# Recipe limits

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

# General recipe design time limits

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

# Recipe code size limits

Recipe code size limits vary by data center.

View US Data Center recipe code size limits
Description Limit
Maximum code size (lines)1,000
View EU Data Center recipe code size limits
Description Limit
Maximum code size (lines)1,000
View SG Data Center recipe code size limits
Description Limit
Maximum code size (lines)1,000
View JP Data Center recipe code size limits
Description Limit
Maximum code size (lines)1,000
View AU Data Center recipe code size limits
Description Limit
Maximum code size (lines)1,000
View IL Data Center recipe code size limits
Description Limit
Maximum code size (lines)1,000
View Developer sandbox recipe code size limits
Description Limit
Maximum code size (lines)1,000

# Job report limits

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

# Test automation design time limits

Description Limit
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 limits

Description Limit Notes
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 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 URL100NA
Maximum recipe concurrency30This limit can be increased by contacting Customer Success.
Maximum number of recipe steps1,000NA

# Queue size limits

Description Limit Notes
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

Description Limit Notes
Standard job timeout90 minutesNA
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 daysWorkato 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

Description Limit
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 limits documentation for more information about Workato limits.


Last updated: 11/11/2025, 6:23:00 PM