# Inactive Workflow Keeps Executing

**URL:** <https://community.n8n.io/t/inactive-workflow-keeps-executing/150284>\
**Category:** Questions\
**Created:** [July 16, 2025, 1:10am UTC](https://community.n8n.io/t/inactive-workflow-keeps-executing/150284 "2025-07-16T01:10:52Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Alyra\_Technology](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/n8n/user_avatar/community.n8n.io/alyra_technology/32/100486_2.png) [@Alyra\_Technology](https://community.n8n.io/u/Alyra_Technology)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2025, 1:10am UTC](https://community.n8n.io/t/inactive-workflow-keeps-executing/150284/1 "2025-07-16T01:10:52Z")

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escribe the problem/error/question  
My inactive workflows are triggering!

2 workflows:

- Alyra - Retrieve Email Responses
- Pillar PEO- Retrieve Email Responses

They are BOTH inactive, and the trigger nodes are deactivated. However, they executed over 500 times overnight, using 1/5 of my credits…

## What is the error message (if any)?

No error messages

## Please share your workflow/screenshots/recording

[https://www.loom.com/share/45142100e93146dbbd30b6691509eec3](https://www.loom.com/share/45142100e93146dbbd30b6691509eec3)

```auto
(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.)
⚠️ WARNING ⚠️ If you have sensitive data in your workflow (like API keys), please remove it before sharing.

```

DEACTIVATED IMAP TRIGGER NODE that keeps running ☹

{  
“nodes”: [  
{  
“parameters”: {  
“options”: {  
“forceReconnect”: 60  
}  
},  
“type”: “n8n-nodes-base.emailReadImap”,  
“typeVersion”: 2,  
“position”: [  
-400,  
0  
],  
“id”: “c664d0e1-60ac-42a1-a6ed-2e903c7c4945”,  
“name”: “[will.v@alyratechdata.com](mailto:will.v@alyratechdata.com)”,  
“credentials”: {  
“imap”: {  
“id”: “jfLiA80o21K59iyQ”,  
“name”: “[will.v@alyratechdata.com](mailto:will.v@alyratechdata.com)”  
}  
},  
“disabled”: true  
}  
],  
“connections”: {  
“[will.v@alyratechdata.com](mailto:will.v@alyratechdata.com)”: {  
“main”: [  
  
]  
}  
},  
“pinData”: {},  
“meta”: {  
“templateCredsSetupCompleted”: true,  
“instanceId”: “cf4a68d0b9cf99b170b28eda6dc67551ca52c87830d832d24173d3abf7ad6cb9”  
}  
}

## Share the output returned by the last node

I expect this node to not trigger, becasue the workflow is not active and the trigger nodes are all deactivated

#[details=“instance information”]

# Debug info

### core

- n8nVersion: 1.98.0
- platform: docker (cloud)
- nodeJsVersion: 22.16.0
- database: sqlite
- executionMode: regular
- concurrency: 5
- license: community

### storage

- success: all
- error: all
- progress: false
- manual: true
- binaryMode: filesystem

### pruning

- enabled: true
- maxAge: 168 hours
- maxCount: 2500 executions

### client

- userAgent: mozilla/5.0 (macintosh; intel mac os x 10\_15\_7) applewebkit/537.36 (khtml, like gecko) chrome/137.0.0.0 safari/537.36
- isTouchDevice: false

Generated at: 2025-07-15T13:17:31.767Z}  
[/details]

## Information on your n8n setup

- **n8n version:**
- **Database (SQLite):**
- **n8n EXECUTIONS\_PROCESS setting (default: own workflow):**
- **Running n8n via n8n cloud**
- **Mac OS Sequoia 15.5**

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**Author:** ![Govind\_Singh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/838e76/32.png) [@Govind\_Singh](https://community.n8n.io/u/Govind_Singh)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2025, 10:35am UTC](https://community.n8n.io/t/inactive-workflow-keeps-executing/150284/2 "2025-07-16T10:35:35Z")

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Hi there,  
Try activating the flow, then deactivating it and refreshing the page so it won’t be triggered further. If there is a scheduled trigger, also remove it from the flow or disconnect it.

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**Author:** ![Alyra\_Technology](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/n8n/user_avatar/community.n8n.io/alyra_technology/32/100486_2.png) [@Alyra\_Technology](https://community.n8n.io/u/Alyra_Technology)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2025, 1:06am UTC](https://community.n8n.io/t/inactive-workflow-keeps-executing/150284/3 "2025-07-18T01:06:04Z")

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Is there an admin that can refund me my executions because of the software bug? I love n8n, but unfortunately because of this bug, all of my executions are now gone.

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**Author:** ![Govind\_Singh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/838e76/32.png) [@Govind\_Singh](https://community.n8n.io/u/Govind_Singh)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2025, 8:44am UTC](https://community.n8n.io/t/inactive-workflow-keeps-executing/150284/4 "2025-07-18T08:44:43Z")

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I dont think so you will get your refund.

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**Author:** ![system](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/n8n/user_avatar/community.n8n.io/system/32/195824_2.png) [@system](https://community.n8n.io/u/system)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2025, 8:45am UTC](https://community.n8n.io/t/inactive-workflow-keeps-executing/150284/5 "2025-10-16T08:45:12Z")

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Closed on October 16, 2025, 8:45am UTC

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