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        "content": "## Webhook trigger\n- freely accessible in the internet if not protected\n- **SHOULD be protected** as good as possible for any serious n8n usage!!!\n"
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        "content": "## Allways activate the Fallback Option!\n\nIf you have considered **ALL** cases (even if things change in future)\n- **all OK:** the fallback will never fire \n- **if things go wrong:** the fallback saves you hours of debugging work as is will not fail silently!\n\nAnd believe me: \nat some point things will go wrong sooner or later"
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