13 Replies Latest reply on Jul 29, 2016 3:43 PM by Eddie Morales

Problems with Facebook LaunchPoint

Eddie Morales Jul 20, 2016 4:42 PM

Hi All,

For the last several months we've been leveraging Facebook's webhook in Marketo to pass leads in to the system. We have programs and smart campaigns for these leads coming through the Facebook form and into Marketo.

As of 7/15 at 5:30pm PST, nothing was changed from our side, leads stopped passing into Marketo from Facebook. We were still capturing leads on Facebook throughout the weekend, but none of them have been able to make it through.

Marketo support hasn't been helpful at figuring out why this sync all of a sudden broke. We turned off the sync and restarted it again in hopes that would work, but no luck.

Anyone else experience this problem? Any ideas on how to troubleshoot this?

Thanks!

Re: Problems with Facebook Webhook

Sanford Whiteman Jul 19, 2016 12:39 PM (in response to Eddie Morales)

I solved a problem with Twitter Lead Gen Card Integration the other day and I wonder if the underlying cause is the same. If you contact me offline at sandy@teknkl.com and let me know where (and what fields) you're currently posting, I can set you up with an alternative endpoint to see if that works).
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- Re: Problems with Facebook Webhook
  
  Eddie Morales Jul 20, 2016 11:40 AM (in response to Sanford Whiteman)
  
  Hi Sanford,
  Thanks for the reply. We just got a reply from tier 2 support:
  "We are having an issue with the API structure currently. I have routed this to engineering to look at the issue. This will be set at a higher priority due to this likely affects multiple customers. I will update this case as progress is made."
  We're going to wait it out a bit to see if they can fix it. If it looks like this will drag out for a long period of time I'll send you an email taking you up on the offer.
  
  Thanks!
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    Sanford Whiteman Jul 20, 2016 11:51 AM (in response to Eddie Morales)
    
    Tier 2 at Facebook?
    
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      Eddie Morales Jul 20, 2016 12:19 PM (in response to Sanford Whiteman)
      
      Marketo.
      
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        Sanford Whiteman Jul 20, 2016 4:19 PM (in response to Eddie Morales)
        
        But if you're really using a webhook to hit Marketo, you aren't using an API -- except as far as the forms endpoints can be considered APIs.
        
        I'm curious/concerned about a P1 problem with "API structure" and if you have a moment, I'd like to hear more at sandy@teknkl.com.
        
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        Eddie Morales Jul 20, 2016 4:43 PM (in response to Sanford Whiteman)
        
        I'll shoot you over an email. My mistake, I should have put LaunchPoint, instead of webhook.
        
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Re: Problems with Facebook LaunchPoint

Diana Watts Jul 21, 2016 2:52 PM (in response to Eddie Morales)

Hi there

We are having the same issue across all of our clients, with no resolution from Marketo support at this stage. It's reassuring to know we're not the only ones, but it's really difficult and has had a major impact on our workflow. Our lead ad flow stopped abruptly on the 16th July, and has affected every single live campaign which we have had running for the month of July with no issues.

We are chasing support, but any updates you might have would be appreciated!

Thank you,
Diana
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Re: Problems with Facebook LaunchPoint

Eddie Morales Jul 22, 2016 8:49 AM (in response to Eddie Morales)

***Update*** We have a technical account manager working on this now. Here is his response:

"TWO issues with Facebook today, the good news is the root cause for yours has been identified and we are HOPING to have a patch in place tonight.

The way the patch process works is that it gets written, peer reviewed, QA reviewed and approved by a manager, then and only then does it get queued up for installation.

Your patch is going through QA review right now."

It appears that they're working directly with a Facebook engineer to get this solved, and we're not the only ones experiencing this problem.

As of 7/22/16 8:30am they're still working on the patch. I'll update you all if/when we see the fix come through.
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Re: Problems with Facebook LaunchPoint

Eddie Morales Jul 22, 2016 4:09 PM (in response to Eddie Morales)

**Final Update*** ---- Let's hope this is the final final-------

The patch was push to production around 2:45pm PDT. We're now seeing leads come in through the sync.

Looks like it's fixed, yay!
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  Eddie Morales Jul 25, 2016 12:28 PM (in response to Eddie Morales)
  
  And another update, 7/25. The patch only partially worked. The leads were making their way into Marketo, but Marketo hasn't been able to pass the leads into their appropriate instances.
  
  According to support it seems like the issue is on Marketo's side of the house, not FB, and it's affecting a lot of Marketo customers, not just a few of us.
  
  Stay tuned...
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Re: Problems with Facebook LaunchPoint

Eddie Morales Jul 27, 2016 2:33 PM (in response to Eddie Morales)

Final final update?!? Let's hope because it looks like the sync is working.
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  5af8ea3707752b24bdd22d6b6fcbc24337e657cf Jul 27, 2016 9:13 PM (in response to Eddie Morales)
  
  Lead ads are now working for us across all clients - finally! We have been told that "the issue was not directly affected by the changes made on Facebook's side, but rather it was an an error handling issue with canceled Marketo subscriptions that still had Lead Ad campaigns active that caused the backlog". The cynic in me wonders how it was timed exactly the same day as the new Facebook API release, but it's probably just coincidence...? Who knows. The good thing is that it's fixed, and we don't have to do manual Lead Ad data uploads multiple times a day across multiple clients!
  
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    Eddie Morales Jul 29, 2016 3:43 PM (in response to 5af8ea3707752b24bdd22d6b6fcbc24337e657cf)
    
    That's a hilarious excuse. We're glad it's back to normal. Now on to other Marketo issues/problems.
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