How do I set a delay between runs in Zapier workflow?

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Hi Zapier Community,I'm encountering an issue with my workflow, which involves processing over 1,000 emails using a ChatGPT email parser. The workflow is triggered when I assign a specific label to these emails. However, even with batches of 50 emails, I'm hitting the ChatGPT rate limit error due to too many requests per minute.I'm not in a hurry to process all the emails at once, but I also want to avoid the tedious task of manually adding 20 emails every hour.While I'm aware of the option to set delays between steps within a workflow, I need a way to implement delays between entire runs of the workflow or to configure the workflow to process a set number of requests in batches per hour.Any suggestions on how to achieve this would be greatly appreciated!Thank you in advance for your help! Anton

SamB · Answer

Hi there,@Anton111👋The Delay app has anDelay after queue option which can be useful when running into rate limiting errors. You can find out more about that here:Add delays to Zaps > Delay after queue.Hope that helps to get you pointed in the right direction. If you run into any issues or have further questions do let us know!

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