activity: basic webhook alerts for automation failures

app/cli/automate.py

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ from traceback import TracebackException
 
 from app import app
 from app.extensions import db
+from app.models.activity import Activity
 from app.models.automation import Automation, AutomationState, AutomationLogs
 from app.terraform import BaseAutomation
 from app.terraform.block_bridge_github import BlockBridgeGitHubAutomation
@@ -102,6 +103,11 @@ def run_job(job: BaseAutomation, *, force: bool = False, ignore_schedule: bool =
         log.updated = datetime.datetime.utcnow()
         log.logs = json.dumps(logs)
         db.session.add(log)
+        activity = Activity(
+            activity_type="automation",
+            text=f"FLASH! Automation Failure: {automation.short_name}. See logs for details."
+        )
+        activity.notify()  # Notify before commit because the failure occurred even if we can't commit.
     automation.last_run = datetime.datetime.utcnow()
     db.session.commit()