Trigger module shows a connector line but never actually links to the flow (Auto-align + save validator both confirm it's not really connected)

:bullseye: What is your goal?

Get a trigger module (Custom Webhook or Twilio Watch Messages) to become a genuine, working first module for a scenario whose canvas currently has no real trigger.

:thinking: What is the problem & what have you tried?

Any trigger-type module I add (tried Custom Webhook and Twilio “Watch Messages”) shows a cosmetic dotted connector line when dragged near the first module, but never actually connects. Confirmed via two independent signals: (1) the save validator reports downstream fields as “references inaccessible module,” and (2) clicking Auto-align strands the trigger module away from the rest of the flow every time, which Auto-align only does to modules with zero real incoming/outgoing edges.

Six tests run so far, all with the identical result:

  1. Custom Webhook trigger - fails.
  2. Twilio Watch Messages trigger (different module type entirely) - fails identically.
  3. Exported the scenario as a blueprint, rebuilt it as a brand-new scenario, added a fresh Twilio trigger there - fails identically on a clean canvas with a module that’s never touched the original scenario.
  4. Tried near-drag, full-overlap drag (dropped directly on the target module’s center), and reverse-direction drag (dragging the existing chain onto the trigger instead of the other way around) - all fail identically.
  5. Tried dropping the orphaned trigger onto a mid-chain module instead of the first module, to rule out “first module” being a special case - still fails.
  6. Tried in a brand-new browser tab that had never touched the scenario before, on the real persisted (not draft) scenario - fails identically, ruling out browser/tab-level staleness.

Right-clicking the canvas near the first module also produces no context menu (was hoping for an “insert module before” option).

Has anyone seen this, or know of an actual supported mechanism for wiring a new trigger onto an existing flow that already has a first module in place? Drag-to-connect appears completely non-functional for this specific operation in my case.

Hey Sean,

that’s because you can only have one trigger. You need to move the little circle at the bottom left of the current trigger to the new one to be able to connect it.

As addition- you must drag and drop trigger icon onto desired module.

Tip. Module you want to be your new trigger cant be connected to any other module. You can right-click on any bland canvas space and use Add new module. Once you drag&drop trigger icon and make your module tirigger you can re-connect as 1s module into flow.