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57 items · 69 source threads · 2 source types · updated 2026-07
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Pain points 35
| Item | Area | Severity | Support | Last seen |
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| Single Docker image fails to start after automatic update After Watchtower updated the single image, the container looped with an internal LiteLLM postgres timeout and returned 502; restart, re-pull and downgrade did not help. Affects: self-hosted user running Docker single image |
Self-hosting & upgrades | Causes churn | 6 sources | 2026-02 |
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| Large app export fails with 504 timeout after two minutes Exporting an app larger than 50MB on a self-hosted install times out after two minutes even after raising the nginx limit. Affects: self-hosted user with a large app |
Data export & migration | Causes churn | 3 sources | 2023-10 |
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| Relationship dropdown value is malformed so foreign key is not saved A relationship picker in a form returns a field value with unparsed characters, so rows with a foreign key to MySQL or MariaDB cannot be saved. The user cleaned the value with a long Handlebars expression. Affects: user with MySQL/MariaDB relationships |
Reliability & bugs | Blocks work | 3 sources | 2023-08 |
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| Published automations run hours late Automations on new or updated rows work in testing but once published only execute hours or a day later. Affects: BudibaseDB user |
Reliability & bugs | Causes churn | 2 sources | 2024-09 |
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| Checkbox in table or repeater randomly selects the last checkbox too With a checkbox child component inside a table or repeater, selecting one checkbox also selects the last one unexpectedly. Affects: self-hosted SQL Server user |
Reliability & bugs | Blocks work | 2 sources | 2023-05 |
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| Dynamic filter on 0 does nothing for external SQL sources Locked: summary and evidence are part of Sprint Pass and Pro |
Reliability & bugs | Blocks work | 2 sources | 2023-03 |
| Saving a parent record with more than 8 children fails with update conflict Locked: summary and evidence are part of Sprint Pass and Pro |
Reliability & bugs | Blocks work | 2 sources | 2022-07 |
| Screen preview stays blank when changing layout Locked: summary and evidence are part of Sprint Pass and Pro |
Reliability & bugs | Blocks work | 2 sources | 2021-05 |
| No custom JavaScript support makes Budibase fail outside standard cases Locked: summary and evidence are part of Sprint Pass and Pro |
Customization | Causes churn | 1 source | 2022-09 |
| Seeding from Dev to Prod does not preserve row order Locked: summary and evidence are part of Sprint Pass and Pro |
Reliability & bugs | Blocks work | 1 source | 2026-07 |
| SQL Server connector breaks with failover clustering Locked: summary and evidence are part of Sprint Pass and Pro |
Integrations | Blocks work | 1 source | 2024-11 |
| App users table fails to load in builder grid Locked: summary and evidence are part of Sprint Pass and Pro |
Reliability & bugs | Blocks work | 1 source | 2023-10 |
| Testing an SMTP email automation errors and freezes the builder Locked: summary and evidence are part of Sprint Pass and Pro |
Reliability & bugs | Blocks work | 1 source | 2023-10 |
| Pagination missing in published app but works in design mode Locked: summary and evidence are part of Sprint Pass and Pro |
Reliability & bugs | Blocks work | 1 source | 2023-07 |
| Complexity ramps up quickly when connecting APIs instead of a database Locked: summary and evidence are part of Sprint Pass and Pro |
API & developer experience | Blocks work | 1 source | 2023-03 |
| Attachment URLs expire and return access denied Locked: summary and evidence are part of Sprint Pass and Pro |
API & developer experience | Blocks work | 1 source | 2023-02 |
| MongoDB query times out with only about 8500 documents Locked: summary and evidence are part of Sprint Pass and Pro |
Performance | Blocks work | 1 source | 2022-11 |
| MinIO fails to start on ARM64 in the Docker image Locked: summary and evidence are part of Sprint Pass and Pro |
