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I'm curious what happens if you have individual action error handling configured on an action contained within an on-block error.

What I would like is if that action fails, it will first respect the individual error handling (retry twice for example), and if that still fails, then do what the on-block error indicates (run a subflow and retry from the start of the block).

I'm not sure if that is what the actual behavior would be however, does anyone have experience with this?

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LokeshBysani 229 Super User 2024 Season 1 on at

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Your understanding is correct. tested with below scenario and first child error handling is executed and then onblock error handling is executed.
Launch Chrome and open the URL.
Wait for a specific delay.
Attempt to click on an element on the page.
If an error occurs during this action, the configured error handling runs a subflow that displays the message: "test child subflow."
The "click" action is wrapped under an "on block" with its own error handling configuration.
If an error occurs in this "on block" error handling, it runs another subflow that displays the message: "run on block subflow."
Test Results: When the browser was closed before clicking on the element, the following messages were displayed:
"test child subflow"
"run on block subflow"

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Thanks for testing that out!

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If the individual error handling does something and is set to Continue flow run, the On block error will not actually be triggered. It will only trigger if the individual error handling on the action will also be set to Throw an error after it has performed its rules.
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LokeshBysani 229 Super User 2024 Season 1 on at

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Thank you @Agnius for the clarification.

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