# Catalog Upsert Issues

**URL:** <https://developer.squareup.com/forums/t/catalog-upsert-issues/11453>\
**Category:** Questions\
**Tags:** catalog-api\
**Created:** [December 1, 2023, 12:15pm UTC](https://developer.squareup.com/forums/t/catalog-upsert-issues/11453 "2023-12-01T12:15:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![espo4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@espo4life](https://developer.squareup.com/forums/u/espo4life)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2023, 12:15pm UTC](https://developer.squareup.com/forums/t/catalog-upsert-issues/11453/1 "2023-12-01T12:15:41Z")

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When I upsert the same catalog item more than once, the second upsert deletes the description from the item\_data node. Does anyone know why or how I can prevent this from happening?

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**Author:** ![Bryan-Square](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/square/forums/user_avatar/developer.squareup.com/bryan-square/32/38_2.png) [@Bryan-Square](https://developer.squareup.com/forums/u/Bryan-Square)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2023, 6:55pm UTC](https://developer.squareup.com/forums/t/catalog-upsert-issues/11453/2 "2023-12-01T18:55:08Z")

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The `description` field in the catalog is deprecated. We recommend that you use the `description_html` field instead as that will be the supported field moving forward. 🙂

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**Author:** ![espo4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@espo4life](https://developer.squareup.com/forums/u/espo4life)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2023, 7:09pm UTC](https://developer.squareup.com/forums/t/catalog-upsert-issues/11453/3 "2023-12-01T19:09:23Z")

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I am sorry, I am using `description_html`

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**Author:** ![Bryan-Square](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/square/forums/user_avatar/developer.squareup.com/bryan-square/32/38_2.png) [@Bryan-Square](https://developer.squareup.com/forums/u/Bryan-Square)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2023, 9:08pm UTC](https://developer.squareup.com/forums/t/catalog-upsert-issues/11453/4 "2023-12-01T21:08:56Z")

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Okay, great! This is an issue and the team is aware of this when upserting an object more then once. I’ll be sure to reach out with any updates. 🙂