Error Alert

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{
  "name": "Error Alert",
  "nodes": [
    {
      "parameters": {},
      "id": "ea-trigger",
      "name": "Error Trigger",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.errorTrigger",
      "typeVersion": 1,
      "position": [
        0,
        0
      ]
    },
    {
      "parameters": {
        "functionCode": "// Determine severity and extract key info\nconst error = $input.first().json;\nconst execution = error.execution;\nconst workflow = error.workflow;\n\nlet severity = 'low';\nconst errorMessage = error.message || '';\nconst workflowName = workflow?.name || 'Unknown';\nconst nodeName = error.node?.name || 'Unknown';\n\n// Critical: payment processed but proxy not delivered\nif (errorMessage.includes('provider') && errorMessage.includes('failed')) {\n  severity = 'critical';\n}\n// High: webhook failed or provider API down\nelse if (errorMessage.includes('webhook') || errorMessage.includes('API')) {\n  severity = 'high';\n}\n// Medium: timeout, rate limit\nelse if (errorMessage.includes('timeout') || errorMessage.includes('rate limit')) {\n  severity = 'medium';\n}\n\nreturn [{\n  json: {\n    severity,\n    workflowName,\n    nodeName,\n    errorMessage: errorMessage.substring(0, 500),\n    executionId: execution?.id,\n    timestamp: new Date().toISOString()\n  }\n}];"
      },
      "id": "ea-classify",
      "name": "Classify Error Severity",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.function",
      "typeVersion": 1,
      "position": [
        200,
        0
      ]
    },
    {
      "parameters": {
        "operation": "insert",
        "table": "error_log",
        "columns": "error_message, severity, workflow_name, node_name, execution_id, created_at",
        "values": "'{{$json.errorMessage}}', '{{$json.severity}}', '{{$json.workflowName}}', '{{$json.nodeName}}', '{{$json.executionId}}', NOW()"
      },
      "id": "ea-log",
      "name": "Log to PostgreSQL",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.postgres",
      "typeVersion": 1,
      "position": [
        400,
        0
      ]
    },
    {
      "parameters": {
        "conditions": {
          "options": {
            "caseSensitive": true
          },
          "conditions": [
            {
              "id": "critical-high",
              "leftValue": "={{$json.severity}}",
              "rightValue": "critical",
              "operation": "equals"
            }
          ]
        },
        "options": {
          "fallbackOutputs": [
            "always"
          ]
        }
      },
      "id": "ea-severity-filter",
      "name": "Filter: Critical/High",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.switch",
      "typeVersion": 1,
      "position": [
        600,
        0
      ]
    },
    {
      "parameters": {
        "message": "\ud83d\udd34 Styxproxy Error \u2014 {{$json.severity}}\n\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\n\n\u26a0\ufe0f Workflow: {{$json.workflowName}}\n\ud83d\udccd Node: {{$json.nodeName}}\n\n{{$json.errorMessage}}\n\n\u23f0 {{$json.timestamp}}\n\ud83c\udd94 {{$json.executionId}}\n\nAction required.",
        "extraOptions": {}
      },
      "id": "ea-alert-admin",
      "name": "Alert Admin",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.whatsApp",
      "typeVersion": 1,
      "position": [
        800,
        0
      ]
    }
  ],
  "connections": {
    "Error Trigger": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "Classify Error Severity",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "Classify Error Severity": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "Log to PostgreSQL",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "Log to PostgreSQL": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "Filter: Critical/High",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "Filter: Critical/High": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "Alert Admin",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ],
        []
      ]
    }
  },
  "settings": {
    "executionOrder": "v1",
    "saveManualExecutions": true,
    "timezone": "Africa/Lagos"
  },
  "staticData": null,
  "tags": [
    "error",
    "alert",
    "admin"
  ]
}

About this workflow

Error Alert. Uses errorTrigger, postgres, whatsApp. Event-driven trigger; 5 nodes.

Source: https://github.com/sonnyagent30-beep/bunche/blob/8887b0da2107acb83f0c0632a8d7665b1adbfc44/.n8n/workflows/error-alert.json — original creator credit. Request a take-down →

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