diff --git a/lightbeam/send.py b/lightbeam/send.py
index 9668149..47c8808 100644
--- a/lightbeam/send.py
+++ b/lightbeam/send.py
@@ -43,32 +43,41 @@ def send(self):
             self.lightbeam.log_status_reasons()
         
         ### Create structured output results_file if necessary
+        self.end_timestamp = datetime.datetime.now()
+        self.metadata.update({
+            "completed_at": self.end_timestamp.isoformat(timespec='microseconds'),
+            "runtime_sec": (self.end_timestamp - self.start_timestamp).total_seconds(),
+            "total_records_processed": sum(item['records_processed'] for item in self.metadata["resources"].values()),
+            "total_records_skipped": sum(item['records_skipped'] for item in self.metadata["resources"].values()),
+            "total_records_failed": sum(item['records_failed'] for item in self.metadata["resources"].values())
+        })
+        # total up counts by message and status
+        for resource, resource_metadata in self.metadata["resources"].items():
+            if "failed_statuses" in resource_metadata.keys():
+                for status, status_metadata in resource_metadata["failed_statuses"].items():
+                    total_num_errs = 0
+                    for message, message_metadata in status_metadata.items():
+                        for file, file_metadata in message_metadata["files"].items():
+                            num_errs = len(file_metadata["line_numbers"])
+                            file_metadata.update({
+                                "count": num_errs,
+                                "line_numbers": ",".join(str(x) for x in file_metadata["line_numbers"])
+                            })
+                            total_num_errs += num_errs
+                    status_metadata.update({"count": total_num_errs})
+        
         if self.lightbeam.results_file:
-            self.end_timestamp = datetime.datetime.now()
-            self.metadata.update({
-                "completed_at": self.end_timestamp.isoformat(timespec='microseconds'),
-                "runtime_sec": (self.end_timestamp - self.start_timestamp).total_seconds(),
-                "total_records_processed": sum(item['records_processed'] for item in self.metadata["resources"].values()),
-                "total_records_skipped": sum(item['records_skipped'] for item in self.metadata["resources"].values()),
-                "total_records_failed": sum(item['records_failed'] for item in self.metadata["resources"].values())
-            })
-            # total up counts by message and status
-            for resource, resource_metadata in self.metadata["resources"].items():
-                if "failed_statuses" in resource_metadata.keys():
-                    for status, status_metadata in resource_metadata["failed_statuses"].items():
-                        total_num_errs = 0
-                        for message, message_metadata in status_metadata.items():
-                            for file, file_metadata in message_metadata["files"].items():
-                                num_errs = len(file_metadata["line_numbers"])
-                                file_metadata.update({
-                                    "count": num_errs,
-                                    "line_numbers": ",".join(str(x) for x in file_metadata["line_numbers"])
-                                })
-                                total_num_errs += num_errs
-                        status_metadata.update({"count": total_num_errs})
             with open(self.lightbeam.results_file, 'w') as fp:
                 fp.write(json.dumps(self.metadata, indent=4))
 
+        if self.metadata["total_records_processed"] == self.metadata["total_records_skipped"]:
+            self.logger.info("all payloads skipped")
+            exit(99) # signal to downstream tasks (in Airflow) all payloads skipped
+        
+        if self.metadata["total_records_processed"] == self.metadata["total_records_failed"]:
+            self.logger.info("all payloads failed")
+            exit(1) # signal to downstream tasks (in Airflow) all payloads failed
+
 
     # Sends a single endpoint
     async def do_send(self, endpoint):