Error on partial execution (too large data for it)

Describe the problem/error/question

When I execute just a part of workflow, I get this error:
Please execute the whole workflow, rather than just the node. (Existing execution data is too large.)

Does it mean my workflow is too long for testing?

“Test workflow” works fine, but I need to execute just a part of the workflow for testing purposes.

Information on your n8n setup

  • n8n version: 1.53.2
  • Database (default: SQLite): default
  • n8n EXECUTIONS_PROCESS setting (default: own, main): default
  • Running n8n via (Docker, npm, n8n cloud, desktop app): docker-compose
  • Operating system: Ubuntu 22

Hi @artildo, the error message is triggered when you try to run a workflow that has too much data for the server to handle. It might be the difference in how data is processed in partial execution vs running the entire workflow. Have you tried enabling the nodes you want to test, disabling the rest and then running the entire workflow to test the part out?

Hi aya,

Nope, I launched some intermediate node. At some point the data flow stopped with an error, and it even didn’t reach the node. I can’t disable nodes before the node. And disabling nodes after would be tedious.

I can’t understand, I used to download pretty large amount of text data like web page content. Sometimes it even couldn’t be rendered but still moved to the node I clicked.

i have the same problem with a slightly smaller workflow of 8 nodes. i am doing a http request and getting a somehow large json back (5 megabytes) which i need to process.

same here with 4.8 mb of data

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