n8n-error-handling - Design recoverable n8n error workflows
Designs visible, structured, recoverable n8n failures with error outputs, bounded retries, Error Trigger workflows, and HTTP error responses.
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Updated: 2026-10-06Capabilities
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What this skill does
- Configure node error outputs
- Wire failure handling paths
- Set bounded network retries
- Create Error Trigger workflows
- Return structured HTTP errors
- Map causes to status codes
- Validate workflow error wiring
Inputs
- n8n workflow configuration
- Webhook or API contract
- Network service behavior
- Error response requirements
Outputs
- Error-handling workflow configuration
- Retry configuration
- Structured HTTP error responses
- Workflow-level error handling
- Failure alerts
Requirements
- n8n workflow environment
- Workflow editing access