Emails are being sent at 1:17 AM despite inactive workflows and no logged executions in n8n

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Describe the problem/error/question

I scheduled a workflow with a trigger to send emails via Brevo at 10:10 AM, and it works correctly at that time. However, we are also observing unexpected email sends at around 1:17 AM, even though:

  • All related workflows are marked as inactive in n8n.
  • There are no executions logged in the executions panel around 1:17 AM.
  • These emails are still going out from Brevo daily without any visible trigger or manual run.

I would like to understand why this is happening, whether there could be a caching or scheduling issue in n8n, and how to stop it.

What is the error message (if any)?

There is no error message. The issue is that emails are being sent without any visible workflow execution or active trigger.

Please share your workflow

(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

N/A – no executions are recorded at the unexpected time (1:17 AM).

Information on your n8n setup

  • n8n version: 1.100.1
  • Database (default: SQLite): Default
  • n8n EXECUTIONS_PROCESS setting (default: own, main): Default
  • Running n8n via (Docker, npm, n8n cloud, desktop app): n8n cloud
  • Operating system: Via n8n Cloud
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Hey @asthavig12

Are you the owner of the account?

It seems to me that there might be another user that created a workflow which you do not see and their workflow is the one which is running.

Hope this helps,

Y

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Hi Yaniv,
I am the admin of the account. There is no other workflow which is active or running at the moment. I believe this is something to do with previous execution which is cached. I am looking for an urgent solution to this problem as external parties are involved in this.