still configured as single-select	Open the field Behaviour and allow multi-select for People

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Related reading

• Prefill Create Forms from a URL — People can also be prefilled from a link

• Screen Navigation Visibility

• 20 Jul 2026 Release