What Does "Queued" Mean?

What queued means

A prospect with a Queued status is waiting to become active. This happens automatically when you reach your active prospect limit for LinkedIn sequences.

Vaam limits the number of prospects that can be active in LinkedIn sequences at the same time to help protect your LinkedIn account. The default limit is 400 active prospects in sequences that contain LinkedIn steps.

If you add prospects after reaching this limit, Vaam places them in a queue. It does not reject or lose them. They start their sequence when a slot becomes available.

Prospects also enter the queue when you resume a paused sequence. Vaam starts as many prospects as you have free slots, oldest first, and queues the rest.

How the queue works

Vaam manages the queue automatically:

1. When you add a prospect after reaching the 400 active prospect limit, the prospect gets a Queued status.
2. Vaam orders queued prospects by when you added them, first in and first out.
3. A slot opens when an active prospect completes, is canceled, or is paused.

Example

For example, you have:

• 400 active prospects (your limit)
• 50 queued prospects waiting

When 10 active prospects complete their sequences today, 10 slots become available. The first 10 queued prospects automatically move to active status and begin their sequences.

Which prospects get queued?

Only prospects in sequences with LinkedIn steps can be queued.

• Queued: Sequences with LinkedIn connection requests, messages, or profile visits.
• Never queued: Email-only sequences. These have no active prospect limit.

You can add as many prospects as you want to email-only sequences. They start immediately without queuing.

How to see queued prospects

To view your queued prospects:

1. Go to your Sequences page.
2. Filter by status and select “Queued”.
3. Review the prospects waiting to become active. Vaam orders them by when you added them.

How to cancel a queued prospect

You can cancel a queued prospect before its sequence starts:

1. Go to your Sequences page and open the sequence.
2. Open the Prospects view.
3. Filter by Status and select “Queued”.
4. Select one or more prospects.
5. Select Actions, then Cancel.
6. Select Yes, cancel them to confirm.

Vaam sends nothing to a canceled prospect, and the prospect does not become active. You can select queued, active, and paused prospects together and cancel them all at once. Cancel is not available when your selection includes a prospect that already completed or was canceled.

In rare cases, Vaam starts a queued prospect at the same time as you cancel it. The prospect then shows Active. Cancel the prospect again.

How to reduce the queue

Queued prospects become active automatically as slots open. To free slots sooner, use one of these options:

Complete or cancel old sequences

Review your active prospects. Complete or cancel sequences that you no longer need. This frees slots for queued prospects.

Use email-only sequences

Move some prospects to email-only sequences. They do not count toward your active prospect limit.

Pause existing sequences

Pause sequences for active prospects that you want to stop temporarily. This frees slots.

Best practices

To reduce queuing:

• Monitor your active prospect count regularly.
• Review and complete finished sequences. Do not leave completed conversations in active status.
• Add prospects gradually. Spread out 500 prospects instead of adding them all at once.
• Balance your channels with LinkedIn sequences and email-only sequences.
• Keep sequences focused. Shorter, more focused sequences complete faster and free slots sooner.

Related articles

• Active Prospect Limits - Learn more about the 400 active prospect limit and why it exists
• Pausing a sequence - What happens when you pause a sequence and resume it again