Recipe limits Recipes are subject to the following design and run time limits.
General recipe design time limits
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Maximum recipe name length 255 characters Maximum number of webhook recipes subscribed to same URL 100
Recipe code size limits Recipe code size limits vary by data center.
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Maximum code size 90MB Maximum number of steps in recipe code 1,000
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Maximum code size (lines) 1,000
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Maximum code size (lines) 1,000
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Maximum code size (lines) 1,000
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Maximum code size (lines) 1,000
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Maximum code size (lines) 1,000
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Maximum code size (lines) 1,000
Job report limits
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Maximum number of columns in a job report 10 Maximum job report column value length 256 characters Maximum job report size 5 KB
Test automation design time limits
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Maximum test case name length 255 characters Maximum test case description length 1,000 characters Maximum test case body length 1,000,000 characters Maximum batch size of test cases request when requested by IDs 500 Maximum number of test cases per recipe 100
General recipe run time limits
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Limit
Notes
Job details: Maximum data storage of inputs/outputs across all steps 1 MB Job details are truncated if the total data exceeds 1 MB. Webhook rate limits Steady rate: 20 events per second, equivalent to 72,000 events per hour Burst allowance: 9,000 events that can be processed beyond the steady rate in a burst NA Webhook byte limits 30 MB per minute Burst allowance: 30 MB These byte limits represent the total memory in all your webhooks. Maximum number of recipes subscribed to the same webhook URL 100 NA Maximum recipe concurrency 30 This limit can be increased by contacting Customer Success. Maximum number of recipe steps 1,000 NA
Queue size limits
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Size of recipe function queue 10,000 NA Size of user actions queue 1,000 NA Size of long action queue 10,000 Applies to recipe jobs with long running actions. These jobs enter a sleep state and move to the long action queue where they await processing. Size of poller events queue 10,000 NA Size of webhooks events queue 20,000 NA
Timeout limits
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Limit
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Standard job timeout 90 minutes Workspace admins can configure a custom job execution time limit. If you observe a timeout that differs from 90 minutes, your workspace admin may have set a different limit.HTTP action request timeout If wait for response is true, the timeout is 1 hour If wait for response is false, the timeout is 120 seconds NA Polling trigger timeout 5 minutes NA Long pause/action timeout 732 days Workato doesn't support indefinite pauses in recipes. Recipes that exceed a total cumulative pause duration of 732 days across all long actions fail.
Specific connectors have variable timeout limits. Refer to the Connectors limits section for more information.
Payload limits
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Limit
Maximum trigger event payload size in bytes 50 MB Maximum payload size for callable recipes that are API platform endpoints 1 MB (compressed)
FURTHER READING
Refer to the Platform limits documentation for more information about Workato limits.