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Why Your Automation Succeeds but Ships Nothing
Automation workflows in n8n, Make, or Zapier can return HTTP 200 while producing zero output due to silent failures. Common causes include missing output validation, conditional branches with empty actions, empty arrays in loops, and transformation nodes that swallow errors. These issues hide because platforms treat completion without exceptions as success.
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The piece correctly identifies a structural blind spot in low-code automation, but experienced developers already know to validate outputs and handle edge cases—this is more of a reminder than a revelation.
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