Flow Linking Technical Notes

Technical Notes for the Flow Linking component

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Changelog

1.2.0 (October 9, 2026)

• Added configurable retry mechanism with Exponential Backoff and Jitter to Trigger another flow action:
  • Added Number of retry attempts (retryCount) configuration field (default: 3, max: 5)
  • Added Initial delay between retries (in seconds) (initialDelay) configuration field (default: 1s, max: 10s)
  • Added Retry 404 (Not Found) (retryOn404) checkbox to optionally retry 404 Not Found responses for eventual consistency workflows
• Added Do not throw error on failed calls (dontThrowErrorOnFailedCalls) checkbox to Trigger another flow action:
  • Emits response payload and statusCode on non-2xx HTTP responses without failing the step
  • Emits statusCode alongside result on successful calls when enabled
• Sorted flow names and IDs alphabetically (case-insensitive) in dynamic metadata dropdowns
• Updated dependencies and platform modernization:
  • @elastic.io/component-commons-library: 3.2.0 -> 4.0.3
  • elasticio-sailor-nodejs: 2.7.2 -> 2.7.9
  • axios: 0.27.2 -> 1.20.0
  • Removed deprecated elasticio-node and replaced with local message envelope utility
  • Removed unused elasticio-rest-node dependency
• Migrated CI/CD workflows from CircleCI to GitHub Actions

1.1.1 (July 29, 2024)

• Added service flow-linking to component.json

1.1.0 (July 5, 2024)

• Fixed socket hang up issue.
• Added Lookup by id checkbox to Trigger another flow action.
• Added Retry errors checkbox to Trigger another flow action.

1.0.3 (May 21, 2024)

• Fixed issue with Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'data') in Trigger another flow action.
• Update Sailor version to 2.7.2.

1.0.2 (October 07, 2022)

• Linking url now depends of installation environment.
• Disabled components name check for metadata in Trigger another flow action.
• Performance improvements.
• Update Sailor version to 2.7.0.

1.0.1 (April 22, 2022)

• Update Sailor version to 2.6.27.
• Get rid of vulnerabilities in dependencies.
• Add component pusher job to Circle.ci config.

1.0.0 (January 28, 2022)

• Added action Trigger another flow.
• Added trigger Receive trigger from another flow.