How to temporally disable part of a scenario

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:bullseye: What is your goal?

I’m trying to find the best way to temporarily disable part of a scenario while testing.
My goal is to avoid executing some of the modules, especially the ones that consume operations, so I can test earlier steps faster.

:thinking: What is the problem & what have you tried?

What I currently do is add a filter with a condition like 1 = 2, expecting it to always block the flow.

However, sometimes the following modules still run — for example, emails are still being sent — so it doesn’t fully work as a temporary “off switch”.

So my question if there is a recommended or more reliable way to “disable” certain modules or branches during testing without deleting or disconnecting them?
Ideally something like pausing a module or bypassing a branch until I enable it again.
Thanks in advance for any tips or best practices.

:camera_with_flash: Screenshots (scenario flow, module settings, errors)

YouTube IA news.blueprint-4.json (106 KB)

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Here is the filter set up:

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And here we can see that the last bundle finally managed to pass the filter:

The last bundle passed the filter
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What you can do is you can disable or enable routes with a router.

  1. Insert a Router before the modules you want to be able to disable or stop.

  2. You can create 2 routes:

    • Route 1: “Active branch” – connect all the modules you want to disable or stop.

    • Route 2: “Bypass branch” – connect all the modules you want to enable or start.

  3. When testing, and you want to disable or stop the Active/Bypass branch:

This is much safer than relying on fake filters (1=2), which can become fragile if you later change filters, add conditions, or add additional routes.

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Aggregators always run to completion, so the filter has to be AFTER the aggregator.

You can also unlink the module from the next, or after the aggregator.

Hope this helps! If you are still having trouble, please provide more details.

— @samliew

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Hey there,

this is absolutely not how you configure a filter.

Here:

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