Zotero Translator for Gemini Chat - Snapshot Captures Previous Conversation Instead of Curr

[Ceph Ho]

I've developed a Zotero translator for saving Gemini Chat conversations . The translator works partially but has a critical bug with snapshot capture:

Current Behavior:

First save works correctly - captures URL, title, and snapshot properly

Subsequent saves on different chat pages:

Correctly captures new URL and title

But the saved snapshot remains from the first/previous conversation

Expected Behavior:
Each save should capture:

The current page's URL

The current conversation's title

A snapshot of the current conversation content

Technical Details:

The translator uses item.attachments.push() with document: doc and snapshot: true

While the doc parameter changes (verified via URL/title updates), the snapshot remains stale

This suggests Zotero might be caching the document object or not refreshing it between saves

I also use Zotero.debug to show doc, and doc has already changed, but not changes when save the attachment.

Reproduction Steps:

Open chat A on Gemini, save to Zotero (works correctly)

Open chat B (different conversation), save to Zotero

Observe:

URL and title reflect chat B

Snapshot content shows chat A

Environment:

Zotero 7 + Connector, Chrome, Windows 11

Gemini Chat website, DeepSeek

Translator code provided below


async function findConversationTitle(doc) {
let title = null;
let titleElement = doc.querySelector(".selected").querySelector(".conversation-title");
if (titleElement && titleElement.innerText.trim()) {
title = titleElement.outerText.trim();
Zotero.debug("Found title using .selected: " + title);
return title;
}

title = doc.title || "Gemini Conversation";
return title;
}

function detectWeb(doc, url) {
if (url && url.includes("gemini.google.com/app/")) {
return "report";
}
return false;
}

async function doWeb(doc, url) {
var item = new Zotero.Item("report");

item.url = url;
Zotero.debug("Set item URL: " + item.url);

item.title = await findConversationTitle(doc);
Zotero.debug("Set item title: " + item.title);

item.accessDate = 'CURRENT_TIMESTAMP';

item.websiteTitle = item.title + " - Google Gemini";

item.creators.push({ creatorType: "author", firstName: "Gemini", lastName: "Google" });

item.attachments.push({
document: doc,
title: "Gemini Conversation Snapshot",
mimeType: "text/html",
snapshot: true
});

item.complete();
}