Unable to make recurrence works.

[Xiarno]

dosubot doesn't seem to be answering in another comment so figured I'd post it here too. #9515

I have a calendar and I'd like a recurring event to happen every day of the week. I currently have the note with the recurrence attribute at the root of the calendar with this attribute:
#recurrence="FREQ=WEEKLY;INTERVAL=1;BYDAY=MO,TU,WE,TH,FR" #color="#e64d4d" #startDate=2026-05-25 #startTime="12:00" #endTime="16:00"

To test, I am creating a new note on Monday the 25th and I expect a note to be created. Unfortunately, nothing is created as expected.
What am I doing wrong?

[dosubot[bot]]

@Xiarno The key misunderstanding here is that recurring events don't create new notes — they are virtual instances displayed only in the calendar view. There's only ever one note in the database, and the calendar widget computes and renders multiple visual occurrences based on the RRULE [1].

So when you "create a new note on Monday the 25th," you won't see an automatically-generated child note appear. Instead, you should open the calendar collection view — that's where your recurring event will show up on all matching days (Mon–Fri) as virtual entries.

Your attribute syntax looks correct:

#recurrence="FREQ=WEEKLY;INTERVAL=1;BYDAY=MO,TU,WE,TH,FR" #color="#e64d4d" #startDate=2026-05-25 #startTime="12:00" #endTime="16:00"

To confirm it's working, just open your calendar view and navigate to the week of May 25 — you should see the event rendered on each weekday. Clicking any instance will take you to the same single note.

One thing to double-check: make sure the note is placed at the root of the calendar (not under a specific date note), which you mentioned you've already done [2]. Also ensure #startDate=2026-05-25 matches a day included in your BYDAY rule — May 25, 2026 is a Monday, so that checks out.

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[Xiarno]

Hey @dosu @dosubot !
Unfortunately I still do not see the events rendered on each weekday and nothing I click will lead me to that same single note. It only create new note at the selected day.

I don't know what I am doing wrong.

[dosubot[bot]]

@Xiarno I think I see what's happening — the issue is likely that your calendar is in Calendar Root mode (i.e., the parent note has a #calendarRoot label). In this mode, the calendar uses date-hierarchy navigation: clicking a day opens/creates a day note, and the #recurrence attribute is ignored [1].

The #recurrence attribute only works in a regular calendar collection. Here's how to set that up:

1. Create a note with type book
2. Add the label #viewType=calendar
3. Do NOT add #calendarRoot — this is the critical part
4. Place your recurring event note as a direct child of this calendar collection note
5. Keep your existing attributes on the child note:

   #recurrence="FREQ=WEEKLY;INTERVAL=1;BYDAY=MO,TU,WE,TH,FR" #color="#e64d4d" #startDate=2026-05-25 #startTime="12:00" #endTime="16:00"
   

In a regular calendar collection, the calendar reads #startDate and #recurrence from child notes and renders virtual recurring instances via FullCalendar's RRULE plugin [2]. No new notes are created — the recurring entries are purely visual on the calendar.

In short: Calendar Root mode (for journals/day notes) and recurring events via #recurrence are two separate systems that don't work together. If you want recurring events, use a regular calendar collection without #calendarRoot.

Could you confirm whether your calendar note has the #calendarRoot label? That would explain exactly why clicking creates new day notes instead of showing recurring instances.

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[Xiarno]

It was correct. The calendarRoot label was present and removing fixed it.
I believe the two system should work together as it make having two calendar confusing for no reason :/