Publish, test and launch a Flow for a contact folder

📍 Where to find it: Reach your customers → Flows → (open a Flow) → "Publish", "Test", "Launch for a folder" buttons

Before a Flow runs, you need to publish it (with a consent attestation). You can then test it on a specific contact, or launch it all at once for every member of a contact folder.

How it works

"Publish" freezes the draft version into the active version and records your consent attestation (who, when) for traceability. The engine still checks consent on every send anyway. "Test" enrolls a contact you choose and advances their journey right away, without waiting for the hourly bot. "Launch for a folder" enrolls every current member of the folder, once each thanks to a stable anti-duplicate key — so relaunching is safe.

Step by step

1. Fix the red errors on the help card (otherwise the "Publish" button stays greyed out).
2. Click "Publish", check the consent attestation, confirm: the Flow becomes "Active".
3. To test: click "Test", search for a contact, select them; their journey starts immediately.
4. For a folder: click "Launch for a folder", choose the folder, confirm.
5. Pause or reactivate the Flow at any time from the Flows list.

Good to know

• A modified Flow shows an orange banner until you re-publish: otherwise your changes don't take effect.
• "Test" and "Launch for a folder" require a published and active Flow.
• Pausing a Flow also pauses the journeys in progress; they resume on reactivation.