Update a field without changing the node I need to change a field in a node without altering the 'changed' timestamp. I know this was possible in Drupal 7 using field_attach_update(), but that has been removed since then.

I could use an update query and change the field directly in the database, but I was wondering if there is a better way (or a replacement for field_attach_update()).
Let's try this code: 

function MODULE_NAME_node_presave(Drupal\node\NodeInterface $node) {
  $node-&gt;set('FIELE_NAME', 'FIELD_VALUE');
}


OR

use Drupal\node\NodeInterface;

function hook_entity_presave(Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityInterface $entity)   {
  if ($entity instanceof NodeInterface) {
    $entity-&gt;title-&gt;value = 'testing';
  }
}