Workflow Reliability term
Recovery path
Defines what happens after a failure so the user can continue instead of getting stranded.
What it means
Plain meaning
failure recovery: Defines what happens after a failure so the user can continue instead of getting stranded.
Aliases
failure recovery, continue after failure, repair path
Use it when your messy ask mentions
- api fails midway
- api failure
- api error
- gets stuck between steps
- cannot recover
- slow network
- failure handling
- one step fails
- breaks when one step fails
Prompt phrase
For each failure mode, define what the user sees, what is retried, and how they can continue.
Before and after
Weak ask
Fix this api fails midway flow.
Exact Terms ask
For each failure mode, define what the user sees, what is retried, and how they can continue.