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Handle custom Apex exception from Flow

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The same task, four prompts

today's deadline · the next reviewer · the stuck moment · the pattern
AExecute — do the immediate taskUpdate the 'New Case Creation' Flow to catch the 'Daily Case Limit Exceeded' custom Apex…+
Update the 'New Case Creation' Flow to catch the 'Daily Case Limit Exceeded' custom Apex exception. When this exception occurs, display a user-friendly error message that says 'We've hit our daily case limit. Please try again tomorrow.'
when the reply comes backPush once: ask it to sharpen the weakest part, and to say what it assumed. Helpful?
BImprove — make it easier to acceptThe 'Order Fulfillment' Flow is failing for about 5% of orders due to a 'Product Not Available'…+
The 'Order Fulfillment' Flow is failing for about 5% of orders due to a 'Product Not Available' Apex exception, but users are just seeing a generic error. Before we go live, I need to make sure the Flow catches this specific exception, logs the order ID and product ID to a custom object for review, and then displays a clear message to the user: 'Selected product is out of stock. Please choose another.'
when the reply comes backPush once: ask it to sharpen the weakest part, and to say what it assumed. Helpful?
CDecide — diagnose the stuck momentUsers are reporting that the 'Contact Update' Flow is failing to save their changes, but it's…+
The 'Contact Update' Flow is failing for some users when they try to save, but I can't tell why.
Users are reporting that the 'Contact Update' Flow is failing to save their changes, but it's not consistent. I suspect it's hitting a custom validation Apex exception, but the Flow isn't catching it, so they just see a generic error. I'm afraid of data integrity issues. What's the most efficient way for me to pinpoint which specific Apex exception is being thrown and then configure the Flow to gracefully handle it with a clear message for the user, so we can fix this by end of day?
when the reply comes backPush once: ask it to sharpen the weakest part, and to say what it assumed. Helpful?
DBecome — change the patternI constantly get pulled into urgent issues where Flows are breaking because they hit an…+
I spend too much time debugging Flows that fail due to unhandled Apex exceptions.
I constantly get pulled into urgent issues where Flows are breaking because they hit an unexpected Apex exception, and users get a cryptic error. This wastes my time and frustrates users. What's a better habit for me to incorporate into my Flow development process to proactively identify potential Apex exception points and build in robust error handling from the beginning, reducing reactive debugging?
when the reply comes backPush once: ask it to sharpen the weakest part, and to say what it assumed. Helpful?

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Get it done today. Make it easy for the next person to say yes to. Work out the right move when you are stuck. Learn the pattern so the job stops coming back.

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It cannot sit in your chair, take the blame when a number is wrong, or notice what nobody wrote down. Let it do the first 80%. Keep the last 20% that is truly yours.

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Any of them. The prompts describe the work rather than naming a product, so they are not tied to one assistant.

That is also why they keep working when you switch.

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Push once. Ask it to sharpen the weakest part and to say what it assumed.

Most wrong answers come from a missing detail rather than a bad prompt - tell it the thing it could not know.