Li_Jia
November 16, 2025, 10:39am
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I currently only have four workflows. Why is this happening?
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Information on your n8n setup
n8n version: 1.119.2
Database (default: SQLite): Postgre Sql
n8n EXECUTIONS_PROCESS setting (default: own, main):
Running n8n via (Docker, npm, n8n cloud, desktop app): docker
Operating system: ubuntu
Jekylls
November 16, 2025, 6:05pm
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Hello @Li_Jia for docker you can change the environment variable to unrestrict the file max size. have in mind this is not in relation to separate workflows sizes. this error is for this one workflow’s file that is exceeding the limit. if you wish to reduce the file size instead then please share the canvas so I can replicate and review on my side.
version: ‘3.8’
services:
n8n:
image: n8nio/n8n
environment:
N8N_DEFAULT_BINARY_DATA_MODE=filesystem
N8N_MAX_PAYLOAD_SIZE=1GB
EXECUTIONS_DATA_SAVE_MANUAL_EXECUTIONS=true
volumes:
n8n_data:/home/node/.n8n
Li_Jia
November 17, 2025, 1:42pm
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Jekylls:
N8N_DEFAULT_BINARY_DATA_MODE=filesystem
N8N_MAX_PAYLOAD_SIZE=1GB
EXECUTIONS_DATA_SAVE_MANUAL_EXECUTIONS=true
Thank you for your reply. I reinstalled my n8n and added two environment variables, hoping it will work. N8N_PAYLOAD_SIZE_MAX: 512
EXECUTIONS_DATA_PRUNE: “true”
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Jekylls
November 17, 2025, 1:47pm
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Let me know how that goes!
N8N_PAYLOAD_SIZE_MAX: 512 ← this needs to be bigger then 512 - try 1GB
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Li_Jia
November 18, 2025, 1:23am
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Currently It does work. May be run failed in the future after creating a lot workflow.
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Jekylls
November 18, 2025, 6:01am
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Glad to hear @Li_Jia - please mark comment as solution if you can
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December 4, 2025, 5:45am
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