# How can I start two processes under RPA simultaneously in Node-RED?

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**Created:** [January 7, 2025, 4:57am UTC](https://discourse.openiap.io/t/how-can-i-start-two-processes-under-rpa-simultaneously-in-node-red/1979 "2025-01-07T04:57:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![GUOwa](https://discourse.openiap.io/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/f17d59/32.png) [@GUOwa](https://discourse.openiap.io/u/GUOwa)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2025, 4:57am UTC](https://discourse.openiap.io/t/how-can-i-start-two-processes-under-rpa-simultaneously-in-node-red/1979/1 "2025-01-07T04:57:36Z")

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I have two processes in my RPA: one is a purely backend process that accesses an HTTP interface, and the other is a process that captures web pages. How can I run these two processes simultaneously in the Node-RED console? Currently, when I start one and then start the other, I encounter a timeout error. How can I resolve this issue?

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**Author:** ![Allan\_Zimmermann](https://discourse.openiap.io/user_avatar/discourse.openiap.io/allan_zimmermann/32/12_2.png) [@Allan\_Zimmermann](https://discourse.openiap.io/u/Allan_Zimmermann)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2025, 7:15am UTC](https://discourse.openiap.io/t/how-can-i-start-two-processes-under-rpa-simultaneously-in-node-red/1979/2 "2025-01-07T07:15:27Z")

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If you want to run multiple workflows, remotely on a robot, you can either mark one of the workflows as a [background workflow](https://discourse.openiap.io/t/background-workflow/1747), or you can update settings.json to allow running multiple workflows, [by setting](https://docs.openiap.io/docs/openrpa/OpenRPA-Settings.html#common-settings) `remote_allow_multiple_running` to true and `remote_allow_multiple_running_max` to the max number of workflows.

But that is not recommended. If you need to keep state, or if you need to run multiple workflows at the same time, you should look into using workitem queues.

> **[Workitems](https://docs.openiap.io/docs/flow/Workitems.html)**
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> General Documentation for OpenIAP platforms

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**Author:** ![system](https://discourse.openiap.io/uploads/default/original/2X/a/a1ca7b164ac9a826839704d9ac82c7b5e6bcf557.png) [@system](https://discourse.openiap.io/u/system)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2025, 7:15am UTC](https://discourse.openiap.io/t/how-can-i-start-two-processes-under-rpa-simultaneously-in-node-red/1979/3 "2025-01-14T07:15:47Z")

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