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Throttle

Last updated Apr 19, 2023

This node allows you to throttle the execution of other nodes by setting a minimum interval between executions.

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Throttle

Description

n8n-nodes-throttle

This is an n8n community node. It lets you to throttle the execution of workflows.

It provides a Throttle note that routes items either to the Allowed or Blocked output depending on the configured throttling timeout.

Note: This node will only block executions if workflow is triggered by a webhook or any other automated trigger.
It will allow all executions if the workflow is triggered manually.
This is due to N8N internal restrictions.

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Use cases

It could be combined with Wait node to retry the execution of the workflow after some time:

Use case: wait

Or it could be combided with Error node to terminate the workflow execution.

Use case: terminate

Installation

Follow the installation guide in the n8n community nodes documentation.