outlook javascript api categorizing calendar series and not current item

Question

When using the outlook javascript api to add a category to a calendar item, if the calendar item is recurring, all items in the series are categorized and not just the current item. This is causing confusion if the item was processed yet or not as the extension is being used against a project tracking tool. Code being used is below.

Office.context.mailbox.item.categories.addAsync([Constants.SENT_TO_EXOP], function (asyncResult) { if (asyncResult.status === Office.AsyncResultStatus.Succeeded) {return false;} else {message.createOutlookMessage(Office.MailboxEnums.ItemNotificationMessageType.ErrorMessage, asyncResult.error.message, false);}});

The code works great if the calendar item is not recurring but when recurring the entire series is categorized and we don't want that. I couldn't find some type of override flag either. I noticed in outlook adding a category to a recurring item doesn't do the entire series so Im curious if this is a defect or working as designed.

Thanks Shane

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