ENOSPC: no space left on device

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Describe the problem/error/question

Not able to start execute new workflow due to error

What is the error message (if any)?

NodeApiError: ENOSPC: no space left on device, mkdir '/home/node/.n8n/binaryData/workflows/

Please share your workflow

Share the output returned by the last node

Information on your n8n setup

  • n8n version: 2.9.4
  • Database (default: SQLite): SQLite
  • n8n EXECUTIONS_PROCESS setting (default: own, main):
  • Running n8n via (Docker, npm, n8n cloud, desktop app):
  • Operating system:
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Hi @yok_chen Welcome to the community!
This means exactly what the errors is telling, your self hosted n8n instance has ran out of storage, consider increasing the storage or freeing up some, or you can try this:

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It’s a cloud hosted instance and we cant do the command line to remove SQLite data

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understood @yok_chen consider freeing up space by going to Admin Panel → Manage → Executions to Save and deselecting unnecessary execution types.

Also if the issue persists consider reaching out to [email protected] for inspection.