PostHog / PostHog/marketing

Messaging: Workflows Incident 2026-08-18

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Description

Messaging

Context

Comms for #inc-2026-08-18-email-sending-failing-in-workflows

Format
  • Single email broadcast (e.g. a newsletter)
  • Multiple email broadcasts (e.g. a notification and reminder)
  • Automated email campaign (e.g. logic-based flow)
  • Requires in-app notification
  • Requires social media support

Should this be formatted as a marketing email, transactional email, personal email, etc.

Timeline

August 21

💡 For changes to T&Cs, DPA, BAA, or other legal documents, expect to give 30 days notice unless legal advises otherwise. Plan accordingly.

Targeting

Affected customers

Subscription topic
  • Welcome emails
  • Changelog updates
  • Product notifications
  • Actually useful marketing emails
  • Service updates
  • All subscribed and unsubscribed users
Marketing team checklist
  • I've added to The Messaging Calendar with a link to this issue
  • I've checked with #group-cs-sales-support if any managed customers need to be excluded
Requested input and previews

Subject: Incident report: Some of your emails were not sent

Note: All workflow names and numbers are rendered with liquid html

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Contributor guide

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First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start with the incident context, subject line, rendered preview, and affected-customer spreadsheet linked in the issue. Check the requested single-email format, audience, subscription scope, and managed-customer exclusions; done means the incident communication is finalized for the listed recipients.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Domain
content
Issue type
Documentation
Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Activity status
Active
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
68/100

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