Write the problem hypothesis
For [operator], the workflow fails during [condition], forcing [recovery work] and costing [time, money or trust].
You can name one user, one situation and one measurable consequence without proposing a feature.Parse errors in base.yaml actions not surfaced in DAG UI
Evidence observed in dagucloud/dagu, a Coding project.
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Reporter context: When a DAG fails to parse due to an invalid action definition in (e.g., schema JSON parse error), the error only appears in the scheduler/coordinator logs: The DAG appears in the UI with status "Retry attempts exhausted" but the actual parse error is hidden. The run details show no step output — just a generic…Excerpted from the public Issue. Read the complete thread before interpreting it.
Interview five affected users
- Show me the last failure and its logs.
- What triggered it and how often does it recur?
- How do you detect it today?
- What does recovery require?
- What would a safe failure look like?
Run the smallest experiment
Add one narrow guardrail, retry or recovery path around the failing step. Replay three real failure cases and compare recovery time.
The same failure is recovered faster in three real cases without creating a new incident.Make a build decision
- Build: repeated pain and active commitment
- Narrow: pain is real but the audience or job differs
- Stop: weak frequency or no behavioral proof
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