I recently tried using the delay node to rate-limit messages to 1 per day. I had expected the first message to pass immediately, but quickly learned that it holds onto messages that pass until a static interval is reached. So I decided to create a rate limiting subflow. I thought I would share th…

Hmm. I never use per topic and always use all messages. I'd set a 1 day delay so that I'd only ever get a message within 24h of a previous message, but when I tested it, nothing ever got through. Maybe I made a mistake. I'll test it again.

Indeed you're right. Must have made a mistake originally.

Would a Trigger node work for you to. You could input delay and have per topic. [{"id":"77ec80a1.c64fe8","type":"inject","z":"c791cbc0.84f648","name":"","props":[{"p":"payload"},{"p":"topic","vt":"str"}],"repeat":"","crontab":"","once":false,"onceDelay":0.1,"topic":"topic1","payload":"","payloadTyp…

A re-imagining of the delay node (subflow)

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I think if the delay node is in all messages mode rather than per topic it should send the first message right away.

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A re-imagining of the delay node (subflow)

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