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'The request exceeded allowed limits' (In Update Task Details) (Planner)

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Posted on by Automation12345

Hi, what does this mean?

I've created an automated flow such that when a task in Planner is completed in one bucket, a new one is created in the next bucket. I also added a fixed checklist to be added.

The new task IS created in the new bucket - but the checklist doesn't show.

There are 20ish checklist items.

Hoping for a quick response, and will upvote answer if helpful - thanks!

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Michael E. Gernaey 53,345 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at

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Hi @Automation12345

There is no absolute answer. It could be that the task isn't fully created (yet) so you should put a Delay action between the create and the update, so that there is time.

I would give that a go first.

If I have helped you, I would really appreciate if you please Mark my answer as Resolved/Answered, and give it a thumbs up, so it can help others

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Michael Gernaey MCT | MCSE | MCP | Self-Contractor| Ex-Microsoft
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Automation12345 5 on at

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Thank you Michael,
I have just tried that with 1 minute and 2 minute delay, and same issue.
Any other theories/things you think I can try?
Thanks!

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mesbahi_taha 4 on at

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I guess that the maximum allowance is 9

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CTY 4 on at

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I just received the same error. I have many Flows set up and the have been working correctly until today. Has there been an update to Flow that would cause this error? I have over 75 checklist items that I am not able to generate.

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Gemma_Bishop 6 on at

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Did you find a solution to this error?my flows have just started doing this and were previously fine, I cant work out what has changed?

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mesbahi_taha 4 on at

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I don't believe there is a workaround, because powerautomate has a maximum allowance of 9. Unless having the paid plan.

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CTY 4 on at

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Yes, we found a workaround. Unfortunately, I had to have someone go in and manually delete most of the prior completed tasks in the flow. I was over the limit in the flow. Once this was complete my flows began to process again as usual. I was told to create another flow that would automatically do the delete after a specific timeframe but have not done this yet. I not very savvy in the "Flow" language. Hope this helps.

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Gemma_Bishop 6 on at

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Fantastic! that makes absolute sense! thank you for sharing. I am also not that savvy and the suggestion to go in an create a new flow to delete old tasks doesnt really suit our scenario as we use it as a control, so need for record keeping. I was able to get it to work also by sharing to another sharepoint and making it a cloud flow, as previously it was a personal flow, so maybe that had something to do with it too

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AnkurVerma 2 on at

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I am fairly new to this, how do you delete completed tasks? and is there a way to increase the limit?

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Gemma_Bishop 6 on at

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@AnkurVerma you just go into the planner and change it to grid view, then you can highlight and delete the completed tasks from this section

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