# Elastic Watcher Throttle\_Period for action does not work

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-watcher-throttle-period-for-action-does-not-work/358162>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [April 25, 2024, 2:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-watcher-throttle-period-for-action-does-not-work/358162 "2024-04-25T02:16:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![JasonREC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/858c86/32.png) [@JasonREC](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/JasonREC)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2024, 2:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-watcher-throttle-period-for-action-does-not-work/358162/1 "2024-04-25T02:16:52Z")

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Hi,

Scenario: I have a watcher triggers every 10 mins and if the condition is determined to be true, and it will trigger action to send me an email. Now, what I hope to have is If the email is sent once, I want the next email to be send in after 24 hours even thought the watcher condition is determined to be true so that I won't keep get the email alert.

Problem: I have found that in Elastic document that if I add the the Throttle\_Period in the action, it can limit the action to be taken in the time I defined. So if an email send action is trigger now, the next one should trigger after 24 hours, but I still keep getting the email alert.

Below is my setting:

 ![watchthreshold](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/a/8/a8a5c898f862ee13f9785814507c841918f47246.png)

Could anyone help me out?