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Exception monitoring & recovery

Route failed workflow runs into a single review queue with an owner, impact category, retry decision, and resolution record. Minimize alert data and separate transient failures from incorrect client mappings. A successful retry must reconcile the destination so staff can prove that an action happened once and only once.

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1. Define the starting point

A green run status does not prove the right business outcome. Monitor the expected state transition: the correct client record updated, the correct request closed, or the correct draft created. Make recovery part of the design.

Process owner and backup rolesWhat will count as complete?

Current handling time and exceptions

2. Walk through the process

1. Capture a bounded error

Record correlation ID, workflow version, failing step, and a safe category. Avoid copying raw request/response bodies into shared channels.

We have defined the owner, required information, and completion check for this step.Step 1 working notes

2. Classify impact

Separate availability, permission, mapping, validation, and delivery failures. Identify whether any external action may already have occurred.

We have defined the owner, required information, and completion check for this step.Step 2 working notes

3. Assign an owner

Route to the person who can resolve the category, with a backup and an acknowledgement target.

We have defined the owner, required information, and completion check for this step.Step 3 working notes

4. Choose safe recovery

Use bounded retries for transient errors. Mapping and validation errors need human correction, and non-idempotent actions need destination checks.

We have defined the owner, required information, and completion check for this step.Step 4 working notes

5. Close with evidence

Reconcile the expected business state, record the fix, and include the failure in the next acceptance test set.

We have defined the owner, required information, and completion check for this step.Step 5 working notes

3. Check the information

Use invented references in this worksheet. Keep real documents and personal records in an appropriate private system.

Reference field	Working record	Check
correlation_id	incident_key	Safe diagnostic reference
workflow_version	release_reference	Know which configuration failed
error_category	routing_rule	No raw client payload
assigned_owner	responsible_person	Explicit accountable owner
resolution_reference	verification	Prove the intended destination state

Source of truth and access boundaries

4. Verify the process

Use synthetic examples. Mark a check only after recording what actually happened.

An ambiguous send result is checked before retry.A validation failure does not retry forever.An unacknowledged incident escalates.A resolved incident includes destination evidence.A named person can resolve an unclear or incorrect result.Work stops when the task is complete, withdrawn, or outside the agreed scope.A duplicate or interrupted handoff can be recovered without repeating a consequential action.Expected result, observed result, and recovery notes

5. Decide the next step

Your smallest reversible pilotReview date and decision

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