Code Node Task request was timed out after 60 seconds

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I am struggling to make the node run with Python and JavaScript but I always encounter the task request timed out after 60 seconds error. I have observed the latest change in runners via documentation and through various forum posts but I can’t still get it running correctly.

I am self-hosting n8n on my VPS managed via coolify. Thus I install everything using Coolify. This is my containers compose file.

services:
  n8n:
    image: n8nio/n8n
    environment:
      - SERVICE_URL_N8N_5678
      - 'N8N_EDITOR_BASE_URL=${SERVICE_URL_N8N}'
      - 'WEBHOOK_URL=${SERVICE_URL_N8N}'
      - 'N8N_HOST=${SERVICE_URL_N8N}'
      - 'N8N_PROTOCOL=${N8N_PROTOCOL:-https}'
      - 'GENERIC_TIMEZONE=${GENERIC_TIMEZONE:-UTC}'
      - 'TZ=${TZ:-UTC}'
      - DB_TYPE=postgresdb
      - 'DB_POSTGRESDB_DATABASE=${POSTGRES_DB:-n8n}'
      - DB_POSTGRESDB_HOST=postgresql
      - DB_POSTGRESDB_PORT=5432
      - DB_POSTGRESDB_USER=$SERVICE_USER_POSTGRES
      - DB_POSTGRESDB_SCHEMA=public
      - DB_POSTGRESDB_PASSWORD=$SERVICE_PASSWORD_POSTGRES
      - EXECUTIONS_MODE=queue
      - QUEUE_BULL_REDIS_HOST=redis
      - QUEUE_HEALTH_CHECK_ACTIVE=true
      - 'N8N_ENCRYPTION_KEY=${SERVICE_PASSWORD_ENCRYPTION}'
      - 'N8N_RUNNERS_ENABLED=${N8N_RUNNERS_ENABLED:-true}'
      - 'N8N_RUNNERS_MODE=${N8N_RUNNERS_MODE:-external}'
      - 'N8N_RUNNERS_BROKER_LISTEN_ADDRESS=${N8N_RUNNERS_BROKER_LISTEN_ADDRESS:-0.0.0.0}'
      - 'N8N_RUNNERS_BROKER_PORT=${N8N_RUNNERS_BROKER_PORT:-5679}'
      - N8N_RUNNERS_AUTH_TOKEN=$SERVICE_PASSWORD_N8N
      - 'N8N_NATIVE_PYTHON_RUNNER=${N8N_NATIVE_PYTHON_RUNNER:-true}'
      - 'N8N_RUNNERS_MAX_CONCURRENCY=${N8N_RUNNERS_MAX_CONCURRENCY:-5}'
      - OFFLOAD_MANUAL_EXECUTIONS_TO_WORKERS=true
      - 'N8N_BLOCK_ENV_ACCESS_IN_NODE=${N8N_BLOCK_ENV_ACCESS_IN_NODE:-true}'
      - 'N8N_GIT_NODE_DISABLE_BARE_REPOS=${N8N_GIT_NODE_DISABLE_BARE_REPOS:-true}'
      - 'N8N_ENFORCE_SETTINGS_FILE_PERMISSIONS=${N8N_ENFORCE_SETTINGS_FILE_PERMISSIONS:-true}'
      - 'N8N_PROXY_HOPS=${N8N_PROXY_HOPS:-1}'
      - 'N8N_SKIP_AUTH_ON_OAUTH_CALLBACK=${N8N_SKIP_AUTH_ON_OAUTH_CALLBACK:-false}'
    volumes:
      - 'n8n-data:/home/node/.n8n'
      - '/opt/n8n-data:/data'
    depends_on:
      postgresql:
        condition: service_healthy
      redis:
        condition: service_healthy
    healthcheck:
      test:
        - CMD-SHELL
        - 'wget -qO- http://127.0.0.1:5678/'
      interval: 5s
      timeout: 20s
      retries: 10
  n8n-worker:
    image: n8nio/n8n
    command: worker
    environment:
      - 'GENERIC_TIMEZONE=${GENERIC_TIMEZONE:-UTC}'
      - 'TZ=${TZ:-UTC}'
      - DB_TYPE=postgresdb
      - 'DB_POSTGRESDB_DATABASE=${POSTGRES_DB:-n8n}'
      - DB_POSTGRESDB_HOST=postgresql
      - DB_POSTGRESDB_PORT=5432
      - DB_POSTGRESDB_USER=$SERVICE_USER_POSTGRES
      - DB_POSTGRESDB_SCHEMA=public
      - DB_POSTGRESDB_PASSWORD=$SERVICE_PASSWORD_POSTGRES
      - EXECUTIONS_MODE=queue
      - QUEUE_BULL_REDIS_HOST=redis
      - QUEUE_HEALTH_CHECK_ACTIVE=true
      - 'N8N_ENCRYPTION_KEY=${SERVICE_PASSWORD_ENCRYPTION}'
      - 'N8N_RUNNERS_ENABLED=${N8N_RUNNERS_ENABLED:-true}'
      - 'N8N_RUNNERS_MODE=${N8N_RUNNERS_MODE:-external}'
      - 'N8N_RUNNERS_BROKER_LISTEN_ADDRESS=${N8N_RUNNERS_BROKER_LISTEN_ADDRESS:-0.0.0.0}'
