webhook_refresh please help

TekkyRex — Thu, 11 Sep 2025 19:09:46 GMT

Hi all,

I’m running into an issue with a webhook trigger in a Workato custom connector. The goal is that every time the webhook refreshes, it should:

Create a new destination
Create a new subscription for that destination
Delete the old destination (which should also remove the old subscription)

Currently, the refresh creates the new destination and subscription correctly, but the old destination is not being deleted, leaving dangling resources. Interestingly, when stopping the recipe, the webhook_unsubscribe deletes the old destination properly.

Here’s a simplified version of my code:

# Subscribe lambda webhook_subscribe: lambda do |webhook_url, connection, _input, _recipe_id| # Create initial destination destination = call("create_destination", { namespace: "MyConnector.Project", url: webhook_url }) # Create subscription for that destination subscription = post("api/v1/webhook/subscriptions/project", { "destinationId" => destination["id"], "triggers" => ["Created", "Updated"] }) [ { subscription_id: subscription["id"], destination_id: destination["id"], webhook_url: webhook_url }, 1.minute.from_now ] end, # Refresh lambda webhook_refresh: lambda do |webhook_subscribe_output| # 1. Create new destination new_destination = call("create_destination", { namespace: "MyConnector.Project", url: webhook_subscribe_output["webhook_url"] }) # 2. Create new subscription new_subscription = post("api/v1/webhook/subscriptions/project", { "destinationId" => new_destination["id"], "triggers" => ["Created", "Updated"] }) # 3. Prepare return value refreshed_output = [ { subscription_id: new_subscription["id"], destination_id: new_destination["id"], webhook_url: webhook_subscribe_output["webhook_url"] }, 1.minute.from_now ] # 4. Attempt to delete old destination (should also delete old subscription) this is a method to call the delete endpoint in the api call("delete_destination", webhook_subscribe_output["destination_id"]) # 5. Return new subscription info refreshed_output end

Re: webhook_refresh please help

TekkyRex — Fri, 12 Sep 2025 08:22:13 GMT

For anyone having the same issue, I've found a workaround to force workato to call the delete endpoint. This is a weird workaround and hoping they address this.

delete_destination = delete("api/v1/webhook/destinations/#{id}") puts delete_destination # This is needed to force Workato to call the delete request

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