Timeout Detection & Long-Running Task Alerts
Stuck research jobs are caught and flagged within 4 hours, not days.
Trigger
Recurring schedule
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Action
Get list of runs
Tool to get a list of runs for a specific actor. use when you need to paginate through runs and optionally filter by status before processing run data.
Why this helps
Some research actors get stuck or run indefinitely, you don't notice until much later, wasting compute time and delaying results.
- Catch stuck jobs before they waste resources
- Prevent silent failures that delay results
- Automatic investigation triggers
- Reduce wasted compute time
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Linear and Apify integrations to Notis.
- 2Go to Automations > New Automation and write: Every 4 hours, get a list of Apify runs and create a Linear issue for any that have been running for more than 2 hours.
- 3Select Cron - Custom Interval as the trigger and set it to every 4 hours.
- 4Choose your channel and click Create.
- 5Monitor the issues that get created to verify the detection is working.
Questions about this workflow
How long is too long for an actor to run?
This depends on your actors. Adjust the timeout threshold in your prompt: Flag runs that have been going for more than 30 minutes for fast actors, or 3 hours for slower ones.
Will this alert on intentionally long-running jobs?
You can exclude certain actors or tags from the check in your prompt: Check all runs except those with the long-running tag.
What should I do when I get a timeout alert?
The issue created will include actor name and run ID, so you can quickly jump to Apify to investigate or terminate the job.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Linear to Apify. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Linear triggers
Apify actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
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Tool to create a new actor with specified configuration. use when you need to initialize a fresh actor programmatically before publishing or running it.
Webhook trigger
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Tool to create a new dataset. use when you need to initialize or retrieve a dataset by name.
Comment Received Trigger
Triggered when a comment is received.
Create Actor Task
Tool to create a new actor task with specified settings. use when you need to configure or schedule recurring actor runs programmatically.
Issue Created Trigger
Triggered when a new issue is created.
Create Task Webhook
Tool to create a webhook for an actor task. use when you need external notifications about task run events (e.g., completion or failure) in downstream systems.
Issue Updated Trigger
Triggered when an issue is updated. For example labels are changed, issue status is changed, etc.
Delete Actor
Tool to delete an actor permanently. use when you need to remove an actor by its id or username~actorname. confirm before calling.
Private Team Comment Created
Fires when a new comment is posted on an issue in a private Linear team (polled with the connected user's token).
Delete Webhook
Tool to delete a webhook by its id. use when removing a webhook after confirming the webhook id.
Private Team Issue Created
Fires when a new issue appears in a private Linear team (polled with the connected user's token).
Get Actor Details
Tool to get details of a specific actor. use when you need actor metadata by id or username/actorname.
Private Team Issue Properties Updated
Fires when properties on an issue change in a private Linear team (polled with the connected user's token).
Get all webhooks
Tool to get a list of all webhooks created by the user. use when you need to enumerate webhooks before filtering or maintenance.
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