Alert Slack when a job fails

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What it does

When a job fails in specified workflows, this automation sends a notification to Slack immediately. Someone on the team sees the alert in real time and can investigate the failure.

Who it's for

IT and Operations teams who monitor automation health and need to respond to job failures quickly.

Apps used

How teams use this

Alert ops to failed integrations

Get notified in Slack when a workflow job fails so the team can troubleshoot before customers are affected. The ops team stays informed without checking dashboards.

Escalate critical workflow failures

Route alerts to a dedicated incident channel instead of a general ops channel so critical failures get faster attention. Only the destination channel changes.

Include error logs in the alert

Add error details and logs to the Slack message so the team has context without opening the platform. Set the notification to include error log details in the payload.

Filter alerts by workflow priority

Only notify Slack for high-priority workflow failures so the team focuses on critical issues. Filter the job failures by a priority field before sending the alert.

How it works

  1. Detect a failed job. Monitor specified workflows and notify this automation the moment a job fails, capturing the failure details for the alert.
  2. Notify the team in Slack. Post a message to Slack with the job failure details so the team sees the alert in their channel and can start investigating.