Systems and methods are provided, for use in a messaging subsystem, which manages gateway flow. A system for use in a messaging subsystem, which manages gateway flow, can comprise a computer, including a computer readable medium and processor. The system can also comprise a business process, stored on the computer, wherein the business process includes a plurality of gateways; and a plurality of counters, each associated with a different gateway, wherein each counter indicates how many tokens are required for the associated gateway to activate. The system can statically analyze the business process to identify each of the plurality of gateways, determine, at runtime, for each gateway whether to decrement the counter associated with a subsequent gateway, and decrement the counter associated with the subsequent gateway to manages gateway flow.