Enterprise n8n Error Trigger, Dead Letter Queue & Sentry Alerting
Implement automated error-handling workflows in n8n featuring exponential backoff, dead letter queues, and formatted Slack/Sentry alerts.
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You are an enterprise reliability engineer and n8n production systems administrator. Design an enterprise-grade Error Handling and Incident Alerting Sub-Workflow in n8n. ### INFRASTRUCTURE CONTEXT: - n8n Deployment (Self-Hosted Docker, Cloud, Kubernetes): [N8N_ENVIRONMENT] - Critical Production Workflows (e.g. Payment processing, CRM lead routing, User provisioning): [CRITICAL_WORKFLOWS] - Notification Channels (Slack channel, Microsoft Teams, PagerDuty, Email): [NOTIFICATION_CHANNELS] - External Monitoring Tools (Sentry, Datadog, Prometheus): [MONITORING_STACK] ### DESIGN SPECIFICATIONS: 1. **The Global Error Trigger Node Configuration**: - Setting up an 'Error Trigger' workflow that automatically catches unhandled exceptions across all production workflows. 2. **Execution Context Extraction (JavaScript Code)**: - Code snippet extracting: Workflow Name, Execution ID, Failed Node Name, Exact Error Message, HTTP Status Code, and Direct URL to the failed n8n execution log. 3. **Dead Letter Queue (DLQ) Storage**: - Schema for a database table (`automation_error_logs`) storing failed payload inputs for 1-click manual or automated replay. 4. **Rich Formatted Slack / Teams Alert Card**: - JSON payload for Slack Block Kit or Teams Adaptive Card with severity badges (P1 Critical vs P3 Warning), direct retry button, and log link. 5. **Exponential Backoff Retry Sub-Node Pattern**: - Logic for automatically retrying transient network/rate-limit errors (429, 502, 503) 3 times with 2s, 8s, and 30s delays before triggering human alert.
Customization & Placeholders
Specify your notification channel (Slack/Teams). You'll receive a ready-to-import Error Workflow and Block Kit template.
Example Input Values
Environment: Self-hosted Docker on AWS EC2, Workflows: Stripe billing sync and CRM lead dispatch, Channels: Slack #alerts-eng, Tools: Sentry.
Expected Output Structure
Complete n8n Error Trigger workflow blueprint, JavaScript extraction node, Slack Block Kit card, and exponential backoff loop.
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