Players' data seems to randomly revert to an older version

[Horomori (Mori)]

I haven’t been keeping up-to-date on how DataStores work but here’s an old post I followed and fixed my data issue with. All I know is that I swapped to using :UpdateAsync() and threw in some extra code and it stopped happening.

Actually… here’s the post about using :UpdateAsync() and how to use it to your advantage:

Stop using SetAsync() to save player data

Update Notice 2022 If you want to setup reliable datastores quickly and without having to worry about all the quirks which come with the datastore API, definitely check out ProfileService. This thread is reasonably outdated whereas a resource like ProfileService is actively maintained by @loleris. It covers scenarios you might not typically account for such as preventing the duplication of items when trading with session-locking. Quick Disclaimer 2021 This post is a few years old now and my…

I’m still not a master at DataStores, and I feel that way because of the one and very inexplicable issue you are having. It’s just that this is how I fixed that issue a long time ago. And STILL the fix makes no sense to me. Like if :GetAsync() gives old data sometimes, why doesn’t :UpdateAsync() have the same issue? I find it quite frustrating that I don’t know why :GetAsync() doesn’t seem to work properly sometimes.