# How to work with a timer

When a message is triggered by a timer, other timer-based messages are canceled. To prevent this, go to the connection settings and turn off the **"Cancel timer messages"** toggle on the connection.

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A chatbot flow that clearly demonstrates how the "Fallback" block works within the funnel:

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A person writes "hello" and is permanently placed in the **Chat** block because the loop prevents them from exiting. Meanwhile, a broadcast runs in parallel that does not move them out of this block. Even if the client sends any message, a response is always sent via the looping arrow, but the client does not transition into the **Fallback** block.


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