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// The Automation Failure Log Library documents real automation failures, why they happened, and how they were fixed. These are postmortems, not tutorials.
Failure Log: Silent Automation Failure After Quota Exhaustion
27 Jan 2026A postmortem of automations that silently stop working after hitting Google Apps Script or API quotas.
Broken Automations: A Postmortem Pattern I See Repeatedly
16 Jan 2026Most broken automations do not fail loudly. They fail quietly, repeatedly, and expensively. This post explains why.
Failure Log: Google Sheets Trigger Feedback Loop
22 Dec 2025A postmortem of a Google Sheets automation that kept re-running because the trigger and the action touched the same data.
Failure Log: Duplicate Emails Caused by Zapier Retries
18 Nov 2025A postmortem of a common Zapier failure mode where retries silently cause duplicate emails, notifications, or actions.
Zapier vs Google Apps Script: Understanding the Tradeoffs
16 Sept 2025Zapier and Google Apps Script both automate work. That is where the similarity ends. This post explains the tradeoffs between them.
When Automations Loop Forever (And How to Fix Them Properly)
16 Aug 2025Automation loops are one of the most common, and most expensive, failures in Google Workspace automations. Here is how to diagnose and fix them.