My active toggle has disappeared after upgrading last night on n8n cloud

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Describe the problem/error/question

On my workflows, the active toggle is missing, so I don’t know whether the workflow is active or not. This was after an upgrade last night to the latest version of n8n cloud.

What is the error message (if any)?

No error message.

Please share your workflow

(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.) - No need for workflow - the toggle is missing

Share the output returned by the last node

Information on your n8n setup

  • n8n version: 2.0.2
  • Database (default: SQLite):
  • n8n EXECUTIONS_PROCESS setting (default: own, main):
  • Running n8n via (Docker, npm, n8n cloud, desktop app): n8n cloud
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It was replace by the Publish button. You can unpublish the workflow(deactivate) from the dropdown menu on the right.

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I see published objects which should not be active

Screenshot 2025-12-16 at 12.35.47.pngThe top workflow is a backup / has never been published - but is now appearing as published / (you say active)

If I check through the API - it does not appear at active (published)

Something screwy going on here

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So are we saying that if its published - its now active ? The API does not align with this - when I pull for workflows with state value - all the published ones are not active

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I just checked the Get Many Workflows operation with Return only active workflows toggled on, it works fine.

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Thanks for your help here I agree with what you are saying - but I am seeing published workflows in the UI which are not active in the api - are you saying there are the same state ? because I see a discrepancies here

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Does ‘Active=Publish’ mean that private workflows no longer exist?

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Hi guys. I’ve got the same problem.

“Activate” toggle is now missing in my self-hosted n8n. I understand that it was replaced with “publish” functionality, but even though my workflow is not published, it keeps running by itself – I have “schedule” trigger that fires no matter the fact that the workflow is unpublished.

Another bothering fact is that in the documentation, for example this v2 release post, you can clearly see that “activate” toggle is still present on screenshots of the interface. Same in other posts.

Something definitely is not right.

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I immediately regret allowing an upgrade through last night. I now have a broken “Activate” toggle from v1 that does nothing but give a false “Success” message but then shows as untoggled. And I have no publish button.

n8n, what gives? This is junk.

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This was the worst update ever, I’m not able to use my worflow anymore, I created a new one, but I’m only able to use it with the Test URL, so I have to click “Listen for Test Event” everytime… which makes impossible to move forward. The fact I have the project “published” does not make it “active” to work with webhook triggers.

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