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Q: Cloud Hours Usage Questions

I'm having issues with automations that work locally but fail on cloud. Simple commands like "wait after" in "scrape list" don't work properly in cloud environment.

Questions:

1. Are some Robomotion commands not suitable for cloud execution?
2. How much should I differentiate between local vs cloud development?
3. Can webhooks trigger cloud automations that consume hours only during execution then spin down automatically?

101366915154176305384PLUSJun 22, 2025
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Jun 22, 2025

A: Hi,

For support questions, please join our Discord community at https://community.robomotion.io.

1–2. Cloud Robots Environment
Cloud robots run inside a Linux-based Docker container, so file paths differ from those on Windows. Some desktop-dependent packages will not function, as there is no graphical desktop environment. However, browser automation and does work because it uses headless Chrome. So only a few packages that require a full desktop environment may not work.

To assist you further, we need to review your flow and the exact exception you're encountering. Feel free to share screenshots in our Discord support channel.

Cloud Run Usage and Stop Node Requirement

Cloud Run consumes minutes as long as the robot is running. Regardless of whether it was started by a trigger or a schedule, you must include a Stop Node in your flow to stop the robot once processing is complete.

Note about Webhooks:

Mail, Queue, and File System triggers are supported in Cloud Run. However, HTTP Handlers are not currently supported. Our "HTTP In" nodes (synchronous web request handlers) and HTTP Post via Queue (asynchronous web request handlers) require a public IP and Port. As a result, they can only be executed on machines that are directly accessible from the internet not from within a Cloud Run environment.

We are currently rewriting all our platfrom products from scratch. We have renewed nearly everything to be more AI compatible and prompt friendly. We are releasing our new designer this week. After this a more user friendly webhook is in our roadmap that will also be available to be used with our Cloud Run feature.

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Posted: Jun 22, 2025

Thanks for the updates. I have some follow-ups.

1. When can we expect this new webhook feature to be available?
2. Will it indeed be as simple to configure as Zapier's webhook system with automatic cloud hour consumption during execution?

The current HTTP handler limitations requiring public IP/port access do make cloud integration quite cumbersome compared to other automation platforms.