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# Workflow error tracking features

# Workflow error tracking features {#ariaid-title1}

* Freigeben Version: Australia
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* Aktualisiert 12. März 2026
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* ![](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/portal-asset/ico-clock) 1 Minute Lesedauer

Error handling provides visual cues within the workflow, such as error descriptions for
activities in pop-ups, and detailed log records.

## Banners

Look for an activity with a red banner, indicating that a syntax error has occurred in a script field. All activities that provide error handling, with the exception of Catalog Task and Create Task, display a red banner for this error. ![]()

## Tooltips

Point to the activity displaying a red banner to view information about the error. A tooltip shows the State and Result of the activity and provides a brief Fault Description (except for task activities). Note that this approval continued as skipped despite the error given in the fault description. See [Workflow error handling](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/i8BSrEdq_DCdhqC1miMR~Q "The personalized JavaScript that users create in workflow activity variables is vulnerable to run-time syntax errors. Available error information is available in a tooltip when you point to a workflow activity in an error state.") for the information available to each activity.

## Execution order

Tooltip text in the Workflow Context graphical view displays the execution order of
individual activities, which assists in troubleshooting.  
To view the order in which a workflow activity was executed:

1. Navigate to WorkflowLive WorkflowsActive Contexts or All Contexts.
2. Open the context you want to examine.
3. Click Show Workflow.
4. Hover the cursor over a finished or executing activity.A tooltip appears showing
   error data, execution time, and the order in which that activity executed in the
   workflow. You can use this data to help troubleshoot activities in an error state.

   Abbildung : 1. Activity execution order
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## Workflow log

View the log in the Workflow Context form for more information about the syntax error in
the activity. Since task activities do not display a red banner when a syntax error has
occurred, you must view the log if you suspect the workflow has not run properly. Examine
the error description in the log, and then inspect the script in the activity named in the
log.

To view the activity by name, navigate to WorkflowAdministrationProperties and enable the Log workflow debug messages
property.

In this example, an SSH activity named File Read specifies an invalid MID Server.  
Abbildung : 2. Error handling log  
If the credentials used by an activity in the workflow fail, and the activity cannot authenticate on the target, a message describing the failure appears in the Workflow Log related list. The message displays the target IP address and the credential details.Abbildung : 3. Credential debugging in the workflow log