Recipe quotas

Recipes are subject to the following design and run time quotas.

DEFAULT QUOTAS

The quotas on this page are defaults based on Workato best practices and are configured to enable optimal platform performance. Customers on Enterprise plans or above can contact their Customer Success Representative to request an extension of these quotas for their specific use cases.

General recipe design time quotas

DescriptionQuota
Maximum recipe name length255 characters
Maximum number of webhook recipes subscribed to same URL100

Recipe code size quotas

Recipe code size quotas vary by data center.

View US Data Center recipe code size quotas
DescriptionQuota
Maximum code size90MB
Maximum number of steps in recipe code1,000
View EU Data Center recipe code size quotas
DescriptionQuota
Maximum code size (lines)1,000
View SG Data Center recipe code size quotas
DescriptionQuota
Maximum code size (lines)1,000
View JP Data Center recipe code size quotas
DescriptionQuota
Maximum code size (lines)1,000
View AU Data Center recipe code size quotas
DescriptionQuota
Maximum code size (lines)1,000
View IL Data Center recipe code size quotas
DescriptionQuota
Maximum code size (lines)1,000
View KR Data Center recipe code size quotas
DescriptionQuota
Maximum code size (lines)1,000
View UK Data Center recipe code size quotas
DescriptionQuota
Maximum code size (lines)1,000
View Self-service (Workato Free, Workato Pro, or Developer Sandbox) recipe code size quotas
DescriptionQuota
Maximum code size (lines)1,000

Job report quotas

DescriptionQuota
Maximum number of columns in a job report10
Maximum job report column value length256 characters
Maximum job report size5 KB

Test automation design time quotas

DescriptionQuota
Maximum test case name length255 characters
Maximum test case description length1,000 characters
Maximum test case body length1,000,000 characters
Maximum batch size of test cases request when requested by IDs500
Maximum number of test cases per recipe100

General recipe run time quotas

DescriptionQuotaNotes
Job details: Maximum data storage of inputs/outputs across all steps1 MBJob 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 quotas
  • 30 MB per minute
  • Burst allowance: 30 MB
These byte quotas represent the total memory in all your webhooks.
Maximum number of recipes subscribed to the same webhook URL100NA
Maximum recipe concurrency30This quota can be increased by contacting Customer Success.
Maximum number of recipe steps1,000NA

Queue size quotas

DescriptionQuotaNotes
Size of recipe function queue10,000NA
Size of user actions queue1,000NA
Size of long action queue10,000Applies 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 queue10,000NA
Size of webhooks events queue20,000NA

Timeout limits

DescriptionQuotaNotes
Standard job timeout90 minutesWorkspace admins can configure a custom job execution time quota. If you observe a timeout that differs from 90 minutes, your workspace admin may have set a different quota.
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 timeout5 minutesNA
Long pause/action timeout732 daysRecipes may fail if they exceed the total configured cumulative pause duration across all long actions.

Specific connectors have variable timeout limits. Refer to the Connectors quotas section for more information.

Payload quotas

DescriptionQuota
Maximum trigger event payload size in bytes50 MB
Maximum payload size for callable recipes that are API platform endpoints1 MB (compressed)

FURTHER READING

Refer to the Platform quotas documentation for more information about Workato quotas.

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