Zap issue: Incomplete task & notification delay in 70-Step workflow

Hi @bjwim71,

If it usually resolves by replaying the zap, you may want to consider turning on Autoplay if you have a Professional plan or above.

https://help.zapier.com/hc/en-us/articles/8496241726989-Replay-failed-Zap-runs#enable-autoreplay-for-an-individual-zap-0-3

Hope this helps!

@bjwim71 

How are you trying to get notified? (email, SMS, slack, etc.)

@bjwim71 

Try adding another Zap action step at the end: Blink - Post to Feed

@bjwim71 

Try this…

Before the Blink step at the end, add a Filter step that has conditions which are dependent on output from the Zap step that has errors/issues.

That will prevent the Filter step from completing until the previous Zap step is run successfully.

@bjwim71 

You may want to first resolve the Zap step issues to prevent the errors altogether.

Same concept as before you can add multiple Filter conditions (AND) to check that the previous Zap steps completed successfully.

@bjwim71

We have no true context about how your Zap is configured. (order of steps, apps involved, encountered errors, etc.)

This is a solution to try:

Same concept as before you can add multiple Filter conditions (AND) to check that the previous Zap steps completed successfully.

@bjwim71 

The suggested solution is to add 1 Filter at the end before the Blink step with multiple AND conditions that checks previous Zap steps were successful.

@bjwim71

You previously said:

Generally it’s one of 15… but not always

Why not add 15 AND conditions to the Filter step?

There is no global variable to use for “all previous Zap steps were successful”.

@bjwim71

Well I offered a solution with the Filter and multiple AND conditions. (whether that’s 1 or 70)

You can implement and get your issue resolved.

Or you can wait to see if someone else has an idea.

@bjwim71 

The offered solution is to add 1 Filter step with multiple AND conditions (at the end before the notification step via Blink), instead of 1 Filter per Zap step.

 EXAMPLE of 1 Filter with multiple AND conditions.

What you are seeking is a conditional check that a Zap has “completed”.

Your definition of “completed” is that the Zap has reached a certain point with all previous Zap steps run successfully.

In your case, that check would include 70 conditions that the previous 70 steps ran successfully.

There are complexities with determining when a Zap “completed”.

Zaps can have Filters/Paths.

Zaps can run down 0+ Paths.

e.g. Is the Zap “completed” when it ran Path A, Path B, Paths A + B?

That means it’s possible for a Zap to “complete” (be filtered out), but yet not all the Zap steps would have run.

I wish there is a more efficient solution, but I’m not aware of one given the limited context we have about how your Zap steps are configured (no screenshots provided), as there could be different ways to optimize and/or design your Zap.

If you’d like, feedback and feature requests can be submitted via a ticket to Zapier Support to be logged: https://zapier.com/app/get-help