Duplicating workflow causes credentials to reset

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Basically, when I duplicate a workflow and have a node that has more than 1 credential/connection, it will reset to the default credential as if I created that node through the add node menu

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This is just a screenshot of 3 of the nodes but it happens to all of the ones that use credentials.

Information on your n8n setup

  • n8n version: 1.77.3
  • Database (default: SQLite): Postgres
  • n8n EXECUTIONS_PROCESS setting (default: own, main): Queue mode?
  • Running n8n via (Docker, npm, n8n cloud, desktop app): Docker
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This is a known issue in n8n where duplicating workflows doesn’t properly preserve credential selections for nodes with multiple credential options. To work around this:

  1. After duplicating, manually re-select the correct credentials for each affected node
  2. Consider using the Export/Import feature instead:
  • Export the original workflow
  • Import it as a new workflow
  • This sometimes preserves credential selections better than the duplicate function

This issue has been reported to the n8n team and should be fixed in future releases.

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