Import behavior

Reference for what Readwise sync does and does not do in Lexorium.

When sync runs

• Import now in Settings
• Fetch from Readwise in the header
• Automatically when you open your card library if a key is saved and the last sync was more than 12 hours ago (or never)

Saving an API key alone does not sync.

What sync imports

• Highlights whose notes match the annotation syntax
• Source metadata from Readwise when available
• Language from the vocab / vocab:language tag

Each sync pulls your Readwise export and filters for vocab tags (not a tiny “only new since yesterday” feed).

Create vs update

• New matching highlights become new cards.
• Existing cards linked to the same highlight update from Readwise unless you edited that card in Lexorium.
• Edited Lexorium cards are skipped so local changes are kept.

What sync does not do

• Does not push Lexorium edits back to Readwise
• Does not delete Lexorium cards when highlights are removed or untagged in Readwise
• Does not overwrite cards with local edits

After sync

Lexorium attempts to fill missing definitions and translations. You can also run Populate missing definitions in Settings.

Related

• Import highlights
• Troubleshoot an import
• Limits and formats