Self-hosting & upgrades | Blocks work | 1 source | 2022-09 |
| Helm install does not redirect to login after creating admin Locked: summary and evidence are part of Sprint Pass and Pro |
Self-hosting & upgrades | Blocks work | 1 source | 2022-09 |
| Single container image cannot be built from latest master Locked: summary and evidence are part of Sprint Pass and Pro |
Self-hosting & upgrades | Blocks work | 1 source | 2022-09 |
| Added end users receive an unwanted promotional email Locked: summary and evidence are part of Sprint Pass and Pro |
Other | Blocks work | 1 source | 2022-07 |
| PostgreSQL views fail with no primary key error Locked: summary and evidence are part of Sprint Pass and Pro |
Integrations | Blocks work | 1 source | 2022-06 |
| Logging in on a second device invalidates the first session Locked: summary and evidence are part of Sprint Pass and Pro |
Permissions & security | Blocks work | 1 source | 2022-05 |
| Cannot define a relationship between keys of the same Postgres table Locked: summary and evidence are part of Sprint Pass and Pro |
Integrations | Blocks work | 1 source | 2022-04 |
| 20MB attachment upload limit too small Locked: summary and evidence are part of Sprint Pass and Pro |
Other | Blocks work | 1 source | 2022-04 |
| Failed saves create duplicate records Locked: summary and evidence are part of Sprint Pass and Pro |
Reliability & bugs | Blocks work | 1 source | 2022-03 |
| Nginx 502 on the expected builder port in dev setup Locked: summary and evidence are part of Sprint Pass and Pro |
Setup & onboarding | Blocks work | 1 source | 2022-03 |
| Attachment fields cannot use bytea image columns from PostgreSQL Locked: summary and evidence are part of Sprint Pass and Pro |
Integrations | Blocks work | 1 source | 2022-02 |
| External user management removed and shared across whole installation Locked: summary and evidence are part of Sprint Pass and Pro |
Permissions & security | Blocks work | 1 source | 2021-11 |
| Cannot connect external Postgres on DigitalOcean due to certificate error Locked: summary and evidence are part of Sprint Pass and Pro |
Integrations | Blocks work | 1 source | 2021-07 |
| Datepicker value breaks external update query Locked: summary and evidence are part of Sprint Pass and Pro |
Reliability & bugs | Blocks work | 1 source | 2021-05 |
| Airtable connector omits columns missing a value in the first row Locked: summary and evidence are part of Sprint Pass and Pro |
Integrations | Blocks work | 1 source | 2021-01 |
| lifecycle_outside_component error when creating an internal table Locked: summary and evidence are part of Sprint Pass and Pro |
Reliability & bugs | Annoyance | 1 source | 2026-07 |
| Google login in open source edition is clunky and cannot be made login-free Locked: summary and evidence are part of Sprint Pass and Pro |
Permissions & security | Annoyance | 1 source | 2024-11 |
| Budibase interface felt sluggish Locked: summary and evidence are part of Sprint Pass and Pro |
Performance | Annoyance | 1 source | 2022-11 |
Feature requests 18
| Item | Area | Severity | Support | Last seen |
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| Filter data provider by relationship fields A user wants to filter rows on relationships, for example listing tasks that have no owner, and a formula-field workaround did not work. Affects: builder of task assignment apps |
Customization | Blocks work | 2 sources | 2022-06 |
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| Allow parent/child relationships within the same table A user wants to pick the same table when creating a relationship so records can have parent and child rows in one table. |
Customization | Blocks work | 2 sources | 2021-11 |
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| Cannot hide Budibase branding from end users End users refer to every app as Budibase rather than the name given to the app, because the platform branding cannot really be hidden. Affects: builder shipping apps to end users |
Customization | Annoyance | 2 sources | 2024-11 |
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| Improve table component formatting options The table settings pane needs more options such as column and cell formatting, row sorting, borders, banding and aggregation rows. |
UI & usability | Annoyance | 2 sources | 2022-02 |
