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Recurrence trigger fails with "WorkflowTriggerNotReady", but manual trigger works fine

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Hi everyone,

I'm running into a strange issue with one of my cloud flows in Power Automate.

What works:

When I use a manual trigger, the flow runs perfectly every time – no errors, all actions execute as expected.

What fails:

When I switch to a Recurrence trigger (scheduled), I get the following error:

The flow did not trigger itself. Also If I click on Run then it gives me an error - Request to Azure Resource Manager failed with error: '{"error":{"code":"WorkflowTriggerNotReady","message":"Could not execute workflow '3e12c2d7-b68a-45bb-89a2-772dee08c303' trigger 'Recurrence': trigger is not ready yet, please try again later.","messageTemplate":"WorkflowTriggerNotReady"}}'.

The flow never starts automatically.

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David_MA 14,956 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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Please configure the flow with the schedule trigger then take a screen shot of how it has been configured and post it with your question. Seeing how you have configured that action will provide insight into the issue. We don't know how it has been configured to determine the issue.

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Sunil Kumar Pashikanti 2,318 Moderator on at

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Hi @DP-12060846-0,

As suggested by @David_MA, it is always better to provide details with screenshot for better insight.

If your flow works with a manual trigger but fails with Recurrence and shows:
WorkflowTriggerNotReady

this usually means the trigger hasn’t been fully initialized in the backend yet. It’s not an issue with your flow logic.

Quick fixes:

Turn the flow OFF, wait ~1 minute, then turn it ON

Delete and recreate the Recurrence trigger

Or use Save As to clone the flow

Quick check:
Create a simple test flow with just:

Recurrence (every 2 minutes)

Compose action

If that works, your original trigger is likely in a bad state.

References:
Power Automate Recurrence Trigger Not Firing? Deep Dive into "WorkflowTriggerNotReady" Fix
Why Power Automate Recurrence Triggers Fail: Architectural Deep Dive

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11manish 3,333 on at

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Since:

Manual trigger works

Flow actions execute successfully

Error occurs before the flow starts

the most likely causes are:

A corrupted Recurrence trigger definition.

The trigger has not been properly provisioned in the Power Automate backend.

A temporary Power Platform service issue in the environment.

The quickest fix is usually to create a new copy of the flow and recreate the Recurrence trigger from scratch.

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DP-12060846-0 2 on at

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See this error I am getting every time when I try to run the flow.

And this is the Recurrence trigger parameters.

Kindly suggest your suggestions to resolve this issue.

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David_MA 14,956 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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Since I don't see anything wrong with the configuration, I would suggest trying these things:

Delete the trigger and add it again.

Turn the flow off. Wait a few minutes. Turn it back on again.

Clear your browser cache.

You should be able to leave the time zone blank. Try choosing UTC if that is when you want it to run so it is set.

If all that still fails, try creating a flow with just recurrence and a compose action to see if you get an error with that.

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