question

When a user renames a section in OneNote, the name does not seem to persist a refresh. Only when the section is explicitly loaded/selected does the new, real section name display.

To reproduce (using Chrome on MacOS [shouldn't matter IMO]):

1. In a OneNote document in Microsoft 365 (O365), create at least 2 sections; SECTION1 and SECTION2
   

2. Rename SECTION1 to SECTIONX
   

3. Click/select SECTION2
   

4. Refresh/reload the web browser (should load SECTION2)
   

5. Expected: should display the sections as 'SECTIONX' and 'SECTION2'
   

6. Actual: sections shown as 'SECTION1' and 'SECTION2'
   

7. Click/select SECTION1
   

8. OneNote now shows the section as SECTIONX

Bonus Points: Try and reorder the sections and notice that's yet another issue -- sorting order is inconsistently lost as well -- but that's beyond the scope of this feedback, though perhaps related.

This tracks back to a long-running issue in OneNote. More details below via links to a few other reports, without resolution, while the problem exists today in Microsoft 365 (O365). The oldest report I found was from 2014, now 8 years later and the problem persists despite it being identified as a known issue by a OneNote Program Manager in July 2020.

Sources:

• https://github.com/microsoftgraph/microsoft-graph-docs/issues/4255
  

• https://superuser.com/questions/722051/onenote-section-name-changes
  

• https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffice/forum/all/onenote-section-names-reverting-to-old-names/c706f0e4-1ddd-4b4e-b5b8-b219e88f26b2

Because this is a Q&A forum...will this issue continue to be ignored?