quick base message returned web hooks are exceeding the threshold rate
Using webhooks I'm trying to add & modify records in multiple projects. But facing this error.
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Hi Abhi,
This error comes up most often when a Webhook/Action is set up so that the webhook triggers itself over and over. For example if a webhook is set to edit a project every time the project is edited without any filters the webhook firing will trigger itself over and over, creating an endless loop that gets cut off.
Another common but slightly harder to see issue is when a webhook fires off to another table and that table fires a webhook back, essentially creating a loop that can feed back and forth or adding up to 10 in one second. For example if I have 5 Webhooks that all fire from my projects table to my Tasks table all at once and those Webhooks trigger 6 Webhooks back to my Projects table, a total of 11 webhooks (6 inbound and 5 outbound) are taking place.
This error comes up most often when a Webhook/Action is set up so that the webhook triggers itself over and over. For example if a webhook is set to edit a project every time the project is edited without any filters the webhook firing will trigger itself over and over, creating an endless loop that gets cut off.
Another common but slightly harder to see issue is when a webhook fires off to another table and that table fires a webhook back, essentially creating a loop that can feed back and forth or adding up to 10 in one second. For example if I have 5 Webhooks that all fire from my projects table to my Tasks table all at once and those Webhooks trigger 6 Webhooks back to my Projects table, a total of 11 webhooks (6 inbound and 5 outbound) are taking place.
- If 10 webhooks fire at once, does that in fact hit the rate threshold? Or does that not kick in until 11 webhooks/actions are firing at once?
- The error is triggered if > 10 per second, so 10 is OK. That is also why they only allow 10 Actions per table - in case they all fire at once.
- Hi Dan,
Sorry you are right it is at 11 when you go over that threshold, I spaced on that one that 10 was the max not the point where it triggers the limit. - Are there any good ways to delay a webhook by a few seconds so that when tables send webhooks back and forth to each other that it wouldn't overload the webhooks?
- Jill,
I suggest exploring to see if Automations have the capability you need. They can have at least 20 steps (the limit was 20 when I was Early Access testing) and I think they are tuned to run a bit slowly to not exceed that 10 per second limit.
