Power Automate Flow Running Multiple Times

How to fix it

Try these in order — the most common fix is first.

1. 1. Make it idempotent

   Copy steps
   1. Check whether the SharePoint item or file already exists before creating it
   2. Use key constraints in Dataverse
   Did this fix it? Yes No

2. 2. Reduce triggers

   Copy steps
   1. Add trigger conditions in the first card Settings
   2. Turn off copies in other environments
   3. If you do not want pending items processed after re-enabling a polling flow, delete and re-create it
   Did this fix it? Yes No

Symptoms

Duplicate emails, list items or notifications appear from a single event.

Why it happens

• At-least-once delivery by the underlying service
• Other copies of the flow active in different environments
• Flow turned back on processing pending polling events

This guide also covers

• power automate flow running twice
• power automate duplicate emails
• power automate runs multiple times

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