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Emails taking a long time

Forum|Forum|1 year ago
June 12, 2025
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Hi Team,

I've been testing a web app that generates prescriptions. The process involves the nurse entering the client’s information and selecting the required medications. There are two recipients in the workflow: the first is myself (to review that the document is populated correctly), and the second is the doctor, who needs to sign it.

Up until yesterday afternoon, I was receiving the DocuSign email almost instantly. However, since then, the emails have been significantly delayed—sometimes taking several hours to arrive.

Could this be due to a usage limit on my account? Have I possibly triggered a throttle by running too many tests?

Appreciate any insights—thanks!
Brad

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JohnSantos

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@dhaustralia

Are you using the Demo (developer) environment? DocuSign does have rate limiting and throttling mechanisms, especially in developer/demo environments. If you’ve sent a large number of envelopes in a short period, the system might delay non-critical email notifications to reduce load.

Use unique email addresses to avoid triggering spam filters.

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dhaustralia

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@JohnSantos

Yes John I am using the demo environment, I was under the belief that I had to use a demo account in order to get my app to do 20 successful runs in a row, is this correct? I probably tried 15 tests in a 2 hour span.

JohnSantos

Guru

@dhaustralia

Yes. That is correct. Have you tried using unique email addresses to avoid triggering spam filters?

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Eduardo.Silva

Docusign Employee

Hello @dhaustralia,

Normally limits applied to the envelopes, should be applied at the envelope level, and not the emails. For further verification, maybe you can log a case to the Support Team to verify your account settings.

Thanks,

M

Melanie.Panguito

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