Describe the problem/error/question
Checked my workflows and all previous executions from the past few months are gone. My workflow settings were set to save all executions for all workflows but they have all disappeared.
Hello! What plan do you have?
Based on the plan you have, you will be able to check a longer window of executions.
For instance starter and Pro only offer 1 and 5 days of workflow history, respectively.
Hi @lukeluke
Since I don’t have access to your instance details, I can’t pinpoint exactly what happened, but here’s how to narrow it down:
If you’re self-hosted: Check the environment variables on your deployment, specifically EXECUTIONS_DATA_PRUNE, EXECUTIONS_DATA_MAX_AGE, EXECUTIONS_DATA_PRUNE_MAX_COUNT, and the various EXECUTIONS_DATA_SAVE_* flags. These control what gets kept and what gets deleted.
If you’re on n8n Cloud: Compare what you’re seeing with the retention limits for your plan. If the data loss doesn’t match those limits, reach out to [email protected] with your workspace URL and details so they can check if there was any manual pruning or an incident on their end.
If you let me know whether you’re on Cloud or self-hosted (and if self-hosted, share your relevant env vars), I can help figure out what likely caused this.