Cold Email Sequence Generator Issues in ChatGPT App

Ciaran E. · 2025-10-01T16:18:00.651Z

my `cold email sequence` generator for chapgpt in this just isnt firing roughly half the time. Why?

Cold Email Sequence Generator Issues in ChatGPT App | Clay

13 comments

· Sorted by Oldest

Ciaran E.
·
·
Its just blank
Ciaran E.
·
·
this is not the issue - when I come back and look at blank xell from last week and click play, it will run correctly
Ciaran E.
·
·
The fields are populated though. They're pulled from another table, And it works 50% of the time randomly?
Ciaran E.
·
·
I set the fields as mandatory in the run condition, so will see if that works. Thanks
Ciaran E.
·
·
Hey - confirming this has not worked. Can I have a human check this table
Ciaran E.
·
·
OutboundGPT table
Mitch H.
·
·
Hey Ciaran, this was because some of the inputs became stale. If you click into the empty GPT rows, you will see this error. Clicking Re-run will clear that out and you should see results populate. The best way to keep this from happening in the future is to set your table to auto-update, so that every time inputs change, these columns will run. This will keep everything fresh :)
Ciaran E.
·
·
hmmm thank you Mitch H.. Can you explain some more how the inputs would become stale? The table here is outbound to web visitors, and is executed in a single shot (person visits x web page, send them y message), so I don't know how they would update to a new value unless prompted to do so?
Ciaran E.
·
·
Thank you Natalie H.. I don't recall pausing the table/stopping updates
Ciaran E.
·
·
Ok thanks Natalie. What do you think the solve is here to make this work reliably?
Ciaran E.
·
·
That's kiiind of a disappointing answer, because both of those solutions would either make the prompt more expensive, add complexity, or reduce the effectiveness of the overall prompt due to brevity. Is this a limitation of the ai model that we choose? e.g. 4o will experience greater timeout reates than o1, say
Ciaran E.
·
·
Similarly on the first tab, under Lead Qualification Indicator, I'm getting blank values despite it being a true/false formula. Could you please look at that when you have a chance? Appreciate your help
Ciaran E.
·
·
Thank you Natalie H., appreciate your help here

Ciaran E.
·
·
Its just blank
Ciaran E.
·
·
this is not the issue - when I come back and look at blank xell from last week and click play, it will run correctly
Ciaran E.
·
·
The fields are populated though. They're pulled from another table, And it works 50% of the time randomly?
Ciaran E.
·
·
I set the fields as mandatory in the run condition, so will see if that works. Thanks
Ciaran E.
·
·
Hey - confirming this has not worked. Can I have a human check this table
Ciaran E.
·
·
OutboundGPT table
Mitch H.
·
·
Hey Ciaran, this was because some of the inputs became stale. If you click into the empty GPT rows, you will see this error. Clicking Re-run will clear that out and you should see results populate. The best way to keep this from happening in the future is to set your table to auto-update, so that every time inputs change, these columns will run. This will keep everything fresh :)
Ciaran E.
·
·
hmmm thank you Mitch H.. Can you explain some more how the inputs would become stale? The table here is outbound to web visitors, and is executed in a single shot (person visits x web page, send them y message), so I don't know how they would update to a new value unless prompted to do so?
Ciaran E.
·
·
Thank you Natalie H.. I don't recall pausing the table/stopping updates
Ciaran E.
·
·
Ok thanks Natalie. What do you think the solve is here to make this work reliably?
Ciaran E.
·
·
That's kiiind of a disappointing answer, because both of those solutions would either make the prompt more expensive, add complexity, or reduce the effectiveness of the overall prompt due to brevity. Is this a limitation of the ai model that we choose? e.g. 4o will experience greater timeout reates than o1, say
Ciaran E.
·
·
Similarly on the first tab, under Lead Qualification Indicator, I'm getting blank values despite it being a true/false formula. Could you please look at that when you have a chance? Appreciate your help
Ciaran E.
·
·
Thank you Natalie H., appreciate your help here