# Cannot stop a workflow

**URL:** <https://community.n8n.io/t/cannot-stop-a-workflow/59028>\
**Category:** Questions\
**Created:** [October 18, 2024, 8:48pm UTC](https://community.n8n.io/t/cannot-stop-a-workflow/59028 "2024-10-18T20:48:15Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Brad\_Fraser](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/n8n/user_avatar/community.n8n.io/brad_fraser/32/46703_2.png) [@Brad\_Fraser](https://community.n8n.io/u/Brad_Fraser)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2024, 8:48pm UTC](https://community.n8n.io/t/cannot-stop-a-workflow/59028/1 "2024-10-18T20:48:15Z")

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Hey team, when I test a workflow usually I can hit the stop button and it stops. Now when I try to stop it will not stop. It was working great yesterday on the same workflow not now.

 ![image](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/n8n/original/3X/0/c/0c20923e84f0218d5160dd717df9a166b494688f.png)

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**Author:** ![n8n](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/n8n/user_avatar/community.n8n.io/n8n/32/196425_2.png) [@n8n](https://community.n8n.io/u/n8n)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2024, 8:48pm UTC](https://community.n8n.io/t/cannot-stop-a-workflow/59028/2 "2024-10-18T20:48:17Z")

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It looks like your topic is missing some important information. Could you provide the following if applicable.

- **n8n version:**
- **Database (default: SQLite):**
- **n8n EXECUTIONS\_PROCESS setting (default: own, main):**
- **Running n8n via (Docker, npm, n8n cloud, desktop app):**
- **Operating system:**

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**Author:** ![ria](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/n8n/user_avatar/community.n8n.io/ria/32/99251_2.png) [@ria](https://community.n8n.io/u/ria)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2024, 2:06pm UTC](https://community.n8n.io/t/cannot-stop-a-workflow/59028/3 "2024-10-22T14:06:30Z")

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Hi @Brad_Fraser

Thanks for posting here and welcome to the community! 🍰

Which version of n8n are you using?  
After you click “stop” can you refresh the page and see if the workflow is still running? This might just be a UI bug.  
You can also check your execution log if you see the execution that you tried to stop there.

Thanks for letting us know your findings!

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**Author:** ![Manu\_Jain](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/n8n/user_avatar/community.n8n.io/manu_jain/32/44805_2.png) [@Manu\_Jain](https://community.n8n.io/u/Manu_Jain)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2024, 11:44am UTC](https://community.n8n.io/t/cannot-stop-a-workflow/59028/4 "2024-12-09T11:44:57Z")

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Hi ria,  
i’m facing the same problem every now and then, last time i have to deploy the whole new instance with new db to fix the issue,  
is there any fix for this error,

- \*\*n8n version: 1.59.3
- \*\*Database :postgress
- **n8n EXECUTIONS\_PROCESS setting (default: own, main):**
- **Running n8n via helm with k8s:**
- \*\*Operating system:linux

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**Author:** ![ria](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/n8n/user_avatar/community.n8n.io/ria/32/99251_2.png) [@ria](https://community.n8n.io/u/ria)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2024, 12:00pm UTC](https://community.n8n.io/t/cannot-stop-a-workflow/59028/5 "2024-12-09T12:00:46Z")

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Hi @Manu_Jain

Since you’re still on a quite old version of n8n I would suggest to update and see it the issue persist, as we had released a few improvements recently that could have an effect on this.

Make sure to check out our release notes as well:

> **[Release notes | n8n Docs](https://docs.n8n.io/release-notes/)**
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> Release notes detailing new features and bug fixes for n8n.

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**Author:** ![system](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/n8n/user_avatar/community.n8n.io/system/32/195824_2.png) [@system](https://community.n8n.io/u/system)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2025, 12:00pm UTC](https://community.n8n.io/t/cannot-stop-a-workflow/59028/6 "2025-03-09T12:00:50Z")

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Closed on March 9, 2025, 12:00pm UTC

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