Workflow Automatic Shut off date but allow current contacts to finish

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Hi i have a sweepstakes workflow that brings in contacts and sends a transactional email - then a one day pause - then sends a welcome email.

I want to turn off the workflow by setting a date in settings BUT i only want that to prevent people from continue to come into the workflow - I would like everyone still in the 1 day pause node to finish the workflow and work their way through to the end.

I cannot figure out how to do this the easiest.

The auto shut off under settings here shuts down everything on the given date. I just want to “close the entrance”.

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Hi @skilpatrick,

Thats not possible directly but here’s what you can do:

  • Add a branch at the beginning of the workflow (and/or branch) and pick any arbitrary branch filter, e.g. Create date is known (all contacts will go down this branch)
  • Keep this left branch empty
  • Move all other actions into the none met branch (email 1, delay, email 2)
  • Schedule the workflow turn off date for one day later

Now all new contacts go into the dead end. The workflow will turn off one day later - by which time all contacts from the delay will also have received the second email.

Best regards!