Can a record.submitFields in a beforeLoad user event script cause an infinite loop?

AI generated answer (using internal Slack threads):

Yes, a

record.submitFields

in a beforeLoad user event script can cause an infinite loop. This can happen if the

record.submitFields

triggers the same user event script again, and there is no condition to break this cycle. In the provided conversations, a user was trying to use

record.submitFields

to update a custom record in a beforeLoad user event script. However, the changes were not persisting to page load, causing the user to manually reload the page. When they tried to use

redirect.toRecord

to reload the page, they ended up in an infinite redirect loop. To avoid this, you can add a parameter to

redirect.toRecord

and read it in your script. If that parameter is set, you can skip the

redirect.toRecord

. Here is a code sample provided in the conversations:

javascript
const redirectParams = {
    isReloaded: 'T'
};

const params = scriptContext.request.parameters;

if (params.isReloaded !== 'T') {
    redirect.toRecord({
        type: newRec.type,
        id: newRec.id,
        parameters: redirectParams
    });
}

In this code,

isReloaded

is a parameter that is checked before the

redirect.toRecord

is called. If

isReloaded

is not set to 'T', the script will redirect to the record, otherwise, it will skip the redirect, preventing an infinite loop. ****** Disclaimer: This response was generated by an artificial intelligence assistant based on previous conversations from multiple Slack channels, and may contain inaccuracies or mistakes. ******