An API blips and my flow fails outright
Add retry with backoff and send permanently failed items to a dead-letter queue for manual recovery.
Try this first
- 1Add retry on external step, exponential, 3-5 attempts max
- 2Catch error, push to DLQ table or channel
- 3Alert only when DLQ grows past threshold
- 4Build a replay mechanism to re-feed DLQ items
When to bring us in
Persistent DLQ growth points to upstream issues, not flow bug.
See also
- n8n: self-host or cloud?Self-hosted is cheaper at volume and keeps data local. Cloud removes ops burden.
- Zapier or Make: which fits better?Zapier is straight-line; Make handles complex flows with routers and iterators for less money.
- Power Automate Cloud or Desktop: which to use?Cloud for SaaS integrations and triggers. Desktop for RPA against legacy Windows apps without APIs.
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