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Power automate desktop flow stops after running for few hours

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Posted on by ArchanaKK

I have desktop flow which is supposed to be run continuously is triggered from cloud to  run in unattended mode, After starting it to run from cloud, desktop flow runs for few hours and then it stops executing without giving any error. It remains in run mode until it is stopped manually. What could be reason. 

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    VJR 7,635 on at

    Hi @ArchanaKK 

    A lot will depend on what actions are used in the Flow...like SendKeys, Focus on foreground window, Image detection, etc.

    Adding some logging of your own would help to determine if it stops on a particular line of action.

     

    For Example write some comments to a Text file like...

     

    [DateTime] : Launched Excel

    .

    .

    [DateTime] : Entering For Each loop

    .

    .

    [DateTime] : Excel Closed

     

    When your Flow has stopped, you can go to this text file and see till where your Flow has run.

    If "Excel Closed" is missing, then the Flow is failing before that or on that step.

     

    The level of detailed logging and how to handle the growing text file will depend on how you want to write it. 

     

    Hope this helps you to track down the error.

     

     

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