# Limited run time

**URL:** <https://community.tulip.co/t/limited-run-time/10832>\
**Category:** Support, Troubleshooting, & Help\
**Tags:** automations\
**Created:** [March 11, 2024, 9:59am UTC](https://community.tulip.co/t/limited-run-time/10832 "2024-03-11T09:59:32Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![nadine.xuereb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e99b99/32.png) [@nadine.xuereb](https://community.tulip.co/u/nadine.xuereb)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2024, 9:59am UTC](https://community.tulip.co/t/limited-run-time/10832/1 "2024-03-11T09:59:32Z")

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Hi All,

Is anyone getting a limited error?  
Error message is Limited by run rate, have been seeing this for the last 2 weeks.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/agilemfg/original/2X/b/b9e0f5128045f6440b720d453df0d0ce93e4569f.png)

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**Author:** ![jakerigos](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.tulip.co/jakerigos/32/6898_2.png) [@jakerigos](https://community.tulip.co/u/jakerigos)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2024, 1:56pm UTC](https://community.tulip.co/t/limited-run-time/10832/2 "2024-03-11T13:56:09Z")

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Hi @nadine.xuereb,

Could you share any additional details on the limited state? If you hit the little carrot (“\>”) next to Limited, it should provide some additional details.

I guess that you may have created an automation that will cause itself to fire (i.e. I’m having an automation run due to a table update, and I update the same table later in the automation)

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/agilemfg/original/2X/7/78cb2851d304ec9dc27954af1d7c1c5f6b963351.png)

Sincerely,

Jake

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**Author:** ![nadine.xuereb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e99b99/32.png) [@nadine.xuereb](https://community.tulip.co/u/nadine.xuereb)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2024, 12:54pm UTC](https://community.tulip.co/t/limited-run-time/10832/3 "2024-03-14T12:54:56Z")

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Hi Jake,

Thanks for your reply.  
That is not the case for our automation.  
Steps:

1. Automation is trigger with a machine attribute
2. Checks if a machine activity field is empty?
3. If yes, set as. If no, add.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/agilemfg/original/2X/1/1e03bedea8ea75df0d4e6548813d59e18dbec9b9.png)

Regards,  
Nadine

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**Author:** ![jakerigos](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.tulip.co/jakerigos/32/6898_2.png) [@jakerigos](https://community.tulip.co/u/jakerigos)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2024, 7:25pm UTC](https://community.tulip.co/t/limited-run-time/10832/4 "2024-03-14T19:25:32Z")

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Hi Nadine,

Either way, wouldn’t you be re-triggering the automation since you’re either setting the attribute or modifying the attribute?

Sincerely,

Jake

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**Author:** ![nadine.xuereb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e99b99/32.png) [@nadine.xuereb](https://community.tulip.co/u/nadine.xuereb)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2024, 7:15am UTC](https://community.tulip.co/t/limited-run-time/10832/5 "2024-03-15T07:15:55Z")

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Hi Jake,

No, I am not modifying the attribute, I am modifying an activity field.  
The trigger for the automation is a sensor input, while the activity field is the part count (In this case).

Regards,  
Nadine

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**Author:** ![jakerigos](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.tulip.co/jakerigos/32/6898_2.png) [@jakerigos](https://community.tulip.co/u/jakerigos)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2024, 5:54pm UTC](https://community.tulip.co/t/limited-run-time/10832/6 "2024-03-19T17:54:51Z")

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Hi @nadine.xuereb,

How often is this sensor outputting an event? It may be that this in conjunction with your other automations, you may be hitting the automation run limit cap per hour

Thanks,

Jake