1 files changed, 29 insertions, 14 deletions

diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/TaskBox.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/TaskBox.tsx
index c99a91080..5f46c9b2c 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/TaskBox.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/TaskBox.tsx
@@ -234,24 +234,39 @@ export class TaskBox extends ViewBoxBaseComponent<FieldViewProps>() {
     handleBlur = (e: React.FocusEvent<HTMLDivElement>) => {
         // Check if focus is moving outside this component
         if (!e.currentTarget.contains(e.relatedTarget)) {
-            this.syncWithGoogleTaskBidirectional();
+            this.syncWithGoogleTaskBidirectional(true);
         }
     };
 
-    syncWithGoogleTaskBidirectional = async (): Promise<boolean> => {
+    /**
+     * Method to sync the task with Google Tasks bidirectionally 
+     * (update Dash from Google and vice versa, based on which is newer)
+     * @param silent - whether to suppress UI prompts to connect to Google (default: false)
+     * @returns - a promise that resolves to true if sync was successful, false otherwise
+     */
+
+    syncWithGoogleTaskBidirectional = async (silent = false): Promise<boolean> => {
         const doc = this.Document;
-        const token = await GoogleAuthenticationManager.Instance.fetchOrGenerateAccessToken();
+        let token: string | undefined;
+        try {
+            token = silent ? await GoogleAuthenticationManager.Instance.fetchAccessTokenSilently() : await GoogleAuthenticationManager.Instance.fetchOrGenerateAccessToken();
+        } catch (err) {
+            console.warn('Google auth failed:', err);
+            return false;
+        }
 
         if (!token) {
-            const listener = () => {
-                window.removeEventListener('focusin', listener);
-                if (confirm('✅ Authorization complete. Try syncing the task again?')) {
-                    // you could refactor the click handler here
-                    this.syncWithGoogleTaskBidirectional();
-                }
-                window.removeEventListener('focusin', listener);
-            };
-            setTimeout(() => window.addEventListener('focusin', listener), 100);
+            if (!silent) {
+                const listener = () => {
+                    window.removeEventListener('focusin', listener);
+                    if (confirm('✅ Authorization complete. Try syncing the task again?')) {
+                        // you could refactor the click handler here
+                        this.syncWithGoogleTaskBidirectional();
+                    }
+                    window.removeEventListener('focusin', listener);
+                };
+                setTimeout(() => window.addEventListener('focusin', listener), 100);
+            }
             return false;
         }
 
@@ -373,7 +388,7 @@ export class TaskBox extends ViewBoxBaseComponent<FieldViewProps>() {
                         console.warn('❌ Google Task creation failed:', result);
                     }
                 } catch (err) {
-                    console.error('❌ Error creating Google Task:', err);
+                    console.warn('❌ Error creating Google Task:', err);
                 }
             } else if (doc.$googleTaskId) {
                 await this.syncWithGoogleTaskBidirectional();
@@ -492,7 +507,7 @@ export class TaskBox extends ViewBoxBaseComponent<FieldViewProps>() {
             if (success) {
                 alert('✅ Task successfully synced!');
             } else {
-                alert('❌ Task sync failed.');
+                alert('❌ Task sync failed. Try reloading.');
             }
         };