How to create automation that will fail for sure (for test purposes)?

[Vera Valshonok]

Hi!

I need to test a new account with a list of people in it that I set as an Automation owner, so that all this list of people will receive a notification email when an automation Fails.

I am trying to test it. 

For the test I need to create an automation that will 100% fail, but I am not succeeding. It keeps saying Issues accrued in the Automation log, but not automation Failed.

Please advise scenario that will make automation fail.

[Nicole Robertson]

I would set up an automation to send a webhook and deliberately include invalid JSON so that the response code is an error

[Stephen Wrathall]

Or even simpler, just configure a Send Web Request action to https://makeMeFail 

[Jack Brickey]

Hi @Vera Valshonok ,

The first question is, how do you want to trigger the rule? Do you want to create a manual trigger? After you figure that out, then try a condition using JQL, e.g component = abc and label = this-that and assignee = Fred and status = "in progress".

The exact JQL will need to be defined by you to align with your scenario. What you should do prior to creating the automation rule is to test that JQL under the advanced search window to ensure that nothing is returned.

Does this make sense? Feel free to share an image of your current automation rule if you need further assistance.