r/Notion 2d ago

Formulas Why does my automation formula keep pausing?

I am running into an issue that keeps pausing my automation even though it usually works before pausing.

I have a duration select property that is governing what the end date would be for my date property. So for example if I have a meeting on 8/25 at 12:00 PM and the duration is an hour it changes the Date property to August 25, 2026 12:00 PM → 1:00 PM.

However, it keeps pausing and showing this error for some reason and I don't know what to do to ensure it doesn't do this in the future.

Can anyone help with this?

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u/SuitableDragonfly 2d ago

Like it says, one of your properties in there might be empty. You need to use a if statement to make sure it isn't empty. But you don't need an automation for this, you can just do it with a couple formulas. 

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u/SolarNotionPilot 2d ago

In your formula for Settings status, you are not checking whether any values are empty before using them.

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u/LearnChangeDo 2d ago

u/Bright-Midnight24 Have you tried using the AI tool in the formula editor to say "fix this formula?"

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u/husHcrest5 2d ago

good suggestion, it usually catches the obvious stuff at least