Deactivated nodes did run

Questions
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Problem

So in order to test the beginning of my flow that has a loop, I have deactivated the steps after, which had a loop.

And when triggering the webhook, it just completely froze my Railway and n8n.
And when I look at the execution, the loop has this grey line that would actually make sense meaning that the workflow has been in a sort of invinite loop.

Has anyone encountered that ?

And how should I test that instead ?

What is the error message (if any)?

Please share your workflow

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(Select the nodes on your canvas and use the keyboard shortcuts CMD+C/CTRL+C and CMD+V/CTRL+V to copy and paste the workflow.)

Share the output returned by the last node

Information on your n8n setup

  • n8n version: 1.97.1
  • Database (default: SQLite): Postgres
  • n8n EXECUTIONS_PROCESS setting (default: own, main): main
  • Running n8n via (Docker, npm, n8n cloud, desktop app): Railway
  • Operating system: Mac OS
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Hi @Matthieu_ApolloDev,
When you deactivate a node, it will not be executed; the workflow will skip it.
Please make sure to save the workflow after making any changes.

However, if you deactivate an important node that is essential for the workflow to run smoothly, it may cause the workflow to fail.