Create drafts of your Zaps

Drafts allow you to make changes to a Zap without turning it off. When you complete your changes, you can publish the draft and it will replace the existing Zap. When you create a draft of a Zap, you can:

• Save the draft and edit it later.
• Edit the draft while the Zap continues to run.
• Publish the draft to replace the current zap.

Create a draft in a new Zap

When you create a new Zap, your Zap begins as a draft by default. Zapier automatically saves your draft while you’re working.

Publish a draft

When you finish your draft, click Publish in the top right. 

• Your current draft becomes the current version of the Zap. 
• Your Zap turns on and will trigger whenever a trigger event occurs in your trigger app.

Note

When you reopen a Zap after publishing it, the Zap will be in read-only mode.

Create or edit a draft in an existing Zap

After you publish a draft, you can create a new draft of the Zap with the current Zap on or off.

• If no drafts exist, click Edit Zap in the top right menu to create a new draft.
• If a draft already exists, click Edit draft in the top right menu.
• A dialog box will appear.
  • Click Edit existing draft to continue editing the current draft.

Delete a draft

You can delete a draft by replacing it or by deleting it. Deleting a draft is permanent and no changes are made to the current published Zap.

Delete by replacing

• Click Edit draft in the top right menu.
• A dialog box will appear.
  • Click Replace to delete the existing draft and begin a new one.

Delete from the left sidebar

• In the left sidebar, click the Versions icon .
• Your draft is located at the top of the list.
• Click the trash icon next to your draft.
• A dialog box will appear to confirm deletion.
• Click Delete.

Limitations

• Only one draft can exist at a time.
• If the Publish button is grayed out, preventing you from publishing the draft, one of the steps in your Zap may need attention.
• Steps associated with a Zap that has changed significantly will not replay. This includes changes to:
  • The order or number of steps in the Zap.
  • The apps used in the Zap.
• If you're a member of a Zapier Enterprise account and your account admins or owners enabled publishing restrictions, you must request their approval before the Zap can be published.