      - 'N8N_RUNNERS_BROKER_PORT=${N8N_RUNNERS_BROKER_PORT:-5679}'
      - N8N_RUNNERS_AUTH_TOKEN=$SERVICE_PASSWORD_N8N
      - 'N8N_NATIVE_PYTHON_RUNNER=${N8N_NATIVE_PYTHON_RUNNER:-true}'
      - 'N8N_RUNNERS_MAX_CONCURRENCY=${N8N_RUNNERS_MAX_CONCURRENCY:-5}'
      - 'N8N_BLOCK_ENV_ACCESS_IN_NODE=${N8N_BLOCK_ENV_ACCESS_IN_NODE:-true}'
      - 'N8N_GIT_NODE_DISABLE_BARE_REPOS=${N8N_GIT_NODE_DISABLE_BARE_REPOS:-true}'
      - 'N8N_ENFORCE_SETTINGS_FILE_PERMISSIONS=${N8N_ENFORCE_SETTINGS_FILE_PERMISSIONS:-true}'
      - 'N8N_PROXY_HOPS=${N8N_PROXY_HOPS:-1}'
      - 'N8N_SKIP_AUTH_ON_OAUTH_CALLBACK=${N8N_SKIP_AUTH_ON_OAUTH_CALLBACK:-false}'
    volumes:
      - 'n8n-data:/home/node/.n8n'
      - '/opt/n8n-data:/data'
    healthcheck:
      test:
        - CMD-SHELL
        - 'wget -qO- http://127.0.0.1:5678/healthz'
      interval: 5s
      timeout: 20s
      retries: 10
    depends_on:
      n8n:
        condition: service_healthy
      postgresql:
        condition: service_healthy
      redis:
        condition: service_healthy
  postgresql:
    image: 'postgres:16-alpine'
    volumes:
      - 'postgresql-data:/var/lib/postgresql/data'
    environment:
      - POSTGRES_USER=$SERVICE_USER_POSTGRES
      - POSTGRES_PASSWORD=$SERVICE_PASSWORD_POSTGRES
      - 'POSTGRES_DB=${POSTGRES_DB:-n8n}'
    healthcheck:
      test:
        - CMD-SHELL
        - 'pg_isready -U $${POSTGRES_USER} -d $${POSTGRES_DB}'
      interval: 5s
      timeout: 20s
      retries: 10
  redis:
    image: 'redis:6-alpine'
    volumes:
      - 'redis-data:/data'
    healthcheck:
      test:
        - CMD
        - redis-cli
        - ping
      interval: 5s
      timeout: 5s
      retries: 10
  task-runners:
    image: n8nio/runners
    environment:
      - 'N8N_RUNNERS_TASK_BROKER_URI=${N8N_RUNNERS_TASK_BROKER_URI:-http://n8n:5679}'
      - 'N8N_RUNNERS_MODE=${N8N_RUNNERS_MODE:-external}'
      - 'N8N_RUNNERS_ENABLED_TASK_TYPES=javascript,python'
      - N8N_RUNNERS_AUTH_TOKEN=$SERVICE_PASSWORD_N8N
      - 'N8N_RUNNERS_AUTO_SHUTDOWN_TIMEOUT=${N8N_RUNNERS_AUTO_SHUTDOWN_TIMEOUT:-15}'
      - 'N8N_RUNNERS_MAX_CONCURRENCY=${N8N_RUNNERS_MAX_CONCURRENCY:-5}'
    volumes:
      - '/opt/n8n-data:/data'
      - '/var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock'
    depends_on:
      - n8n
    healthcheck:
      test:
        - CMD-SHELL
        - 'wget -qO- http://127.0.0.1:5680/'
      interval: 5s
      timeout: 20s
      retries: 10

N8n version: 2.8.3
Could anyone please look at that and tell me

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Welcome to the n8n community @DonaldGraybeal
change this N8N_RUNNERS_TASK_BROKER_URI=http://n8n-worker:5679 and also increase N8N_RUNNERS_AUTO_SHUTDOWN_TIMEOUT from 15 to 60 seconds and removed the unnecessary volumes and Docker socket from the task-runners service.

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@DonaldGraybeal your task-runners container only connects to http://n8n:5679 but your worker also runs its own broker on 5679 with no runner attached to it — and you have OFFLOAD_MANUAL_EXECUTIONS_TO_WORKERS=true so every manual run lands on the worker where there’s nothing to pick up Code nodes. add a second task-runners service in your compose pointing to http://n8n-worker:5679, that’s the missing piece.