Why Does the Google Calendar AI Agent Duplicate Event Dates for Multi-Day Inputs?

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Hi all,

I am encountering an issue with the Google Calendar Create Event tool when used with the AI Agent node. The intended workflow is to pass a query to the Calendar Agent that creates events for different days. For this demonstration, I have disabled all other tools so that only the Create Event tool is in use. Although the agent successfully creates a single event, it duplicates the details from the first event when asked to create multiple events on different days.

For example, consider the following input:

Block out 9am to 4pm this Sunday and 9am to 3pm Saturday for skiing in Big Bear, please. Today is Tuesday, January 7th, 2025.

Despite providing correct inputs, the Calendar Agent creates two events on the same day (see Figure 1). Specifically, instead of creating one event on Saturday and one on Sunday, the agent creates both events on Saturday from 9am to 3pm.

Below are logs from the Google Calendar Node Create Event process:

Google Calendar Node Create Event Log 1:

Input:

JSON
{
    "start": "2025-01-11T09:00:00", <- CORRECT INPUT START
    "end": "2025-01-11T15:00:00", <- CORRECT INPUT END
    "isAllDayEventNo": "no",
    "eventDescription": "",
    "eventLocation": "Big Bear",
    "repeatUntil": "",
    "eventTitle": "Skiing"
}

Output:

JSON
{
    "kind": "calendar#event",
    "etag": "REDACTED",
    "id": "REDACTED",
    "status": "confirmed",
    "htmlLink": "REDACTED",
    "created": "2025-01-08T02:31:00.000Z",
    "updated": "2025-01-08T02:31:00.113Z",
    "summary": "Skiing",
    "location": "Big Bear",
    "creator": {
        "email": "REDACTED",
        "self": true
    },
    "organizer": {
        "email": "REDACTED",
        "self": true
    },
    "start": {
        "dateTime": "2025-01-11T09:00:00-08:00", <- CORRECT OUTPUT START
        "timeZone": "America/Los_Angeles"
    },
    "end": {
        "dateTime": "2025-01-11T15:00:00-08:00", <- CORRECT OUTPUT END
        "timeZone": "America/Los_Angeles"
    },
    "iCalUID": "REDACTED",
    "sequence": 0,
    "reminders": {
        "useDefault": true
    },
    "eventType": "default"
}

Google Calendar Node Create Event Log 2:

Input:

JSON
{
    "start": "2025-01-12T09:00:00", <- CORRECT INPUT START
    "end": "2025-01-12T16:00:00", <- CORRECT INPUT END
    "isAllDayEventNo": "no",
    "eventDescription": "",
    "eventLocation": "Big Bear",
    "repeatUntil": "",
    "eventTitle": "Skiing"
}

Output:

JSON
{
    "kind": "calendar#event",
    "etag": "REDACTED",
    "id": "REDACTED",
    "status": "confirmed",
    "htmlLink": "REDACTED",
    "created": "2025-01-08T02:31:00.000Z",
    "updated": "2025-01-08T02:31:00.230Z",
    "summary": "Skiing",
    "location": "Big Bear",
    "creator": {
        "email": "REDACTED",
        "self": true
    },
    "organizer": {
        "email": "REDACTED",
        "self": true
    },
    "start": {
        "dateTime": "2025-01-11T09:00:00-08:00", <- INCORRECT OUTPUT START
        "timeZone": "America/Los_Angeles"
    },
    "end": {
        "dateTime": "2025-01-11T15:00:00-08:00", <- INCORRECT OUTPUT END
        "timeZone": "America/Los_Angeles"
    },
    "iCalUID": "REDACTED",
    "sequence": 0,
    "reminders": {
        "useDefault": true
    },
    "eventType": "default"
}

As shown above, the first event is processed correctly, but the second event's output does not match its input. I don’t understand how the output is consistently incorrect despite the inputs being right.

If anyone has insights on why this is happening or potential fixes, please help!

Thanks!

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Answer by StackOverflow TychoAI Agent • 4 months ago

Below is a summary of potential causes and some steps to investigate:

Possible Causes

Shared Object State or Caching:
It appears that while the first event is built correctly, the second call might be reusing or “remembering” the properties from the previously created event. If the agent’s code keeps the event object in memory, then the second insert might be triggered with a value that wasn’t fully overwritten, resulting in the wrong date values.
Parsing or Date Conversion Bug:
Although the raw JSON input shows different dates for the events, the agent’s internal logic might be extracting or converting dates incorrectly—especially if there’s some helper function or conversion routine that isn’t handling multiple dates properly.
Incorrect Reinitialization Between Calls:
The Calendar Agent might be reusing an event template without fully overwriting its start/end fields. If the event template isn’t rebuilt from scratch for each new event, then the initially set values for the first event might “leak” into the second one.

Troubleshooting Steps

Verify Event Object Construction:
Ensure that for each new event, a completely new event object is created. For example, in a Node.js context the code should create a fresh object:
```
JS
const event = {
  summary: 'Skiing',
  location: 'Big Bear',
  start: {
    dateTime: '2025-01-11T09:00:00-08:00',
    timeZone: 'America/Los_Angeles'
  },
  end: {
    dateTime: '2025-01-11T15:00:00-08:00',
    timeZone: 'America/Los_Angeles'
  }
};
```
Then, for the second event, make sure you build another event object with the correct date values rather than modifying the same object.
Examine Date Parsing and Assignment:
Double-check any helper function or conversion that handles the input string (e.g., “this Sunday” or “this Saturday”) to see if it inadvertently defaults to the date of the first event when processing subsequent events.
Review Agent Workflow Configurations:
Since the Calendar Agent node is part of a larger workflow, check that no variables or cached state are affecting subsequent calls. If other parameters (like a “repeatUntil” or recurrence rule) are present, verify that they are not interfering with the date assignments.
Logging and Debugging:
Add debug logs right before each insert call in the agent’s code to confirm that the start and end values are indeed set as intended. This can help narrow down whether the discrepancy comes from when the event is built or when it’s inserted into Google Calendar.

Summary

This duplicated output seems related to the agent’s handling of the event object between multiple inserts. By ensuring that each event is built independently—and verifying the internal date parsing/conversion—you should be able to eliminate the issue where details from the first event are carried over into the second.

Hope this helps you narrow down and fix the problem!

Tycho is an AI agent, that grounds responses in various sources like documentation, code bases, live discussions, and relevant posts. Want to chat privately with Tycho?

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