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johng0005
January 23, 2025
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Is it possible to delete completed instances on a timer node?

  • January 23, 2025
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Hi there, 

We have a loop to constantly check an expression rule until it returns true. On each loop we have a 30 second timer to wait. All the other nodes were able to be setup to delete previously completed instances, but the timer node doesn't seem to have this option, which means the loop is breaking when it hits this node for the 1000th time. Is there any way around this?

Thanks,

John

    Best answer by mikes0011

    Put the timer node in a dedicated subprocess.

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    Brainy
    January 23, 2025

    Put the timer node in a dedicated subprocess.

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      johng0005Author
      January 23, 2025

      Ah good idea, thanks Mike. Bit mad that there's no option to delete the instances, hopefully this can get changed in the future. 

      mikes0011
      mikes0011
      Brainy
      January 23, 2025

      Yeah the dedicated subprocess approach can handle a few different shortcomings - like how there's no ability to abandon a timer early, etc.  Luckily it's not required very often, but when it is, it works pretty well.

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