${verdictSub}
\n\n\n The agent asked for this change and stopped. A person decided it.\n There is no tool in the agent's catalogue that writes to the incidents table.\n
`;\n\n return [{ json: { html: page(verdict, confirmBody, 'narrow') } }];\n}\n\n// ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════\n// GET branch — the queue\n// ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════\nconst pending = tryNode('GetPendingActions')\n .map(i => i.json)\n .filter(r => r && r.id != null && r.incident_id);\n\nconst incidentIndex = {};\ntryNode('GetIncidents').forEach(i => {\n const r = i.json;\n if (r && r.incident_id) incidentIndex[r.incident_id] = r;\n});\n\nconst rows = pending.map(r => {\n const inc = incidentIndex[r.incident_id] || {};\n return {\n rowId: r.id,\n incidentId: r.incident_id,\n incidentTitle: inc.title || 'Incident not found',\n severity: slug(inc.severity),\n currentStatus: inc.status || 'unknown',\n proposed: r.new_value || 'unknown',\n actionType: r.action_type || '—',\n assignedTo: inc.assigned_to || '—',\n justification: r.justification || 'No justification given.',\n requestedBy: r.requested_by || 'agent',\n created: r.created_at || r.createdAt\n };\n});\n\nconst affected = new Set(rows.map(r => r.incidentId)).size;\n\nconst tableBody = rows.length\n ? rows.map(r => `\n\n The agent can request a change to an incident. It cannot make one. Every row below is waiting on a person, and this page is the only thing in the system that writes to the incidents table.\n
\n\n| Incident | \nSeverity | \nProposed change | \nThe agent's justification | \nRequested | \n\n |
|---|
\n Approving writes the new status to the incidents table and marks the request approved. Rejecting leaves the incident untouched.\n
`;\n\nreturn [{ json: { html: page('Approval Dashboard', queueBody) } }];" }, "type": "n8n-nodes-base.code", "typeVersion": 2, "position": [ 736, -208 ], "id": "33f7f09b-fcba-4d9a-a360-6d683591347a", "name": "Render Dashboard" }, { "parameters": { "operation": "get", "dataTableId": { "__rl": true, "value": "54PZRs4ejUKEVwKQ", "mode": "list", "cachedResultName": "pending actions", "cachedResultUrl": "/projects/tjoh2AYnt82NxBCi/datatables/54PZRs4ejUKEVwKQ" }, "filters": { "conditions": [ { "keyName": "status", "keyValue": "pending" } ] } }, "type": "n8n-nodes-base.dataTable", "typeVersion": 1.1, "position": [ 320, -16 ], "id": "cc16e955-9439-4726-a8aa-7a0fe77586b9", "name": "GetPendingActions", "alwaysOutputData": true }, { "parameters": { "operation": "get", "dataTableId": { "__rl": true, "value": "eXbeeu2ejLTkAvuR", "mode": "list", "cachedResultName": "incidents", "cachedResultUrl": "/projects/tjoh2AYnt82NxBCi/datatables/eXbeeu2ejLTkAvuR" }, "filters": { "conditions": [ { "keyName": "incident_id", "keyValue": "={{ $json.incident_id }}" } ] } }, "type": "n8n-nodes-base.dataTable", "typeVersion": 1.1, "position": [ 528, -16 ], "id": "f79454d4-773a-47a9-929f-74991c69d696", "name": "GetIncidents", "alwaysOutputData": true }, { "parameters": { "operation": "update", "dataTableId": { "__rl": true, "value": "eXbeeu2ejLTkAvuR", "mode": "list", "cachedResultName": "incidents", "cachedResultUrl": "/projects/tjoh2AYnt82NxBCi/datatables/eXbeeu2ejLTkAvuR" }, "filters": { "conditions": [ { "keyName": "incident_id", "keyValue": "={{ $json.incident_id }}" } ] }, "columns": { "mappingMode": "defineBelow", "value": { "status": "={{ $json.new_value }}" }, "matchingColumns": [], "schema": [ { "id": "incident_id", "displayName": "incident_id", "required": false, "defaultMatch": false, "display": true, "type": "string", "readOnly": false, "removed": true }, { "id": "title", "displayName": "title", "required": false, "defaultMatch": false, "display": true, "type": "string", "readOnly": false, "removed": true }, { "id": "description", "displayName": "description", "required": false, "defaultMatch": false, "display": true, "type": "string", "readOnly": false, "removed": true }, { "id": "category", "displayName": "category", "required": false, "defaultMatch": false, "display": true, "type": "string", "readOnly": false, "removed": true }, { "id": "severity", "displayName": "severity", "required": false, "defaultMatch": false, "display": true, "type": "string", "readOnly": false, "removed": true }, { "id": "status", "displayName": "status", "required": false, "defaultMatch": false, "display": true, "type": "string", "readOnly": false, "removed": false }, { "id": "assigned_to", "displayName": "assigned_to", "required": false, "defaultMatch": false, "display": true, "type": "string", "readOnly": false, "removed": true }, { "id": "created_at", "displayName": "created_at", "required": false, "defaultMatch": false, "display": true, "type": "dateTime", "readOnly": false, "removed": true } ], "attemptToConvertTypes": false, "convertFieldsToString": false }, "options": {} }, "type": "n8n-nodes-base.dataTable", "typeVersion": 1, "position": [ 336, -400 ], "id": "162993e7-d227-41a0-a43e-b2ce9b284c19", "name": "Apply Change To Incident" }, { "parameters": { "operation": "update", "dataTableId": { "__rl": true, "value": "54PZRs4ejUKEVwKQ", "mode": "list", "cachedResultName": "pending actions", "cachedResultUrl": "/projects/tjoh2AYnt82NxBCi/datatables/54PZRs4ejUKEVwKQ" }, "filters": { "conditions": [ { "keyValue": "={{ $('SetData').item.json.pending_action_id }}" } ] }, "columns": { "mappingMode": "defineBelow", "value": { "status": "={{ $('SetData').item.json.decision }}" }, "matchingColumns": [], "schema": [ { "id": "action_id", "displayName": "action_id", "required": false, "defaultMatch": false, "display": true, "type": "string", "readOnly": false, "removed": true }, { "id": "action_type", "displayName": "action_type", "required": false, "defaultMatch": false, "display": true, "type": "string", "readOnly": false, "removed": true }, { "id": "incident_id", "displayName": "incident_id", "required": false, "defaultMatch": false, "display": true, "type": "string", "readOnly": false, "removed": true }, { "id": "new_value", "displayName": "new_value", "required": false, "defaultMatch": false, "display": true, "type": "string", "readOnly": false, "removed": true }, { "id": "justification", "displayName": "justification", "required": false, "defaultMatch": false, "display": true, "type": "string", "readOnly": false, "removed": true }, { "id": "requested_by", "displayName": "requested_by", "required": false, "defaultMatch": false, "display": true, "type": "string", "readOnly": false, "removed": true }, { "id": "status", "displayName": "status", "required": false, "defaultMatch": false, "display": true, "type": "string", "readOnly": false, "removed": false }, { "id": "created_at", "displayName": "created_at", "required": false, "defaultMatch": false, "display": true, "type": "string", "readOnly": false, "removed": true } ], "attemptToConvertTypes": false, "convertFieldsToString": false }, "options": {} }, "type": "n8n-nodes-base.dataTable", "typeVersion": 1, "position": [ 496, -400 ], "id": "d5e763d8-9fbc-4668-8c4d-e943904a128f", "name": "Mark Request Approved" }, { "parameters": { "operation": "update", "dataTableId": { "__rl": true, "value": "54PZRs4ejUKEVwKQ", "mode": "list", "cachedResultName": "pending actions", "cachedResultUrl": "/projects/tjoh2AYnt82NxBCi/datatables/54PZRs4ejUKEVwKQ" }, "filters": { "conditions": [ { "keyValue": "={{ $('SetData').item.json.pending_action_id }}" } ] }, "columns": { "mappingMode": "defineBelow", "value": { "status": "=rejected" }, "matchingColumns": [], "schema": [ { "id": "action_id", "displayName": "action_id", "required": false, "defaultMatch": false, "display": true, "type": "string", "readOnly": false, "removed": true }, { "id": "action_type", "displayName": "action_type", "required": false, "defaultMatch": false, "display": true, "type": "string", "readOnly": false, "removed": true }, { "id": "incident_id", "displayName": "incident_id", "required": false, "defaultMatch": false, "display": true, "type": "string", "readOnly": false, "removed": true }, { "id": "new_value", "displayName": "new_value", "required": false, "defaultMatch": false, "display": true, "type": "string", "readOnly": false, "removed": true }, { "id": "justification", "displayName": "justification", "required": false, "defaultMatch": false, "display": true, "type": "string", "readOnly": false, "removed": true }, { "id": "requested_by", "displayName": "requested_by", "required": false, "defaultMatch": false, "display": true, "type": "string", "readOnly": false, "removed": true }, { "id": "status", "displayName": "status", "required": false, "defaultMatch": false, "display": true, "type": "string", "readOnly": false, "removed": false }, { "id": "created_at", "displayName": "created_at", "required": false, "defaultMatch": false, "display": true, "type": "string", "readOnly": false, "removed": true } ], "attemptToConvertTypes": false, "convertFieldsToString": false }, "options": {} }, "type": "n8n-nodes-base.dataTable", "typeVersion": 1, "position": [ 320, -208 ], "id": "e7bb86e4-44ee-4408-aadb-e68aef3baabe", "name": "Mark Request Rejected" }, { "parameters": { "rules": { "values": [ { "conditions": { "options": { "caseSensitive": true, "leftValue": "", "typeValidation": "strict", "version": 3 }, "conditions": [ { "leftValue": "={{ $('SetData').item.json.decision }}", "rightValue": "approve", "operator": { "type": "string", "operation": "equals" }, "id": "866d7f33-3204-4aa7-ace4-02f6481bc184" } ], "combinator": "and" }, "renameOutput": true, "outputKey": "Approved" }, { "conditions": { "options": { "caseSensitive": true, "leftValue": "", "typeValidation": "strict", "version": 3 }, "conditions": [ { "id": "2a8d5886-2387-49ef-bf8a-1fcfeb902f63", "leftValue": "={{ $('SetData').item.json.decision }}", "rightValue": "reject", "operator": { "type": "string", "operation": "equals", "name": "filter.operator.equals" } } ], "combinator": "and" }, "renameOutput": true, "outputKey": "Rejected" } ] }, "options": { "fallbackOutput": "none" } }, "type": "n8n-nodes-base.switch", "typeVersion": 3.4, "position": [ 112, -304 ], "id": "938cf76d-96ff-43a3-8195-6d968eb03996", "name": "Switch" }, { "parameters": { "assignments": { "assignments": [ { "id": "302ca01b-1b10-4fb1-a74b-062cefc63ea0", "name": "decision", "value": "={{ $json.body.decision }}", "type": "string" }, { "id": "ca2977f2-3569-41dd-b379-52230a15e02a", "name": "pending_action_id", "value": "={{ $json.body.id }}", "type": "number" } ] }, "options": {} }, "type": "n8n-nodes-base.set", "typeVersion": 3.5, "position": [ -208, -304 ], "id": "1a9c22ff-577c-453d-8019-a0114d8e8de5", "name": "SetData" }, { "parameters": { "operation": "get", "dataTableId": { "__rl": true, "value": "54PZRs4ejUKEVwKQ", "mode": "list", "cachedResultName": "pending actions", "cachedResultUrl": "/projects/tjoh2AYnt82NxBCi/datatables/54PZRs4ejUKEVwKQ" }, "filters": { "conditions": [ { "keyValue": "={{ $json.pending_action_id }}" } ] } }, "type": "n8n-nodes-base.dataTable", "typeVersion": 1.1, "position": [ -48, -304 ], "id": "44b2a343-4db3-4106-9eee-1bb7eb44bad5", "name": "GetPendingAction" }, { "parameters": { "content": "## One webhook, two jobs\n\n**Path:** `approval-dashboard`\n**Allow Multiple HTTP Methods:** on → `POST`, `GET`\n\nThe node routes by **output index**, not by a `method` field in the payload. There is no `$json.method` to switch on.\n\n- **Output 1** → POST → process a decision\n- **Output 2** → GET → render the dashboard\n\nOrder follows the `httpMethod` array, so POST is first because it is listed first. Reorder that array and these outputs swap.", "height": 368, "width": 608, "color": 4 }, "type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote", "typeVersion": 1, "position": [ -1280, -144 ], "id": "14bdcfe6-e5af-4186-8d80-d0b8ebcff803", "name": "Sticky Note" }, { "parameters": { "content": "## POST branch — process a decision\n\nThe browser sends only `{ decision, id }`. Nothing else is trusted.