---
id: ERR-8
family: RT-ERR
level: core
profiles: [runtime]
posture: normative-target
added: "1.0"
changed: "1.0"
source: https://flowdrop.io/spec/rules/rt-err/err-8
specification: FlowDrop Workflow Specification 1.0-draft
licence: CC BY 4.0
---

# ERR-8 — An error with nowhere to go fails the run

*RT-ERR (Part II) · level: core · profiles: runtime · added in 1.0*

## The rule

> **Normative.** This is the rule.
>
> Where a node produces an error output and has no error edge, its unit of work is recorded as failed without the error-routed marker, and the run fails.

## Related rules

- Names: ERR-7, ERR-9
- Referenced by: ERR-3, ERR-7, ERR-9, ERR-13, RT-GATE-4

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Rule identifiers are permanent and are never renumbered. This specification carries
no implementation status: each implementation publishes its own standing against
these rules. Licensed CC BY 4.0.