Must Have NODE!

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It would help if there was a node for: every

My use case:

let’s call it the parallel node.

Any resources to support this?

So in n8n what happens is that whenever we execute a node, the n8n canvas executes the top nodes first then the bottom ones. What if we add a node in between which can help these nodes execute both simultaneously? We can name it a parallel node so that the parallel workflow runs.

Are you willing to work on this?

please everyone needs it!

let me explain

                        ----\[node 1\] priority top

node trigger-----____
→ [node 2] has to wait till node 1 finish…

with parallel node:
-------->[node 1]
node trigger]------> [parallel node]---- BOTH WORK SIMULTANIOUSLY TIME SAVED!
-------->[node2]

WHY N8N DOES NOT HAVE IT ALREADY?

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n8n actually already supports parallel execution - when you connect one node’s output to multiple downstream nodes (branching), all branches run simultaneously without waiting for each other. So Node 1 → Node 2 and Node 1 → Node 3 in the canvas will run Node 2 and Node 3 in parallel.

If you need to run independent sub-flows in parallel and then combine their results, pair that with a Merge node set to “Wait for All” mode. For heavier parallelism (running the same logic on multiple items concurrently), the Split In Batches node plus a loop handles it cleanly. Might be worth trying those patterns first before a dedicated node is needed.