[Self-host] Disconnect while extract file (pdf)

[fornakter]

Hello.

Im try to read data from PDF downloaded from Airtable.

But when i want to read content from file, server disconnect.

Ubuntu Server, Docker compose, n8n 1.111

[jabbson]

Would that be a large file?

[fornakter]

36KB, one page

[jabbson]

Not TOO big

There appears to be another topic with a similar issue

Extract from file (PDF) - Connection Lost

Hello. When I try to run the “Extract From File” (PDF) node in my workflow, the node doesn’t execute and an intermittent message appears saying Connection Lost. I rule out connection issues, since this error only occurs with this specific PDF extraction node. I rule out memory or CPU issues, since my virtual machine has 8 cores and 8 GB of RAM (and I am only trying to extract a 157 KB PDF). My N8N is self-hosted and I’m using version 1.111.0. [image] [image]

[fornakter]

“but so far no one has provided a solution for it.”

[Ivan_K]

I have the same issue.

Selfhosted on synology DS920+, 20 gb ram.

It cannot read a pdf file from gmail.

File size - less than 1 MB.

It started less than a month ago.

Cannot name exact dates, because I’ve cleared all caches, executions and everything.

[Marcos_Fouyer]

Hi

I’ve been researching, and on N8N’s GitHub there are some people complaining about the same issue ( Out of Memory when using "Extract from File" node with "Extract From PDF" · Issue #19359 · n8n-io/n8n · GitHub ).
In fact, it seems to be a problem related to the virtual machine configuration.
A guy who had the same issue managed to solve it by configuring the virtual machine through Proxmox.
In my case, I’m using VirtualBox. Tomorrow I’ll try to replicate the configurations on my VirtualBox to see if it works.

[fornakter]

For me its physical machine with docker.