Understand the "Error OK" message when publishing or activating a flow or subflowIssue <!-- /*NS Branding Styles*/ --> .ns-kb-css-body-editor-container { p { font-size: 12pt; font-family: Lato; color: #000000; } span { font-size: 12pt; font-family: Lato; color: #000000; } h2 { font-size: 24pt; font-family: Lato; color: black; } h3 { font-size: 18pt; font-family: Lato; color: black; } h4 { font-size: 14pt; font-family: Lato; color: black; } a { font-size: 12pt; font-family: Lato; color: #00718F; } a:hover { font-size: 12pt; color: #024F69; } a:target { font-size: 12pt; color: #032D42; } a:visited { font-size: 12pt; color: #00718f; } ul { font-size: 12pt; font-family: Lato; } li { font-size: 12pt; font-family: Lato; } img { display: block; max-width: ; width: auto; height: auto; } } When publishing or activating a flow or subflow in Flow Designer, you may encounter an "Error OK" message. Release<!-- /*NS Branding Styles*/ --> .ns-kb-css-body-editor-container { p { font-size: 12pt; font-family: Lato; color: #000000; } span { font-size: 12pt; font-family: Lato; color: #000000; } h2 { font-size: 24pt; font-family: Lato; color: black; } h3 { font-size: 18pt; font-family: Lato; color: black; } h4 { font-size: 14pt; font-family: Lato; color: black; } a { font-size: 12pt; font-family: Lato; color: #00718F; } a:hover { font-size: 12pt; color: #024F69; } a:target { font-size: 12pt; color: #032D42; } a:visited { font-size: 12pt; color: #00718f; } ul { font-size: 12pt; font-family: Lato; } li { font-size: 12pt; font-family: Lato; } img { display: block; max-width: ; width: auto; height: auto; } } All versions Cause<!-- /*NS Branding Styles*/ --> .ns-kb-css-body-editor-container { p { font-size: 12pt; font-family: Lato; color: #000000; } span { font-size: 12pt; font-family: Lato; color: #000000; } h2 { font-size: 24pt; font-family: Lato; color: black; } h3 { font-size: 18pt; font-family: Lato; color: black; } h4 { font-size: 14pt; font-family: Lato; color: black; } a { font-size: 12pt; font-family: Lato; color: #00718F; } a:hover { font-size: 12pt; color: #024F69; } a:target { font-size: 12pt; color: #032D42; } a:visited { font-size: 12pt; color: #00718f; } ul { font-size: 12pt; font-family: Lato; } li { font-size: 12pt; font-family: Lato; } img { display: block; max-width: ; width: auto; height: auto; } } This is expected behavior. Flows with recursive calls—actions that call the same flow that it is a part of—cannot publish, as documented in the Flow Designer architecture overview. When the system detects a recursive call, the system times out and displays an "Error OK" message because it has exceeded the maximum run time. Following is a stack trace showing the transaction cancellation as a result of this error. Transaction cancelled: maximum execution time exceeded: com.glide.rest.util.RESTRuntimeException: Transaction cancelled: maximum execution time exceeded: com.glide.rest.serializer.impl.JSONSerializer.handleSerializeException(JSONSerializer.java:166)com.glide.rest.serializer.impl.JSONSerializer.serializeServiceResult(JSONSerializer.java:60)com.glide.rest.handler.impl.ServiceResultHandlerImpl.serialize(ServiceResultHandlerImpl.java:130)com.glide.rest.handler.impl.ServiceResultHandlerImpl.processServiceResultBody(ServiceResultHandlerImpl.java:96)com.glide.rest.handler.impl.ServiceResultHandlerImpl.processServiceResult(ServiceResultHandlerImpl.java:40)com.glide.rest.processors.RESTAPIProcessor.process(RESTAPIProcessor.java:290)com.glide.processors.AProcessor.runProcessor(AProcessor.java:553)com.glide.processors.AProcessor.processTransaction(AProcessor.java:241)com.glide.processors.ProcessorRegistry.process0(ProcessorRegistry.java:177)com.glide.processors.ProcessorRegistry.process(ProcessorRegistry.java:166)com.glide.ui.GlideServletTransaction.process(GlideServletTransaction.java:31)com.glide.sys.Transaction.run(Transaction.java:2218)java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1149)java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:624)java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748) Resolution<!-- /*NS Branding Styles*/ --> .ns-kb-css-body-editor-container { p { font-size: 12pt; font-family: Lato; color: #000000; } span { font-size: 12pt; font-family: Lato; color: #000000; } h2 { font-size: 24pt; font-family: Lato; color: black; } h3 { font-size: 18pt; font-family: Lato; color: black; } h4 { font-size: 14pt; font-family: Lato; color: black; } a { font-size: 12pt; font-family: Lato; color: #00718F; } a:hover { font-size: 12pt; color: #024F69; } a:target { font-size: 12pt; color: #032D42; } a:visited { font-size: 12pt; color: #00718f; } ul { font-size: 12pt; font-family: Lato; } li { font-size: 12pt; font-family: Lato; } img { display: block; max-width: ; width: auto; height: auto; } } To resolve this issue, redesign your flow to eliminate recursive calls. Recursive calls are not allowed because they can cause instance outages and consume excessive system resources.