Hi everyone, This is the second time this week that my password suddenly stopped working on my self-hosted n8n instance. I tried everything — password reset, checking logs — but nothing worked. I ended up having to reinstall th

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Hi everyone, This is the second time this week that my password suddenly stopped working on my self-hosted n8n instance. I tried everything — password reset, checking logs — but nothing worked. but nothing worked. I ended up having to reinstall the entire server just to regain access.

Has anyone else experienced this issue? Any idea what might be causing it or how to prevent it? I really need a more stable solution, as this has disrupted my workflow significantly.

Any help or guidance would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance!

— Jean

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This has never happened to me before. I run several self-hosted instances, and they all work without any issues.

However, a complete reinstallation is not necessary. You can reset the user accounts with n8n user-management:reset (or docker exec -it n8n n8n user-management:reset when you are using docker). Your workflows and credentials will be saved!
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