---
title: "How often the calendar syncs (and how to sync now)"
url: "https://mycommunitysync.com/calendar-sync-frequency"
community: "CommunitySync"
description: "Your connected calendar refreshes automatically every hour. Here's when that happens, how to force an immediate sync, and how to check a feed's sync health."
updated: "2026-07-18T18:45:00.616+00:00"
---

# How often the calendar syncs (and how to sync now)

*Calendar*

Once you've connected a calendar feed, CommunitySync keeps it up to date for you —
you keep editing events in your own calendar tool, and the member portal follows. This
guide covers how often that happens and how to refresh on demand.

## Automatic hourly sync

1. Every connected feed re-imports **once an hour, on its own** — no action needed.
2. Each sync pulls in **new events, edits, cancellations, recurrences, and
   categories** from the source calendar.
3. Because it runs hourly, a change you make in Google Calendar or Outlook typically
   appears in the member portal **within the hour**.

## Force an immediate sync

When you've just added or changed an event and don't want to wait for the next hourly
run:

1. Open your community's **Admin Panel** and go to **Calendar → Feeds & categories**.
2. Find the feed you want to refresh.
3. Click the **Sync now** icon on that feed.
4. The events re-import immediately and the imported count updates.

## Check a feed's sync health

The Feeds panel shows the status of each connection so you can spot a broken feed
before members do:

1. Each feed displays its **last successful sync** time.
2. If a feed errors (for example, the source link changed or access was revoked),
   it's flagged there — re-open the feed, paste a fresh address, and save to
   reconnect.

## Troubleshooting

### I clicked Sync now but a new event still isn't showing

The source calendar itself can lag. Google and Outlook take a few minutes to publish
changes to their feed addresses, so a very recent edit may not be in the feed yet.
Wait a couple of minutes and click **Sync now** again.

### An event I deleted is still in the portal

Deletions come through on the next sync just like additions. Click **Sync now**, or
wait for the hourly run, and the removed event will drop off.

### The whole feed stopped updating

Check the feed's status in **Calendar → Feeds & categories**. If it shows an error,
the source address likely changed or sharing was turned off — get a fresh iCal/ICS
link from the source calendar and update the feed. See the Google and Apple calendar
guides for where to find that address.

### Calendar

- [Connect a Google Calendar to your community calendar](https://mycommunitysync.com/connect-google-calendar.md)
- [Connect an Apple (iCloud) Calendar to your community calendar](https://mycommunitysync.com/connect-apple-calendar.md)