diff --git a/packages/backend-core/src/db/couch/DatabaseImpl.ts b/packages/backend-core/src/db/couch/DatabaseImpl.ts
index 2b37526dde..8ca20bf8e1 100644
--- a/packages/backend-core/src/db/couch/DatabaseImpl.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-core/src/db/couch/DatabaseImpl.ts
@@ -211,6 +211,17 @@ export class DatabaseImpl implements Database {
     })
   }
 
+  async tryGet<T extends Document>(id?: string): Promise<T | undefined> {
+    try {
+      return await this.get<T>(id)
+    } catch (err: any) {
+      if (err.statusCode === 404) {
+        return undefined
+      }
+      throw err
+    }
+  }
+
   async getMultiple<T extends Document>(
     ids: string[],
     opts?: { allowMissing?: boolean; excludeDocs?: boolean }
diff --git a/packages/backend-core/src/db/instrumentation.ts b/packages/backend-core/src/db/instrumentation.ts
index 7026224564..e08bfc0362 100644
--- a/packages/backend-core/src/db/instrumentation.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-core/src/db/instrumentation.ts
@@ -42,6 +42,13 @@ export class DDInstrumentedDatabase implements Database {
     })
   }
 
+  tryGet<T extends Document>(id?: string | undefined): Promise<T | undefined> {
+    return tracer.trace("db.tryGet", span => {
+      span?.addTags({ db_name: this.name, doc_id: id })
+      return this.db.tryGet(id)
+    })
+  }
+
   getMultiple<T extends Document>(
     ids: string[],
     opts?: { allowMissing?: boolean | undefined } | undefined
diff --git a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/rowAction/crud.ts b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/rowAction/crud.ts
index 67b6d9383e..ca84b2ea30 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/rowAction/crud.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/rowAction/crud.ts
@@ -21,14 +21,15 @@ export async function find(ctx: Ctx<void, RowActionsResponse>) {
   const table = await getTable(ctx)
   const tableId = table._id!
 
-  if (!(await sdk.rowActions.docExists(tableId))) {
+  const rowActions = await sdk.rowActions.getAll(tableId)
+  if (!rowActions) {
     ctx.body = {
       actions: {},
     }
     return
   }
 
-  const { actions } = await sdk.rowActions.getAll(tableId)
+  const { actions } = rowActions
   const result: RowActionsResponse = {
     actions: Object.entries(actions).reduce<Record<string, RowActionResponse>>(
       (acc, [key, action]) => ({
diff --git a/packages/server/src/sdk/app/automations/utils.ts b/packages/server/src/sdk/app/automations/utils.ts
index 2ce0012b6a..f3bd77c012 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/sdk/app/automations/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/sdk/app/automations/utils.ts
@@ -26,13 +26,13 @@ export async function getBuilderData(
     return tableNameCache[tableId]
   }
 
-  const rowActionNameCache: Record<string, TableRowActions> = {}
+  const rowActionNameCache: Record<string, TableRowActions | undefined> = {}
   async function getRowActionName(tableId: string, rowActionId: string) {
     if (!rowActionNameCache[tableId]) {
       rowActionNameCache[tableId] = await sdk.rowActions.getAll(tableId)
     }
 
-    return rowActionNameCache[tableId].actions[rowActionId]?.name
+    return rowActionNameCache[tableId]?.actions[rowActionId]?.name
   }
 
   const result: Record<string, AutomationBuilderData> = {}
@@ -51,6 +51,10 @@ export async function getBuilderData(
     const tableName = await getTableName(tableId)
     const rowActionName = await getRowActionName(tableId, rowActionId)
 
+    if (!rowActionName) {
+      throw new Error(`Row action not found: ${rowActionId}`)
+    }
+
     result[automation._id!] = {
       displayName: `${tableName}: ${automation.name}`,
       triggerInfo: {
diff --git a/packages/server/src/sdk/app/rowActions.ts b/packages/server/src/sdk/app/rowActions.ts
index 958401b8b9..3d8a6fd9be 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/sdk/app/rowActions.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/sdk/app/rowActions.ts
@@ -103,13 +103,17 @@ export async function get(tableId: string, rowActionId: string) {
 export async function getAll(tableId: string) {
   const db = context.getAppDB()
   const rowActionsId = generateRowActionsID(tableId)
-  return await db.get<TableRowActions>(rowActionsId)
+  return await db.tryGet<TableRowActions>(rowActionsId)
 }
 
 export async function deleteAll(tableId: string) {
   const db = context.getAppDB()
 
   const doc = await getAll(tableId)
+  if (!doc) {
+    return
+  }
+
   const automationIds = Object.values(doc.actions).map(a => a.automationId)
   const automations = await db.getMultiple<Automation>(automationIds)
 
@@ -238,9 +242,8 @@ export async function run(tableId: any, rowActionId: any, rowId: string) {
     throw new HTTPError("Table not found", 404)
   }
 
-  const { actions } = await getAll(tableId)
-
-  const rowAction = actions[rowActionId]
+  const rowActions = await getAll(tableId)
+  const rowAction = rowActions?.actions[rowActionId]
   if (!rowAction) {
     throw new HTTPError("Row action not found", 404)
   }
diff --git a/packages/types/src/sdk/db.ts b/packages/types/src/sdk/db.ts
index 49baaa5bb1..b679d6e182 100644
--- a/packages/types/src/sdk/db.ts
+++ b/packages/types/src/sdk/db.ts
@@ -129,7 +129,12 @@ export interface Database {
   name: string
 
   exists(): Promise<boolean>
+  /**
+   * @deprecated the plan is to get everything using `tryGet` instead, then rename
+   * `tryGet` to `get`.
+   */
   get<T extends Document>(id?: string): Promise<T>
+  tryGet<T extends Document>(id?: string): Promise<T | undefined>
   exists(docId: string): Promise<boolean>
   getMultiple<T extends Document>(
     ids: string[],