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Actions in this flow may result in an infinite trigger loop

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Hi everyone,

 

I have an approval flow which is triggered on when a status column changes in a list item. 

 

Once the item is approved I want to update a column in that item with the responders name  in one of the columns but every time i add an update statement i get the error......

"Actions in this flow may result in an infinite trigger loop. Please ensure you add appropriate conditional checks to prevent this flow from triggering itself."

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What am I missing?

 

Any help/suggestion would be much appreciated.

 

Regards,

Syed

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  • Pstork1 Profile Picture
    68,678 Most Valuable Professional on at
    Re: Actions in this flow may result in an infinite trigger loop

    The error is to warn you that you are doing an update of an item in a flow that is triggered when an item is updated.  Make sure you add a trigger condition to keep the flow from re-activating when the update is made in the flow.

  • syed_sme Profile Picture
    76 on at
    Re: Actions in this flow may result in an infinite trigger loop

    Thanks @Pstork1 ,

     

    Can you explain what that would look like?I'm assuming there is a simple way to achieve this?

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    Pstork1 Profile Picture
    68,678 Most Valuable Professional on at
    Re: Actions in this flow may result in an infinite trigger loop

    This article does a good job of explaining it and providing options.

    How to avoid infinite trigger loop in Power Automate (tomriha.com)

  • syed_sme Profile Picture
    76 on at
    Re: Actions in this flow may result in an infinite trigger loop

    Great. Thanks @Pstork1 

  • KevinGador Profile Picture
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    Re: Actions in this flow may result in an infinite trigger loop

    i have a trigger condition, but it still has a warning in my flow. Is there any way to remove the warning? 

  • Pstork1 Profile Picture
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    Re: Actions in this flow may result in an infinite trigger loop

    Adding a trigger condition won't prevent the warning. But it will prevent the re-triggering. Its just that the system can't predict whether the trigger condition will prevent the infinite loop. 

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