# Function node sends multiple messages instead of one

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/function-node-sends-multiple-messages-instead-of-one/83843>\
**Category:** General\
**Tags:** function-node\
**Created:** [20 December 2023 00:24 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/function-node-sends-multiple-messages-instead-of-one/83843 "2023-12-20T00:24:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![ChrisG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@ChrisG](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/ChrisG)\
**Post date:** [20 December 2023 10:09 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/function-node-sends-multiple-messages-instead-of-one/83843/10 "2023-12-20T10:09:40Z")

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> [@Colin](#):
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> For the future, the moral is that any time you have unexpected results, then use debug nodes to work backwards through the flow to find out which node is actually malfunctioning.

very true,  
malfunctioning? the documentation doesn't state the seen action either way, so perhaps 'not operating in the expected way'. 🙂

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