Flow control - Collabase

An action of a plug does one thing and returns a result. It does not decide whether the flow stops, waits or answers a caller. The flow does that, with steps of the Flow control plug that comes with Collabase.

You want to	Add this step after your action
Wait for a time or until a date	Wait
Wait until another system calls back	Wait for a call. The step shows the address to call.
Hold the flow until a person agrees	Ask for approval
Answer the caller of a synchronous webhook	Respond to webhook
Run steps only for some items	A Loop over the list your action returned

Design the result for the next step

Let your action return what the next step needs to decide. For example, an action that starts a long job in another system returns the job id. The flow then uses Wait for a call, and the other system calls the address when the job is done.

run: async (context) => {
  const job = await startJob(context.auth, context.propsValue.document);
  return { jobId: job.id, status: "started" };
},

What an action must not do

Do not poll in a loop inside the action until something finishes. A step may run for at most 10 minutes, and the run holds a worker while it waits. Return at once and let the flow wait.
Do not start a long wait of your own. A paused run holds no resources, and only the flow control steps can pause one.

Last modified on October 26, 2026