Your n8n Workflow Never Started: Build a Dead-Man's Switch That Notices
Your n8n Workflow Never Started: Build a Dead-Man's Switch That Notices The gap Error Trigger cannot cover n8n's Error Trigger only fires when a workflow run fails. A workflow that never starts — a dead cron, a changed webhook URL, a deactivated workflow after an edit — produces no run, no failure, and no alert. Nothing tells you. I covered the "failed silently" side in a recent Short; this is the other side: the "never ran at all" side. The fix is a dead-man's switch: a small watchdog workflow…