Activity Feed

What Is Activity Feed?

An activity feed is a running list of the actions people take inside an app, shown in the order they happened, so users can see what changed and who changed it.

Key Takeaways

Key points to know:

• Chronological log
  Entries are typically ordered newest-first and timestamped.
• Scoped visibility
  Feeds are usually filtered to a team, project, or record the user has access to.
• Built from workflows
  Each feed entry is a database record created by a workflow step, not a live system log.

How It Works

Whenever a tracked action happens — a task is completed, a comment is added, a record is updated — a workflow creates a new “activity” entry linked to the relevant user and object, and the feed simply queries and displays the most recent entries.

Example & What People Get Wrong

Worth knowing:

• In practice
  A CRM shows “Sarah moved Acme Corp to Negotiation” the moment a deal's stage changes.
• Common myth
  An activity feed isn't the same as notifications — a feed is a passive history you scroll through, while notifications actively interrupt the user.

FAQ: People Also Ask

Frequently asked questions about activity feed:

• Does an activity feed update in real time?
  It can, if it's built with Bubble's real-time database updates; otherwise it refreshes on page load or a set interval.
• Can old activity entries be deleted?
  Yes, though many teams keep them as an audit trail rather than removing them.
• Does every app need one?
  Only if users benefit from seeing a shared history — simple single-user tools usually skip it.