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Flow running only once after multiple editing of SharePoint list item

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Hello,

I have the question regarding MS Flow. We have created simple MS Flow which runs when SharePoint list item added or changed. During tests we found one issue. If users change the list item multiple times in the period less than 5 minutes, Flow runs only 1.

For example, list item was changed 3 times, but Flow was run only 1 time (not 3 times as was expected).

We have license plan F1. There is no limitations in the Flow - it should be run Flow so many times as list item was changed.

Anybody knows how to fix it? I need to run Flow on every change.
If it is a feature of Flow, where I can find a technical description of this mechanism?

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I haven't seen a specific technical description of this, but it is by design and I can explain why it happens.

When a Flow is triggered on an item and then changed the simple act of changing the item will cause the flow to trigger again. To prevent that from happening MS instituted a timing delay that keeps an updated item from re-triggering immediately when a change is made. That prevents the Flow from falling into a continuous loop.

There is no way to fix this, its by design. The only real way to fix it is not to make so many changes so frequently.

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Hi @Anonymous,

Does the list item was changed 3 times mean changing the same item three times in a short period of time or changing each item once?

This is the screenshot that I changed the same item three times in a short period of time:

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