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Return

Ends a shared workflow with the answer the flow that ran it gets back.

Return ends a shared workflow and answers the flow that ran it. The outputs you set are what that flow reads after its Run workflow step.

When to use it

  • At the end of every path of a shared workflow that should answer, for example one Return for a client found and another for none found.
  • A Return step belongs in an automation with a Called by another flow trigger. Anywhere else, the canvas warns Return Outside a Shared Workflow.
Return settings with four outputs: success, accountNumber, country and error

Settings

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Type

Outputs

Return has no outgoing handle: it ends the run. The workflow's outputs are every output named on any of its Return steps. When a flow ends at a Return step that leaves one of them out, the caller gets no value for it.

Tips and limits

  • Not inside a Loop or a Parallel branch. A Return step ends the run, so it can't be one of the steps a Loop or Parallel repeats or splits.
  • A shared workflow with no Return step answers with an empty output, and the canvas warns No Return Step.
Last reviewed 24 October 2026

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