Silent Fail
Get an email when your automation stops running
What it does
Automation platforms alert you when a workflow errors. They say nothing when it stops running altogether. Silent Fail is a dead man's switch: your workflow pings a URL when it finishes, and if the ping stops arriving you get an email. One alert per outage.
A dead-man's switch for n8n, Make and Zapier. One HTTP endpoint per monitor: every ping resets the clock, and if a ping does not arrive in time you get an email. One alert per outage, one all-clear when it recovers.
n8n workflows, Make scenarios and Zaps fail silently. They stop firing and nobody finds out for three days, usually from an angry customer. Silent Fail is a dead-man's switch: if the ping stops, you hear about it. Not sure your HTTP node is firing at all? Test it free, no signup . curl -fsS https://silentfailapp.com /api/ping/YOUR_MONITOR_TOKEN 01 Name it, say how often it should run, set a grace period. We default that to twice your interval so day one is not a false-alarm parade. Add an HTTP request node at the end of your workflow pointing at your unique URL. GET or POST, whichever your tool makes easy. Every ping resets the clock. Miss the window and you get one email. When pings resume…from silentfailapp.com
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