Automatically restart your key automations after a system update

After a system update, this automatically switches your tagged critical automations back on so nothing stays paused.

How the work actually flows

It branches. Exactly one path is taken; runs once per each workflow in system.

Pattern: Multiple Instances without Synchronization (12) · Exclusive Choice (4)

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Starts itA stepRuns once per itemOne path onlyResultPayoff
Build size
Standard

A mid-size build with several tools working together.

Business functions
DevOps & IT Operations
Connects
Automation platform

The problem it solves

When your automated systems get updated or restarted, the ones that were quietly running for you don't come back on their own. Someone has to notice and manually switch each one back on, and if they forget, work just stops happening in the background without anyone realizing it.

Who it fits

Operators or IT staff who manage multiple automated workflows that keep parts of the business running.

How it works

  1. Triggers right after your automation system restarts or is updated
  2. Scans every workflow currently in the system
  3. Checks each one for a label marking it as critical or auto-start
  4. Switches those marked workflows back on automatically
What you get

Critical workflows that never stay silently paused

Your critical automations switch themselves back on right after any system update, so nothing stays paused by accident.

What you get

A set of critical workflows that come back online automatically, with no one needing to remember to restart them.

What you need

An automation platform account with API access enabled.

We can build this. But should you?

The hard question is not how to build it. It is whether this is the right thing to build first.

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