Why is Hostex Not Reading My iCal Reservations?

1. iCal Data Has Not Updated

Hostex reads the iCal link twice an hour to fetch updated data. If a new reservation was made less than half an hour ago, it may not appear yet. Please wait until the next reading cycle for updates.

2. Special Event Marking in iCal

Most platforms mark reservations in their iCal calendars as /Reserved, which Hostex recognizes by default.

However, if your iCal does not use this standard marking method, Hostex will not automatically identify it as a reservation.

Solution:

You can enable Flexible Recognition Mode by adding &hostex_sync_mode=lax at the end of your iCal link. This will allow Hostex to identify all events in that iCal link as reservations.

Example

Original link:
https://example.com/ical?id=12345

Modified link:
https://example.com/ical?id=12345&hostex_sync_mode=lax