N8n crashes when using Extract text from a PDF file

[shlomi]

Describe the problem/error/question

Hi, the problem started after one of the recent updates.
n8n just crashes when I use node to extract text from a PDF file.

What is the error message (if any)?

n8n jsut crashes - dont see any error

Please share your workflow

Information on your n8n setup

• n8n version: 1.113.3
• Database (default: SQLite): pg
• n8n EXECUTIONS_PROCESS setting (default: own, main): main
• Running n8n via (Docker, npm, n8n cloud, desktop app): docker
• Operating system: linux

[trungtlt]

Any hints on your uploaded files? Like size, number of pages.

[shlomi]

even tried with a blank PDF.

[jabbson]

See if this is the same problem already reported:

Out of Memory when using "Extract from File" node with "Extract From PDF"

[Ahmed_Do]

Same issue, tested on Docker with n8n version 1.113.3
-e N8N_RUNNERS_ENABLED=true
-e N8N_ENFORCE_SETTINGS_FILE_PERMISSIONS=true
-e EXECUTIONS_DATA_PRUNE=true
-e EXECUTIONS_DATA_MAX_AGE=336 \
-e EXECUTIONS_DATA_SAVE_ON_ERROR=all
-e EXECUTIONS_DATA_SAVE_ON_SUCCESS=all
-e EXECUTIONS_DATA_SAVE_MANUAL_EXECUTIONS=true
-e NODE_OPTIONS=–max-old-space-size=4096
-e N8N_PAYLOAD_SIZE_MAX=16
-e N8N_DEFAULT_BINARY_DATA_MODE=filesystem

it crashes and memory doesn’t exceed ~500MB