Development

Notify Telegram of a Failed Workflow

Send a Telegram alert identifying a failed workflow.

Setup

Connect Telegram and set the destination chat ID. In Open Flow, choose the published source workflows in Receive a workflow failure, then publish and enable this error workflow. In n8n, assign the error workflow to each source workflow and activate it. Avoid assigning the workflow to itself. Enable only one format.

Behavior

An automatic failure sends a message naming the workflow. Open Flow includes its run ID; n8n includes the execution URL if present. Open Flow does not expose that URL in its error event. Manual test runs do not represent automatic error dispatch. If sending fails or its outcome is unknown, inspect Telegram before retrying because the message may already have been delivered.

Inspiration & credits

Changes to the source

Replace the personal chat ID with configuration. Open Flow shows the run ID instead of an execution URL.

Adapted from Send workflow failure alerts to Telegram in Zie619/n8n-workflows. The source export does not identify a separate template author or license.

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