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Web Application Downtime: Best Practices for Handling Unresponsive or Down Applications

  • July 28, 2025
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Hello AA family ,

I'm looking for the best practices for handling a web application that is unresponsive or down. Could anyone share their insights and recommendations on this?

Best answer by poonamindure

Hello AA family ,

I'm looking for the best practices for handling a web application that is unresponsive or down. Could anyone share their insights and recommendations on this?

Use
1. Try catch block
2. Wait-For-Window actions
3. Retry logic 

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Aaron.Gleason
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  • Aaron.Gleason
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  • July 28, 2025

​@LAHCEN AGLAGAL The Error handler package is your best friend. Even performing an IF based on a Recorder object, that can still cause an error if the site is down, but the Try/Catch will handle it. 

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  • July 28, 2025

​@Aaron.Gleason okey thanks

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  • poonamindure
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  • July 29, 2025

Hello AA family ,

I'm looking for the best practices for handling a web application that is unresponsive or down. Could anyone share their insights and recommendations on this?

Use
1. Try catch block
2. Wait-For-Window actions
3. Retry logic 

Shreya.Kumar
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