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Meeting recordings in HubSpot named with a Meet code and attached to no one

The recording was there. It just was not on the client's record, because HubSpot had no calendar meeting to put it on.

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All tiers; Google Meet recording sync needs Google Meet Business or Enterprise
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Edit access to the meeting and records
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6 min · Intermediate
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Short answer

When a Google Meet recording reaches HubSpot through the integration and there is no matching calendar meeting in HubSpot, the recording can land as its own meeting titled with the Meet code and associated with nobody. That is what we found in an agency portal: the client was listed as a participant, but the meeting had no contact or company association. Open the meeting, click Associations, and add the contact and company. Then fix the root cause, which was the host's calendar not logging meetings. Also check that recording, not just transcription, is on in Meet.

1. What we found

During a September audit of an agency's portal, client calls from several users were recorded but did not show on the client's record. They were meetings titled with the Google Meet code and owned by the user. One had the client listed as a participant and still had no association to the client's contact or company.

The recording had come in through the Google Meet integration, and there was no calendar meeting in HubSpot for it to attach to, because that user's calendar was not logging meetings. See recurring meetings not logging for that part.

2. Attach it by hand

Meetings live on the Meetings index. Click one to open its review page, then click Associations.

Meeting review page with the Associations button highlighted
A meeting's review page and its Associations button (1).
All associations panel showing Contacts 0, Companies 0, and Deals 0 with Add links
An unattached meeting: Contacts (0) and Companies (0). Use Add (1) on each.

3. A recording that never came

One call in the same audit had no recording at all. The calendar event only had a Meet transcript attached, with no recording file. Only transcription had been turned on in Meet, so the integration had nothing to import. Turn on recording in Meet, or attach the transcript to the meeting by hand.

4. Where the integrations live

Google Meet, Zoom, and Microsoft Teams integrations are listed under Notetaker settings. HubSpot says Google Meet recording sync needs a Google Meet Business or Enterprise account. Since August 31, 2026, meetings recorded through these integrations create meeting records only, not call records.

Notetaker settings Integrations section listing Zoom, Google Meet, and Microsoft Teams
The Integrations section (1) in Notetaker settings.

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