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# Flow Lifecycle

Trace and debug your automations with these actions

These actions support [automation execution tracking](/kb/routing/automation/automation-executions.md) by tracking key events in the lifecycle of a Flow interview.

<table data-card-size="large" data-view="cards"><thead><tr><th></th><th></th><th></th><th data-hidden data-card-target data-type="content-ref"></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>Start</strong></td><td>Track that a Flow interview has started and which record triggered it.</td><td></td><td><a href="/kb/automation-builder-kit-abk/actions/flow-lifecycle/startflowaction.md">Start</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Finish</strong></td><td>Track that a Flow interview has finished successfully.</td><td></td><td><a href="/kb/automation-builder-kit-abk/actions/flow-lifecycle/finishflowaction.md">Finish</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Resume</strong></td><td>Track that a Screen Flow has resumed after showing a UI to the user.</td><td></td><td><a href="/kb/automation-builder-kit-abk/actions/flow-lifecycle/resumeflowaction.md">Resume</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Failed</strong></td><td>Track that a Flow interview has failed with an unrecoverable error.</td><td></td><td><a href="/kb/automation-builder-kit-abk/actions/flow-lifecycle/failedflowaction.md">Failed</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Execute Subflow</strong></td><td>Execute a subflow with more capabilities than the native Subflow action.</td><td></td><td><a href="/kb/automation-builder-kit-abk/actions/flow-lifecycle/gwfxexecutesubflowaction.md">Execute Subflow</a></td></tr></tbody></table>