New File Uploading causing Edit Event

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I have a document library that does not have any required fields, and needs not check-out before editing, saving only major versions. One of the users created an alert on the document library to inform her only when other users has modified files on the document library. She went on testing by uploading a brand new document, and found that the alert was triggered.

 

I tested with the same action in Modern Experience, and looked into the "EventCache" table in the content DB. There are more than one action logged on the upload action (one event type "4097" (Add item), one event type "8194" (Metadata update)). It seems the alert is triggered by the "8194" event.

 

I tested again in Classic Experience. Only one "4097" is created.

In another test to upload by file explorer, one "4097" followed by two "8194" is observed.

 

This inconsistent behavior confuses users and makes the out-of-the-box alert not usable. Is it a configuration problem or a bug? 

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