A webhook fires every time I change a subitem column. How do I stop it? Will it eat my action quota?



TLDR:

No. Webhooks are not counted as actions for  any of our apps  in the Monday Marketplace, so they don’t consume your monthly action quota. You don’t have to stop them to save actions.

What’s a webhook (plain English)?

A webhook is  monday.com ’s way of notifying our app that “something changed” on your board.

  • If that change matches the condition of one of your automation recipes, the automation runs and performs an action.
  • Only actions (the steps automations perform) count toward your quota—not the webhooks themselves.

Why you see “constant” webhooks on subitems

  • Item-level webhooks can be very targeted (e.g., “When Status changes, send a webhook”).
  • Subitem-level webhooks are broader.  monday.com  uses a single event like “When any subitem column changes, send a webhook.”That’s why you may see a webhook fire every time any subitem field changes—it’s normal and harmless to your quota.


Confirming what counts as an action

An action is a step your recipe performs (e.g., move item to a group, update status, create an item).

  • Each time a recipe actually does that step, it counts as one action.
  • A webhook notification alone does not count as an action.

Do I need to stop the webhooks?

No, not to save actions. They don’t impact your quota.


If you still want to reduce noise or avoid unnecessary runs, try any of the following:



Option A — Tighten your triggers/conditions

  • Edit the automation recipe so it only runs when specific columns change or specific values are met (e.g., add conditions like Status is “Ready”).

Option B — Turn off recipes you don’t need

  • Go to Automations on the board and toggle off any recipe that shouldn’t run on subitem changes.

Option C — Remove subitem-based triggers

  • If a recipe uses the general subitem change trigger, replace it with a more specific trigger on the parent item level if possible.

Option D — Last resort

  • If you want to stop all app-driven automation on a board, you can turn off the relevant recipes created via Connected Boards Automations. (Uninstalling the app will stop all app automations globally, but that’s rarely necessary.)

Important: Even if webhooks fire “a million times,” your app action quota remains unaffected unless an automation actually performs an action.



Revision history

  • October 27, 2025 — Initial release of article.