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Bulk Edit App does not support single-reference fields #10589

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Description

Describe the bug
The Contentful marketplace listing for the Bulk Edit App lists bulk-editing single-reference fields as a supported feature of the Bulk Edit app. This is also mentioned on the changelog, and in New Contentful apps for editor productivity.

Attempting to select a single reference field results in being met with the inability to select a single-reference field from the bulk editor interface, with the message "Bulk editing is not supported for the [field name] field type".

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

  1. Install Bulk Edit app for a Contentful environment
  2. Create a content type in that environment with a single-reference field to any other content type (Add field -> Reference -> Type = One reference)
  3. Create an entry for the new content type
  4. Open the Bulk Edit app and select the new content type from the list of content types on the left sidebar
  5. Observe that the single reference field is not selectable for bulk edit actions.

Expected Behavior
App behavior should match marketplace description- either single-reference fields should be available for bulk edit or they should not be listed as being supported.

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  • OS: MacOS Tahoe 26.2
  • Browser Chrome v143.0.7499.110

Additional context
This line in the source appears to determine what fields are selectable for bulk editing via the web app interface. It seems to restrict all Link types, which prevents single-reference, multiple-reference, and asset references from being selected for bulk editing.

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