diff --git a/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-slack-bundle/nifi-slack-processors/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/processors/slack/ConsumeSlack.java b/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-slack-bundle/nifi-slack-processors/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/processors/slack/ConsumeSlack.java
index 43c58245fd..8b8c453978 100644
--- a/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-slack-bundle/nifi-slack-processors/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/processors/slack/ConsumeSlack.java
+++ b/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-slack-bundle/nifi-slack-processors/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/processors/slack/ConsumeSlack.java
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ public class ConsumeSlack extends AbstractProcessor implements VerifiableProcess
         .build();
 
 
-    private final RateLimit rateLimit = new RateLimit(getLogger());
+    private RateLimit rateLimit;
     private final Queue<ConsumeChannel> channels = new LinkedBlockingQueue<>();
     private volatile App slackApp;
 
@@ -205,6 +205,7 @@ public class ConsumeSlack extends AbstractProcessor implements VerifiableProcess
 
     @OnScheduled
     public void setup(final ProcessContext context) throws IOException, SlackApiException {
+        rateLimit = new RateLimit(getLogger());
         slackApp = createSlackApp(context);
 
         final List<ConsumeChannel> consumeChannels = createChannels(context, slackApp);
@@ -212,9 +213,18 @@ public class ConsumeSlack extends AbstractProcessor implements VerifiableProcess
     }
 
     @OnStopped
-    public void onStopped() {
+    public void shutdown() {
         channels.clear();
-        slackApp.stop();
+        if (slackApp != null) {
+            slackApp.stop();
+            slackApp = null;
+        }
+        rateLimit = null;
+    }
+
+
+    public RateLimit getRateLimit() {
+        return rateLimit;
     }
 
 
diff --git a/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-slack-bundle/nifi-slack-processors/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/processors/slack/PublishSlack.java b/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-slack-bundle/nifi-slack-processors/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/processors/slack/PublishSlack.java
index 012c12d1de..4390d2a476 100644
--- a/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-slack-bundle/nifi-slack-processors/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/processors/slack/PublishSlack.java
+++ b/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-slack-bundle/nifi-slack-processors/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/processors/slack/PublishSlack.java
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ public class PublishSlack extends AbstractProcessor {
         REL_RATE_LIMITED,
         REL_FAILURE);
 
-    private final RateLimit rateLimit = new RateLimit(getLogger());
+    private RateLimit rateLimit;
 
     private volatile ChannelMapper channelMapper;
     private volatile App slackApp;
@@ -259,6 +259,7 @@ public class PublishSlack extends AbstractProcessor {
 
     @OnScheduled
     public void setup(final ProcessContext context) {
+        rateLimit = new RateLimit(getLogger());
         slackApp = createSlackApp(context);
         client = slackApp.client();
 
@@ -267,9 +268,13 @@ public class PublishSlack extends AbstractProcessor {
 
     @OnStopped
     public void shutdown() {
+        channelMapper = null;
+        client = null;
         if (slackApp != null) {
             slackApp.stop();
+            slackApp = null;
         }
+        rateLimit = null;
     }
 
     private App createSlackApp(final ProcessContext context) {
diff --git a/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-slack-bundle/nifi-slack-processors/src/test/java/org/apache/nifi/processors/slack/TestConsumeSlack.java b/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-slack-bundle/nifi-slack-processors/src/test/java/org/apache/nifi/processors/slack/TestConsumeSlack.java
index a3c73ff81d..f791f4bd66 100644
--- a/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-slack-bundle/nifi-slack-processors/src/test/java/org/apache/nifi/processors/slack/TestConsumeSlack.java
+++ b/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-slack-bundle/nifi-slack-processors/src/test/java/org/apache/nifi/processors/slack/TestConsumeSlack.java
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ import org.apache.nifi.util.TestRunners;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
+import java.time.Duration;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Collections;
@@ -55,14 +56,14 @@ public class TestConsumeSlack {
     private static final ObjectMapper objectMapper = new ObjectMapper();
     private TestRunner testRunner;
     private MockConsumeSlackClient client;
-
+    ConsumeSlack processor;
 
     @BeforeEach
     public void setup() {
         client = new MockConsumeSlackClient();
 
         // Create an instance of the processor that mocks out the initialize() method to return a client we can use for testing
-        final ConsumeSlack processor = new ConsumeSlack() {
+        processor = new ConsumeSlack() {
             @Override
             protected ConsumeSlackClient initializeClient(final App slackApp) {
                 return client;
@@ -75,6 +76,23 @@ public class TestConsumeSlack {
         testRunner.setProperty(ConsumeSlack.BATCH_SIZE, "5");
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testRequestRateLimited() {
+        testRunner.setProperty(ConsumeSlack.CHANNEL_IDS, "cid1,cid2");
+        final Message message = createMessage("U12345", "Hello world", "1683903832.350");
+        client.addHistoryResponse(noMore(createSuccessfulHistoryResponse(message)));
+
+        testRunner.run(1, false, true);
+        testRunner.assertAllFlowFilesTransferred(ConsumeSlack.REL_SUCCESS, 1);
+        testRunner.clearTransferState();
+
+        // Create another HttpResponse because each response can only be read once.
+        client.addHistoryResponse(noMore(createSuccessfulHistoryResponse(message)));
+        // Set processor to be in rate limited state, therefore it will process 0 flowfiles
+        processor.getRateLimit().retryAfter(Duration.ofSeconds(30));
+        testRunner.run(1, true, false);
+        testRunner.assertAllFlowFilesTransferred(ConsumeSlack.REL_SUCCESS, 0);
+    }
 
     @Test
     public void testSuccessfullyReceivedSingleMessage() throws JsonProcessingException {