# Safely process high-volume n8n webhooks without overwhelming PostgreSQL

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**Category:** Questions\
**Created:** [August 16, 2026, 1:06pm UTC](https://community.n8n.io/t/safely-process-high-volume-n8n-webhooks-without-overwhelming-postgresql/307868 "2026-08-16T13:06:32Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 16, 2026, 1:07pm UTC](https://community.n8n.io/t/safely-process-high-volume-n8n-webhooks-without-overwhelming-postgresql/307868/2 "2026-08-16T13:07:02Z")

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Hey @James_Shelby, while you wait for a response, here are some things that might help:

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> **Docs:**
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> - [Enable queue mode](https://docs.n8n.io/deploy/host-n8n/configure-n8n/scaling/enable-queue-mode#webhook-processors)
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> **Forum:**
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> - [Stopping duplicate Stripe charges in n8n (webhook retries) — simple idempotency pattern](https://community.n8n.io/t/272743)
> - [Guarantee exactly-once side effects](https://community.n8n.io/t/270350)
> - [Solving Concurrency & Execution Isolation in a Multi-Tenant n8n Architecture](https://community.n8n.io/t/296443)

@neshkito, @Niffzy, @Emmas - you’ve helped with similar issues before, can you take a look?

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