Skip to main content Incident response runbook for Lindy AI integrations.
Use when responding to incidents, troubleshooting outages,
or creating on-call procedures.
Trigger with phrases like "lindy incident", "lindy outage",
"lindy on-call", "lindy runbook".
npx skills add jeremylongshore/claude-code-plugins-plus-skills --skill lindy-incident-runbook ai automation claude-code devops mcp ai-agents
Lindy Incident Runbook
Overview
Incident response procedures for Lindy AI agent failures. Covers platform outages,
individual agent failures, integration breakdowns, credit exhaustion, and webhook
endpoint failures.
Incident Severity Levels
Severity Description Response Time Examples SEV1 All agents failing, customer impact 15 minutes Lindy platform outage, all webhooks failing SEV2 Critical agent down 30 minutes Support bot offline, phone agent unreachable SEV3 Degraded performance 2 hours High latency, intermittent failures SEV4 Minor issue 24 hours Non-critical agent misconfigured
Quick Diagnostics (First 5 Minutes)
Step 1: Check Lindy Platform Status
# Is Lindy up?
curl -s -o /dev/null -w "Lindy API: HTTP %{http_code}\n" \
"https://public.lindy.ai" --max-time 5
# Check status page
echo "Status page: https://status.lindy.ai"
Step 2: Check Your Integration # Is your webhook receiver up?
curl -s -o /dev/null -w "Our endpoint: HTTP %{http_code}\n" \
"https://api.yourapp.com/health" --max-time 5
# Is the webhook auth working?
curl -s -o /dev/null -w "Webhook auth: HTTP %{http_code}\n" \
-X POST "https://api.yourapp.com/lindy/callback" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $LINDY_WEBHOOK_SECRET" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"test": true}' --max-time 5
Step 3: Check Credit Balance Log in at > Settings > Billing
Credits at 0? Agents stop processing
Credits low? Non-essential agents may be paused
Incident Playbooks
Incident: Lindy Platform Outage (SEV1) Symptoms : All agents failing, status.lindy.ai shows incident
Impact : All Lindy-dependent workflows halted
Confirm outage at https://status.lindy.ai
Notify team: "Lindy platform outage confirmed. All agents affected."
Activate fallback procedures:
Route support emails to human inbox
Disable webhook triggers from your app
Queue events for replay when Lindy recovers
Monitor status page for recovery
When recovered: re-enable triggers, replay queued events, verify agent health
async function triggerLindyWithFallback(payload: any) {
try {
const response = await fetch(WEBHOOK_URL, {
method: 'POST',
headers: {
'Authorization': `Bearer ${SECRET}`,
'Content-Type': 'application/json',
},
body: JSON.stringify(payload),
signal: AbortSignal.timeout(10000), // 10s timeout
});
if (!response.ok) throw new Error(`HTTP ${response.status}`);
return { routed: 'lindy' };
} catch (error) {
console.error('Lindy unreachable, activating fallback:', error);
await queueForReplay(payload); // Store for later
await notifyTeam(`Lindy trigger failed: ${error}`);
return { routed: 'fallback' };
}
}
Incident: Individual Agent Failure (SEV2) Symptoms : Specific agent tasks showing "Failed" status
Impact : One workflow affected, others may be fine
Open agent > Tasks tab > Filter by "Failed"
Click latest failed task — identify the failing step
Diagnose based on failing step type:
Trigger step : Auth expired? Filter too restrictive?
Action step : Integration token expired? Target API down?
Condition step : Ambiguous condition prompt?
Agent step : Looping? Exit conditions unreachable?
Fix the root cause:
Re-authorize expired integrations
Fix action configuration
Simplify condition prompts
Add fallback exit conditions
Test with a manual trigger
Monitor next 5 tasks for success
Incident: Integration Auth Expired (SEV2-3) Symptoms : Actions failing with "Not authorized" or "Token expired"
Impact : All tasks using that integration fail
Identify which integration is failing (Gmail, Slack, Sheets, etc.)
In Lindy dashboard: Settings > Integrations
Find the expired connection (may show warning icon)
Click Re-authorize and complete OAuth flow
Re-test the agent with a manual trigger
Set calendar reminder for 90-day re-authorization check
Incident: Credit Exhaustion (SEV2-3) Symptoms : Agents stop running, no new tasks created
Impact : All agents paused until credits refill
Confirm at Settings > Billing: credits at 0
Immediate: Upgrade plan or purchase additional credits
Investigate: Which agent consumed the most credits?
Root cause: trigger storm? looping agent step? large model overuse?
Fix: Add trigger filters, set exit conditions, downgrade model
Prevent: Set budget alerts at 50%, 80%, 95% thresholds
Incident: Webhook Endpoint Failure (SEV2-3) Symptoms : Lindy agent runs but your callback never receives data
Impact : Agent completes but results are lost
Check your endpoint health: curl -s https://api.yourapp.com/health
Check server logs for incoming requests from Lindy
Verify the HTTP Request action URL matches your production endpoint
Test endpoint independently: send a POST with curl
If endpoint was down: replay failed tasks (re-trigger the agent)
If URL mismatch: update URL in Lindy agent HTTP Request action
Escalation Matrix Level Contact When L1 On-call engineer Initial response, diagnostics L2 Engineering lead After 30 min SEV1, 1 hour SEV2 L3 VP Engineering After 1 hour SEV1 Lindy Support [email protected] Confirmed Lindy platform issue
Post-Incident Template ## Incident Report
**Date**: YYYY-MM-DD
**Severity**: SEV[1-4]
**Duration**: [start time] to [end time] ([total minutes])
**Impact**: [what was affected, customer impact]
### Timeline
- HH:MM — Issue detected via [monitoring/user report]
- HH:MM — On-call paged, diagnostics started
- HH:MM — Root cause identified: [cause]
- HH:MM — Fix applied: [what was done]
- HH:MM — Service restored, monitoring confirmed
### Root Cause
[Technical description of what failed and why]
### Resolution
[What was done to fix it]
### Prevention
- [ ] [Action item 1]
- [ ] [Action item 2]
- [ ] [Action item 3]
Error Handling Incident Type Detection Automated Response Platform outage Health check fails Queue events, notify team Agent failure Task Completed trigger Slack alert to #ops Auth expiry Action step fails Alert + re-auth link Credit exhaustion Billing check Pause non-critical agents Endpoint down Health check Redirect to fallback
Resources
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