R – Workflow stops responding when list item is updated programmatically

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I have a workflow running on an item in a list. The workflow has an OnWorkflowItemChanged activity sitting within a While activity. I know that the workflow enters the While loop, and if I update the item through the UI, it fires the OnWorkflowItemChanged activity. However, if I update the item programmatically (through a console application), it not only does NOT fire the OnWorkflowItemChanged activity, but it stops responding to updates through the UI as well.

Has anyone seen this before? Is there a way to update the list item programmatically and have the workflow both respond to the event and continue responding to future events?

edit: It works fine if I use the Lists web service to update the item. Why does it mess up if I use the object model?

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I know when updating a list item through the object model in an event receiver you can call SPEventReceiverBase.DisableEventFiring(), etc. SPEventReceiverBase.DisableEventFiring() Have you tried that, or is there a workflow equivalent?

Here's a hack to disable event firing on updates that aren't triggered from inside an event receiver: link text

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R – SharePoint Workflow completes prematurely when reaches the onWorkflowItemChanged event

If there are any unhandled exceptions in your activity, the workflow will move to complete status. Please debug your code and see if you can handle the exception.

Thanks!

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