Loop

Repeat a group of steps while your conditions hold, up to a safety limit.

What it does

Loop has two inputs and two outputs:

• Input (top): where the data first comes in.
• Loop Back (bottom input): connect the last step of the repeated part here.
• Loop (output): the steps to repeat start here.
• Done (output): the workflow continues here once the loop ends.

Each time data reaches the node, it checks the Conditions. While they hold, it sends the data out of Loop; your steps run and come back through Loop Back, and the check runs again. As soon as the conditions fail, or the pass count reaches Max Iterations, the data leaves through Done.

Every pass sends { done, currentIndex, inData }, where currentIndex counts the passes from 1 and inData is the data that arrived. Use {{ $input.currentIndex }} in the repeated steps, for example as a page number.

When to use it

• Page through an API until it returns no more results.
• Retry a step until it reports success.
• Repeat an action a set number of times.

To work through a long list a few items at a time, Split in Batches is simpler. Most nodes already run once per item, so you rarely need Loop just to handle every item of a list.

Inputs and settings

Setting	Type	What it does
Max Iterations	Number	Maximum number of loop iterations. Default: 100
Conditions REQ(required)	Conditions	The conditions to evaluate.

Max Iterations accepts 1 to 1,000. The limit stops a loop whose conditions never fail from freezing the tab.

Outputs

• Done
• Loop

Each output item has these fields:

Field	Type	What it holds
done	True/false	True when the loop exits through Done
currentIndex	Number
inData	Any	The incoming data, unchanged

Shape of an output item

{
  "done": true,
  "currentIndex": 0,
  "inData": null
}

When the loop exits through Done, its pass counter resets, so a loop nested inside another loop starts again from 1 on the next outer pass.

Dependencies and credentials

None. This node needs no connection and has no slots for other nodes.

Example workflow

Fetch every page of a paginated API:

1. A Set Variable node sets hasMore to true.
2. Loop with the condition {{ $run.hasMore }} (Boolean) is true, Max Iterations 50.
3. From Loop: Http Request to https://api.example.com/items?page={{ $input.currentIndex }}, then Set Variable stores the response’s hasMore flag. Connect it back to Loop Back.
4. From Done: continue with the collected data.

Common issues

• The loop stops after one pass. The conditions were false on the second check. Make sure the repeated steps update the value the condition reads, and that the last step is connected to Loop Back, not to the top input.
• The loop always runs exactly Max Iterations times. The conditions never become false. Check the field and operator, or raise the limit if the work really needs more passes.
• Nothing runs after the loop. Connect the next steps to Done, not to Loop.

Related nodes

• Split in Batches: work through a list a batch at a time.
• IF: the same kind of conditions, without repeating.
• Poll Until: call a URL repeatedly until the response says it is done.
• Wait: pause between passes.