How to make a workflow run in different times when triggered by a webhook

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Hello, I have a workflow triggered by a webhook, and while the workflow itself functions properly, I’m currently grappling with a specific issue.

Given that the workflow is activated by a webhook, multiple events can be received simultaneously (without control over the data-sending system).

The challenge arises when these events occur concurrently, requiring me to ensure that I invoke the target system at intervals of 10 seconds; otherwise, my calls are rejected.

I’m exploring options to synchronize the workflow, allowing only one instance to start at a time. Alternatively, I’m considering implementing a dynamic wait time for each run to introduce variability and prevent simultaneous calls.

If you have any thoughts or solutions on how to achieve synchronization or implement a variable wait time, I would greatly appreciate your input. Thank you, and I look forward to hearing your ideas.

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  • n8n version:
  • Database (default: SQLite):
  • n8n EXECUTIONS_PROCESS setting (default: own, main):
  • Running n8n via (Docker, npm, n8n cloud, desktop app):
  • Operating system:
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Hey @Marcello_Kera,

We don’t really have anything to allow that other than maybe a wait node in the workflow but that could be a bit messy, I guess depending on what you are actually doing you could put a webhook gateway infront of n8n like Convoy / Hookdeck and point your system at that then configure that to point to n8n and you can control the rate that requests are sent.

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