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I have a flow which monitors the status of an approval request and will send a reminder if it is not answered after "Reminder Duration" days:

The problem is that once the delay is initiated, regardless of whether the approval is answered the flow will wait until the delay time is met to check again. For approval reminders that are sent, for example every 5 days, the flow will remain "running" during this time even if the recipient answers the approval request. Is there any way to circumvent this process? Can the flow monitor whether the approval request is answered and when it is bypass the delay? Thanks!

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David_MA 15,181 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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The only way I have found to do this is to add a Terminate action to the end of all your branches such as:
My approach is a little different than yours, but in the end, I think we're doing the same thing.

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Thanks for your response. In the example you provided, I see that this will terminate the flow of the branch, but will it terminate the entire flow? It would appear that this branch would be unaffected, and the flow would wait until 10 days before checking on status. Is that right?

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Hardesh15 7,087 Super User 2024 Season 1 on at

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@JT-1964 After delay you need to use condition and check variable value again so that it will not send another email.

More help- How to setup reminder in approval flow?[Part-4] « Gopenly

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CU29071243-0 76 on at

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@Hardesh15 I recognize that, and am doing that as part of my flow. My question relates to how to end the flow while the delay is on-going. So far I have not been able to find a solution.

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Hardesh15 7,087 Super User 2024 Season 1 on at

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@JT-1964 You can not end delay because it is part of your flow. Same delay is holding your flow so that it can send you reminder and same delay can not be end. I am not seeing any point of making end of delay action. Reminder logic is in separate parallel branch.

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David_MA 15,181 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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Yes, in my flow that I shared, it terminates the entire flow. However, each of the terminate actions occur where the flow would normally end, so it is not abruptly ending and skipping steps, which is why I terminate with Succeeded. This way the flow does not show it is still running while it is waiting for the next reminder to be sent. I thought this is what you were trying to resolve. If you have actions in your flow after the approval, then this would not work for you.

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