Gmail – Search Emails (ACID) module keeps asking for start point and won’t initialize

Beginner Questions
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:bullseye: What is your goal?

I want to trigger a Make scenario using the “Gmail – Search Emails (ACID)” module.
The goal is to detect incoming emails containing a specific keyword (“weather”), send the email content to a Make AI Agent, and then continue the workflow (weather lookup, Google Sheets logging, reply email, etc.).

:thinking: What is the problem?

The “Search Emails (ACID)” module refuses to initialize.
Every time I select “From now on” and click “Save”, Make shows the same “Choose where to start” dialog again as soon as I run the scenario.
The module stays stuck in an uninitialized state.
The dialog keeps looping endlessly even after confirming the start point dozens of times.

When I try to delete the module, I get the warning:
“Module referenced in Make AI Agents – Run an agent”
which suggests that the agent is pointing to a broken or outdated reference.

In short:
I cannot initialize Gmail – Search Emails (ACID). The start point dialog loops forever, and the scenario never starts.

:test_tube: What have you tried so far?

– deleting and recreating the module
– reconnecting my Gmail connection
– changing the filter (Equal to → Contains)
– removing the filter entirely
– re‑adding the module
– checking that the module is correctly referenced inside “Run an agent”

3

Hey there,

switch to a mailhook module and inside your inbox, set a forwarding rule for the needed emails to be forwarded to it. This will get you an instant trigger and you wont have to bother with the acid ones eating opeations every 15 minutes.

4

This is a known issue with the ACID module that you are using.

The best course of action is to simply use the GMail Mailhook that was suggested. In you Gmail inbox setup a filter to forward emails containing “weather” to the address that Make gives you. This will give you the same effect as a Webhook and you can continue your automation from there.