\n\n**SetData** pulls `decision` and `pending_action_id` out of the body.\n\n**GetPendingAction** loads that row from `pending_actions`. This is the important step: the incident to change and the value to write come from **the stored request**, not from the HTTP body. If they came from the body, a caller could name any incident it liked and the gate would be decorative.\n\n**Switch** reads `decision`. `approve` goes left, `reject` goes right.\n\n**Apply Change To Incident** is the only node in this workflow that writes to `incidents`.", "height": 400, "width": 608, "color": 5 }, "type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote", "typeVersion": 1, "position": [ -480, -816 ], "id": "f64858f7-936f-4033-9844-a6645cb8ba3e", "name": "Sticky Note1" }, { "parameters": { "content": "## GET branch — render the dashboard\n\n**GetPendingActions** returns every row in `pending_actions` where `status = pending`.\n\n**GetIncidents** runs once per pending row and looks up the matching incident by `incident_id`, so the table can show the real title, severity and current status rather than just an ID.\n\nBoth nodes need **Always Output Data** switched on in Settings. With an empty queue they would otherwise return zero items, nothing downstream would execute, and the request would hang instead of showing the empty state.", "height": 304, "width": 608, "color": 6 }, "type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote", "typeVersion": 1, "position": [ -512, 336 ], "id": "74cca2a0-7278-402d-9e2b-0bd154695593", "name": "Sticky Note2" }, { "parameters": { "content": "## Both branches end here\n\n**Render Dashboard** detects which branch it came down by testing which upstream nodes actually ran.\n\n- Came via `SetData` → returns a small JSON ack. The page only checks the status code and updates the row in place.\n- Otherwise → builds the full HTML page.\n\n**Respond to Webhook** responds with text from `{{ $json.html }}` either way.\n\nThe page POSTs back to `window.location.href`, so there is no URL to find and replace per machine.", "height": 384, "width": 640, "color": 7 }, "type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote", "typeVersion": 1, "position": [ 1168, -320 ], "id": "916a9c8d-925d-4d18-a411-f577b80f458b", "name": "Sticky Note3" } ], "pinData": {}, "connections": { "Webhook": { "main": [ [ { "node": "SetData", "type": "main", "index": 0 } ], [ { "node": "GetPendingActions", "type": "main", "index": 0 } ] ] }, "Render Dashboard": { "main": [ [ { "node": "Respond to Webhook", "type": "main", "index": 0 } ] ] }, "GetPendingActions": { "main": [ [ { "node": "GetIncidents", "type": "main", "index": 0 } ] ] }, "GetIncidents": { "main": [ [ { "node": "Render Dashboard", "type": "main", "index": 0 } ] ] }, "Apply Change To Incident": { "main": [ [ { "node": "Mark Request Approved", "type": "main", "index": 0 } ] ] }, "Mark Request Approved": { "main": [ [ { "node": "Render Dashboard", "type": "main", "index": 0 } ] ] }, "Mark Request Rejected": { "main": [ [ { "node": "Render Dashboard", "type": "main", "index": 0 } ] ] }, "Switch": { "main": [ [ { "node": "Apply Change To Incident", "type": "main", "index": 0 } ], [ { "node": "Mark Request Rejected", "type": "main", "index": 0 } ] ] }, "SetData": { "main": [ [ { "node": "GetPendingAction", "type": "main", "index": 0 } ] ] }, "GetPendingAction": { "main": [ [ { "node": "Switch", "type": "main", "index": 0 } ] ] } }, "active": true, "settings": { "executionOrder": "v1", "binaryMode": "separate" }, "versionId": "6486cfbc-840d-43d4-89e2-ce45c96827d0", "meta": { "instanceId": "3f42b295b6333ac4c3ab7374e26e8926d361c353a146a1c7905925f04b8af222" }, "nodeGroups": [], "id": "TsVHmXWPusmPKxro", "tags": [ { "updatedAt": "2026-09-10T08:03:37.357Z", "createdAt": "2026-09-10T08:03:37.357Z", "id": "v74rDkVRmWbj0nik", "name": "gtc-berlin-2026" } ] }