Error Recovery for Flaky Zaps

When a downstream API fails, the agent retries intelligently with back-off, tries an alternate path, and pings a human on WhatsApp if all else fails — so no lead or payment gets lost.

Zapier Webhook + WhatsApperror-handlingretryreliability

Conversation example

Agent step failed: HubSpot create_contact → 429 rate limited
retry scheduler

HubSpot rate-limited. Backing off and retrying in 10 seconds...

whatsapp_web_send

Retry 1 failed (429). Retry 2 in 30s... Retry 2 failed. Rate limit still active. Switching to alternate path: queueing this contact in a local backlog and notifying you on WhatsApp. Once HubSpot recovers, I'll flush the queue automatically. Sent you a WhatsApp message: 'Heads up — HubSpot is rate limiting us. I've queued 4 leads from the last 2 minutes and will flush them automatically. Will let you know when they're through.'

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