When someone replies to your connection request or responds to a follow-up message, the automated sequence for this contact stops automatically. This is set by default and can't be changed (at least for now)

What you should also know regarding the sequence:

If you get an autoreply or email bounced, the sequence stops for email actions. But actions related to LinkedIn will continue to be performed in this case.

Now, let's examine a particular example.
Imagine that you set such an action order and got an autoreply to the 1st email from a contact.

In this particular case, emails will not be sent, but the contact will receive a connection request and follow-up.
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