Hi Team I have a simple workflow where i am trying to avoid parallel run of my workflow. eg. If my workflow executes every 5 mins and my execute command node takes 10 mins to complete, i don’t want the next execution to start unless my previous one gets completed. Is there a possibility like this…

Hey @Siddu , For now the best option I can think of would be to set an “isRunning” option either in a database or as a local file and check to see if it exists at the start of a workflow and create it if it doesn’t and remove it at the end.

There’s actually a way. Here’s how I do it. It consists of two workflows: One workflow that Activate / Desactivate another workflow like this Make sure to replace the domain “ yourdomain.com ” by your actual instance domain on the url in the nodes named “Get n8n JWT”, “Get …

@TheFSilver that is pretty cool and a good solution for a scheduled workflow, Nice work.

Thanks @Jon I used that thread and built it on top of it. [image] Credential unauthorized Questions hello, since i have updated the n8n to latest version, i am unable to obtain workflow using basic authorization. [image] I have not create a user accoun…

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Thanks @Jon
I used that thread and built it on top of it.

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