Common Camunda Production Errors (and How to Fix Them)
When a workflow works locally but fails in production — it’s almost always configuration, data, or scaling behavior. In Camunda Platform deployments, most issues repeat across projects. This guide lists the most common production problems and their real fixes. đź“Ś Typical Production Symptoms Incidents appearing in Operate Jobs stuck in retries User tasks not visible Messages not correlating Processes freezing randomly High database load đź–Ľ️ Camunda Incidents in Production 4 1️⃣ Job Retries Exhausted Error No retries left for job Cause Worker throws exception repeatedly. Typical reasons: API timeout Null pointer Validation failure Fix Handle business errors vs technical errors separately. try { processPayment(); jobClient.newCompleteCommand(job.getKey()).send(); } catch (BusinessException e) { jobClient.newThrowErrorCommand(job.getKey()) .errorCode( "PAYMENT_DECLINED" ) .send(); } catch (Exception e) { jobClient.newFailCommand(job.getKey())...