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Flow statuses (draft, manual, live)

Definition

In Klaviyo, each message in a flow carries its own status: draft, manual or live. Only a live message sends automatically, and there is no single switch for the whole flow.

How it is computed, where to read it

Live: every profile entering the flow is queued for this message, which sends at the right time with no intervention.

Manual: profiles keep being queued, but nothing sends until someone reviews and sends by hand. Draft: nobody is queued.

A message that leaves live status raises no error, it simply stops sending. KlaviBoard flags a non-live flow that still had recipients over the previous period.

Definition checked on September 15, 2026 in Klaviyo, How to enable a flow to start sending.

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Paused flow

A paused flow is a Klaviyo flow whose status is no longer live: it sends nothing, but it reports no error. The case that costs is a flow paused while it still had recipients just before.

Flow entries

Flow entries are the number of profiles that triggered a flow over a period: every profile meeting the trigger condition (abandoned cart, sign-up, order) enters the flow. It is a flow's throughput, independent of what it earns.

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