Questions about auto action and gallery

For gallery_onAfterApproveGalleryItem the variables are as follows.

So var1 is incorrect. The media row object is var3. That's why yours is not generating properly. Please keep in mind I've implemented a helper for this. Under the Global tab you should see all the variables for any triggers you add to your auto action. If it's not displaying for you please let me know.

You should be able to fix your issue by simply swapping your var1 to var3 in your substitutions.

Yes it worked. Changed all the media row object and now the activity is created with the correct asset.

One thing still remains unsolved...

When the media is approved, it remains as unpublished in the activity list (backend). What am i missing? Now i have to go through backend for every new media item to publish it. How can we set the auto action so... that the activity log is published?

Try setting the "Published" parameter to 1 to force it published since you're creating it after approval this should work fine.

Thank you Krileon, it worked fine.

Unfortunately, it stopped working again!

With the following auto action settings, it worked for a while and now...
The images are created in backend CB Gallery: Media
no activity records are created at all in backend CB Activity: Activity.

Auto action settings:

Triggers: gallery_onAfterApproveGalleryItem
Type: CB Activity
User: Automatic
Access: Everybody

Conditions
1
Field:Value
Custom Value: [var3_asset]
Operator: Is REGEX
Value: /^profile\./
2
Field:Value
Custom Value: [var3_asset]
Operator: Is Not REGEX
Value: /\.uploads$/

Action
Mode: Activity
Method: Create
Stream: Profile Activity
Published: 1
Asset: gallery.[var3_type].[var3_id]
Title: empty field
Message: empty field
Owner: [var3_user_id]
Flair: Adult
Cooments: Same as stream
Likes Asset: empty field
Dynamic Group Asset:  empty field
System:  empty field
Date:  empty field
Load By: By Asset Only
Group Asset: gallery.%
 

How are you approving media? That trigger only fires for frontend approval. If you're approving from backend it won't apply. Backend only fires the root events like gallery_onAfterUpdateItem and gallery_onAfterCreateItem.