Test a workflow with known answers before trusting it

Use a small set of safe inputs whose correct outputs you already know. Test a normal item, an empty or malformed item, and a case that should fail. Compare each result against your expectation rather than accepting a green status indicator.

Next, deliberately interrupt a step and retry. Check whether the workflow duplicates messages, charges, or records, and whether the failure is visible to the operator. Only then try a realistic batch with limited scope and a way to undo mistakes.

For a workflow handling private or high-value data, use synthetic examples until permissions, secret handling, and failure paths have been reviewed.