Describe the problem/error/question I have a workflow that starts with a webhook trigger and ends with a respond to webhook node. The respond to webhook node however occasionally returns status code 499 while the execution in n8n doesn’t show any error and the respond to webhook node displays the ex…

Hi @Erhan_Ozturk is this a flow that runs a bit longer? So it would be done succesfully but not in time for the client and it gives this sorta timeout?

This is likely related to some changes we made to the reverse-proxy we use in n8n cloud. We are investigating now.

I dont think thats the issue. The execution time for the workflow is always around 2 seconds. Although the executions that show status code 499 in Postman do take a bit longer than the executions that show the proper output

Webhook occasionally returns status code 499

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netroy April 11, 2024, 3:48pm 5

Sorry for the troubles this caused. The issue is fixed now.
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Webhook occasionally returns status code 499

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