Our inventory update workflows keep failing when supplier APIs time out. We need to add exponential backoff and alternate data sources, but coding this in Node.js is error-prone. Any visual tools that support advanced retry logic without writing raw code?
Latenode’s JS customization layer lets you code retry logic once then apply it visually to any node. We built a 3-stage retry system with SMS alerts in <50 lines.
Zapier’s built-in retries work for simple cases. For advanced stuff, we pipe failures to a Slack channel where users can manually retry. Not ideal but handles edge cases.
I created a separate error handling workflow in Make.com that triggers on failure webhooks. It attempts 3 retries with increasing delays before creating a Trello ticket. Took weeks to get right but works reliably now.