What happens when a workflow run fails halfway through, and can I retry just the failed step?
In FluidGrids, when a workflow run fails halfway through, execution halts at the broken step and downstream nodes are skipped.
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Answer
In FluidGrids[1], when a workflow run fails halfway through, execution halts at the broken step and downstream nodes are skipped. All previously completed steps remain intact, preserving their exact inputs, outputs, and execution logs. FluidGrids classifies the failure against a 14-type error taxonomy (such as authentication, rate-limit, timeout, or validation errors) and attaches the error detail directly to the affected node.
Yes, you can retry just the failed step. Rather than replaying the entire workflow from step 1, FluidGrids provides single-node surgical recovery (retryNode).
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Illustration of the concept, not a screenshot of the actual product — Run History, Inspection and Recovery[2]
Once you resolve the root cause—such as updating an expired connection credential or correcting a configuration—you can click Retry node in the run detail view. FluidGrids re-executes that single node using its original inputs and continues through the remaining downstream steps, preventing duplicate side effects from earlier actions.
To see this in action, explore the Retry Single Nodes in Error Triage use case[3] or inspect the visual workflow in Run History, Inspection and Recovery[2].
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