diff --git a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/record.js b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/record.js
index c8ef9e96fa..2626667ef3 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/record.js
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/record.js
@@ -3,18 +3,18 @@ const validateJs = require("validate.js")
 const newid = require("../../db/newid")
 
 function emitEvent(eventType, ctx, record) {
+  let event = {
+    record,
+    instanceId: ctx.user.instanceId,
+  }
   // add syntactic sugar for mustache later
   if (record._id) {
-    record.id = record._id
+    event.id = record._id
   }
   if (record._rev) {
-    record.revision = record._rev
+    event.revision = record._rev
   }
-  ctx.eventEmitter &&
-    ctx.eventEmitter.emit(eventType, {
-      record,
-      instanceId: ctx.user.instanceId,
-    })
+  ctx.eventEmitter && ctx.eventEmitter.emit(eventType, event)
 }
 
 validateJs.extend(validateJs.validators.datetime, {
diff --git a/packages/server/src/automations/actions.js b/packages/server/src/automations/actions.js
index ac0ae63c36..b626919ff6 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/automations/actions.js
+++ b/packages/server/src/automations/actions.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 const sendEmail = require("./steps/sendEmail")
 const saveRecord = require("./steps/saveRecord")
+const updateRecord = require("./steps/updateRecord")
 const deleteRecord = require("./steps/deleteRecord")
 const createUser = require("./steps/createUser")
 const environment = require("../environment")
@@ -17,12 +18,14 @@ const AUTOMATION_MANIFEST = "manifest.json"
 const BUILTIN_ACTIONS = {
   SEND_EMAIL: sendEmail.run,
   SAVE_RECORD: saveRecord.run,
+  UPDATE_RECORD: updateRecord.run,
   DELETE_RECORD: deleteRecord.run,
   CREATE_USER: createUser.run,
 }
 const BUILTIN_DEFINITIONS = {
   SEND_EMAIL: sendEmail.definition,
   SAVE_RECORD: saveRecord.definition,
+  UPDATE_RECORD: updateRecord.definition,
   DELETE_RECORD: deleteRecord.definition,
   CREATE_USER: createUser.definition,
 }
diff --git a/packages/server/src/automations/steps/updateRecord.js b/packages/server/src/automations/steps/updateRecord.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5afe2b7f5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/server/src/automations/steps/updateRecord.js
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+const recordController = require("../../api/controllers/record")
+
+module.exports.definition = {
+  name: "Update Record",
+  tagline: "Update a {{inputs.enriched.model.name}} record",
+  icon: "ri-refresh-fill",
+  description: "Update a record to your database",
+  type: "ACTION",
+  stepId: "UPDATE_RECORD",
+  inputs: {},
+  schema: {
+    inputs: {
+      properties: {
+        record: {
+          type: "object",
+          customType: "record",
+          title: "Record",
+        },
+        recordId: {
+          type: "string",
+          title: "Record ID",
+        },
+      },
+      required: ["record", "recordId"],
+    },
+    outputs: {
+      properties: {
+        record: {
+          type: "object",
+          customType: "record",
+          description: "The updated record",
+        },
+        response: {
+          type: "object",
+          description: "The response from the table",
+        },
+        success: {
+          type: "boolean",
+          description: "Whether the action was successful",
+        },
+        id: {
+          type: "string",
+          description: "The identifier of the updated record",
+        },
+        revision: {
+          type: "string",
+          description: "The revision of the updated record",
+        },
+      },
+      required: ["success", "id", "revision"],
+    },
+  },
+}
+
+module.exports.run = async function({ inputs, instanceId }) {
+  if (inputs.recordId == null || inputs.record == null) {
+    return
+  }
+
+  // clear any falsy properties so that they aren't updated
+  for (let propKey of Object.keys(inputs.record)) {
+    if (!inputs.record[propKey] || inputs.record[propKey] === "") {
+      delete inputs.record[propKey]
+    }
+  }
+
+  // have to clean up the record, remove the model from it
+  const ctx = {
+    params: {
+      id: inputs.recordId,
+    },
+    request: {
+      body: inputs.record,
+    },
+    user: { instanceId },
+  }
+
+  try {
+    await recordController.patch(ctx)
+    return {
+      record: ctx.body,
+      response: ctx.message,
+      id: ctx.body._id,
+      revision: ctx.body._rev,
+      success: ctx.status === 200,
+    }
+  } catch (err) {
+    console.error(err)
+    return {
+      success: false,
+      response: err,
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/server/src/automations/thread.js b/packages/server/src/automations/thread.js
index 30eed75aa4..e4fef62211 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/automations/thread.js
+++ b/packages/server/src/automations/thread.js
@@ -109,14 +109,18 @@ class Orchestrator {
       step.inputs = recurseMustache(step.inputs, this._context)
       step.inputs = cleanInputValue(step.inputs, step.schema.inputs)
       // instanceId is always passed
-      const outputs = await stepFn({
-        inputs: step.inputs,
-        instanceId: this._instanceId,
-      })
-      if (step.stepId === FILTER_STEP_ID && !outputs.success) {
-        break
+      try {
+        const outputs = await stepFn({
+          inputs: step.inputs,
+          instanceId: this._instanceId,
+        })
+        if (step.stepId === FILTER_STEP_ID && !outputs.success) {
+          break
+        }
+        this._context.steps.push(outputs)
+      } catch (err) {
+        console.error(`Automation error - ${step.stepId} - ${err}`)
       }
-      this._context.steps.push(outputs)
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/server/src/automations/triggers.js b/packages/server/src/automations/triggers.js
index e57ae66a82..d1d393347c 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/automations/triggers.js
+++ b/packages/server/src/automations/triggers.js
@@ -36,8 +36,16 @@ const BUILTIN_DEFINITIONS = {
             customType: "record",
             description: "The new record that was saved",
           },
+          id: {
+            type: "string",
+            description: "Record ID - can be used for updating",
+          },
+          revision: {
+            type: "string",
+            description: "Revision of record",
+          },
         },
-        required: ["record"],
+        required: ["record", "id"],
       },
     },
     type: "TRIGGER",
@@ -69,7 +77,7 @@ const BUILTIN_DEFINITIONS = {
             description: "The record that was deleted",
           },
         },
-        required: ["record"],
+        required: ["record", "id"],
       },
     },
     type: "TRIGGER",