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| Option to opt out of Budibase AI sending data to ChatGPT A reader asks whether the ChatGPT-powered Budibase AI can be disabled, because they do not want their data exposed to ChatGPT. |
Permissions & security | Blocks work | 1 source | 2024-12 |
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| Dynamic forms where users add rows without a data provider Locked: summary and evidence are part of Sprint Pass and Pro |
Customization | Blocks work | 1 source | 2022-04 |
| S3 upload component does not work with S3-compatible services Locked: summary and evidence are part of Sprint Pass and Pro |
Integrations | Blocks work | 1 source | 2022-04 |
| OAuth authentication for REST API datasource Locked: summary and evidence are part of Sprint Pass and Pro |
Integrations | Blocks work | 1 source | 2022-03 |
| Option to disable email login and force SSO Locked: summary and evidence are part of Sprint Pass and Pro |
Permissions & security | Blocks work | 1 source | 2022-03 |
| Context bindings in REST and custom queries Locked: summary and evidence are part of Sprint Pass and Pro |
API & developer experience | Blocks work | 1 source | 2022-01 |
| Per-user record visibility and edit rights Locked: summary and evidence are part of Sprint Pass and Pro |
Permissions & security | Blocks work | 1 source | 2021-11 |
| Native JSON column support for Postgres and MySQL Locked: summary and evidence are part of Sprint Pass and Pro |
Integrations | Blocks work | 1 source | 2021-11 |
| Generate PDFs from table data Locked: summary and evidence are part of Sprint Pass and Pro |
Reporting & analytics | Blocks work | 1 source | 2021-04 |
| Nested links and submenus in navigation Locked: summary and evidence are part of Sprint Pass and Pro |
UI & usability | Annoyance | 1 source | 2022-07 |
| Clearer MongoDB Atlas connection and query experience Locked: summary and evidence are part of Sprint Pass and Pro |
Documentation | Annoyance | 1 source | 2022-04 |
| Auto-refresh data provider on an interval Locked: summary and evidence are part of Sprint Pass and Pro |
Customization | Annoyance | 1 source | 2022-01 |
| Translate the app interface with per-user language selection Locked: summary and evidence are part of Sprint Pass and Pro |
Customization | Annoyance | 1 source | 2022-01 |
| Reusable JavaScript functions Locked: summary and evidence are part of Sprint Pass and Pro |
API & developer experience | Annoyance | 1 source | 2021-11 |
Workarounds 1
| Item | Area | Severity | Support | Last seen |
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| Low-code prototypes become cumbersome and slow, then need real code A user prototypes apps in Budibase on a home network, but past a certain complexity the app becomes hard to maintain or slow, at which point they rewrite it in real code. Affects: developer prototyping apps |
Performance | Annoyance | 1 source | 2023-09 |
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Switching reasons 3
| Item | Area | Severity | Support | Last seen |
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| Evaluated Budibase and Appsmith, rebuilt the tool in React in half the time A full-time developer needing quick internal tooling tried Budibase and Appsmith, made little progress, and built the same thing faster in React. They found the experience disappointing compared with older RAD tools. Affects: full-time developer building internal tooling |
UI & usability | Causes churn | 1 source | 2022-01 |
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| Long signup and wizard flow before first use pushed evaluator toward OpenBlocks A trial user found the Budibase cloud onboarding with questions and a database wizard slow, nearly gave up, and planned to try OpenBlocks instead, which dropped them straight into a fast editor. Affects: evaluator wanting to self-host |
Setup & onboarding | Blocks work | 1 source | 2022-11 |
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| No self-referencing relationships and weak CSV import updates, chose Grist A user evaluating Budibase found it lacked self-referencing table relationships and that CSV import does not handle updates as cleanly as Grist, and is trying Grist. |
Data export & migration | Blocks work | 1 source | 2022-11 |
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