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Professional Plan: Held and Throttled by Zapier

  • 11 November 2021
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Hey, guys! We have a paid account in Zapier - Professional Plan. Recently we’ve been getting a lot of “held-throttled” history. We’re not sure what happened as I searched and found that “Throttling” only works in free accounts - not in Paid accounts. 

Our zap is somewhat straightforward. We will send a message to our clients a day before and 30 minutes before a calendar event starts. This has approximately 15 copies as we have around 15 people dealing with different set of clients. 

Please let us know how to fix this issue. These zaps are essential so reducing/deleting any of these is not an option. Thank you so much!

 

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Troy Tessalone
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Hi @James Darrel 

Check these help articles:

https://zapier.com/help/troubleshoot/behavior/rate-limits-and-throttling-in-zapier

https://zapier.com/help/troubleshoot/errors/fix-throttled-by-zapier-or-zapier-has-blocked-this-task-in-zaps

 

Also, check the available GCal help articles: https://zapier.com/apps/google-calendar/help

⚡ Troy Tessalone - AutomationAce.com | Premier Certified Zapier Expert | #1 Zapier Community Contributor
J
Userlevel 1

The throttling happens when it uses the Email by Zapier. 

 

Troy Tessalone
Userlevel 7
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Hi @James Darrel 

Might be best to open a ticket with Zapier Support for further troubleshooting and guidance: https://zapier.com/app/get-help

⚡ Troy Tessalone - AutomationAce.com | Premier Certified Zapier Expert | #1 Zapier Community Contributor
J
Userlevel 1

Okay @Troy Tessalone 


Thank you so much for your guidance and help!

SamB
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Hey @James Darrel,

The Email by Zapier app itself is limited to a maximum number of sends per hour, which is separate from the Zapier Throttling. On the Free plan it’s 5 emails (per Zapier account) per hour and on paid plans its 10 emails (per Zapier account) per hour.

So if you’re attempting to send 15 emails in an hour that may be what’s causing those Zap runs being held. In which case, it may be better to switch to another email app like Gmail, Mandrill, Mailgun etc. to send out the email notifications. You can view a full list of the email apps we support here: https://zapier.com/apps/categories/email

Hopefully that helps! :)

Troy Tessalone
Userlevel 7
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@James Darrel 

If doing lots of volume, then I suggest Mailgun: https://zapier.com/apps/mailgun/integrations

⚡ Troy Tessalone - AutomationAce.com | Premier Certified Zapier Expert | #1 Zapier Community Contributor
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