Please find [here](https://github.com/hammoaj/node-red-contrib-cloudantplus/issues/1) a detailed description of the same issue experienced with this node. I have the feeling that [this](https://github.com/lgfa29/node-red-node-cf-cloudant/blob/master/77-cloudant-cf.js#L102) check forces you to re-deploy the flow even when the insert into Cloudant would succeed.