# Quick Flows limits
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## Flow limits
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The following limits apply to flow creation and management in your Quick instance:
+ **Maximum flows per instance:** 10,000 flows
+ **Maximum flows per user:** 100 flows
+ **Maximum steps per flow:** 35 steps

## Input limits
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Input limits vary depending on whether you are using General knowledge or Quick data as your data source.

### Text input limits
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+ **General knowledge:** 40,000 characters
+ **Quick data:** 15,000 characters

### File upload limits
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File upload limits depend on your knowledge source and file type:

**File size limits:**
+ **General knowledge:**
  + Document files: Up to 50 MB (supported file types depend on output preference)
  + Video files: Up to 1 GB
  + Image files: Up to 4.5 MB
+ **Quick data:**
  + Document files: Up to 50 MB (.pdf, .txt, .rtf, .doc, .docx, .ppt, .pptx, .csv, .xls, .xlsx)
  + Image files: Up to 10 MB (.png, .jpg, .jpeg)

**Maximum number of files:**
+ **General knowledge:** Up to 5 files
+ **Quick data:** Up to 20 files

**Character limits for file content:**
+ **General knowledge:**
  + Faster responses: Up to 1M characters total context limit
  + Versatility and Performance: Up to 1M characters total context limit

  The total context limit includes characters from output prompts defined at build time and characters from input steps and file upload steps at runtime.
+ **Quick data:** 665,000 characters

## Output limits
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Output limits control the size of prompts and generated responses:
+ **Maximum input prompt size:**
  + General knowledge: 5,000 characters
  + Quick data: 5,000 characters
+ **Maximum output characters rendered:**
  + General knowledge: Up to 40,000 characters
  + Quick data: 8,000 characters

## Reasoning group limits
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+ **Maximum iterations per reasoning group:** 50 iterations

When referencing the output of a reasoning group, especially looped content, the output is bound by the input character limits of the receiving step. For larger outputs, consider staging the results and querying them in a later step.

## Schedule limits
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+ **Region availability**: Schedules in flows are currently supported in US East (N. Virginia), US West (Oregon), and Europe (Ireland)
+ **Maximum schedules per user**: 20 schedules per user
+ **Maximum schedules per instance**: 10,000 schedules

## Regional availability
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Certain features have regional limitations:
+ **Image generation:** Currently supported in US East (N. Virginia), US West (Oregon), and Europe (Ireland)