General Error Workflow [Not Working]

[stefanendress]

Problem

I have several Workflows set up and they are all working fine. I’m also quite familiar with n8n by now, however I can’t seem to get an Error Flow triggered. I followed all steps … Create an Error flow and activate it in the Settings of a flow.

I don’t know why nothing is triggering or happening.

What is the error message (if any)?

There are no error messages. It simply doesn’t trigger it. How can I debug it.

Please share your workflow

Share the output returned by the last node

[
  {
    "id":"18b95a5174d19b4d",
    "threadId":"18b95a5174d19b4d",
    "labelIds":[
      "SENT"
    ]
  }
]

Information on your n8n setup

• n8n version: Version 0.217.2
• Database (default: SQLite):
• n8n EXECUTIONS_PROCESS setting (default: own, main):
• Running n8n via Docker
• Operating system: Linux

[jan]

How did you test it? Error Workflows do only get called for production executions, not manual ones. Could that be the issue?

[stefanendress]

Hi Jan, thank you for getting back. That could totally be it … what’s the best way of testing? Doing a cronjob every 2 min or something similar?

I’m gonna try it now!

Would be great if there would be a toggle in the error flow settings (trigger on manual executions). Jsut a thought.

[stefanendress]

It works.

So basically added the “Schedule” node and triggered the workflow every minute. Error Workflow was triggered perfectly fine.

Not really sure why I didn’t realise that one. Thanks again!

[jan]

Agree, we could do a better job to make that clearer and easier testable!

Glad to hear that it works now.

Have fun!