SFTP “end: read ECONNRESET” on Cloud workflow uploading to Rithum test server

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Describe the problem/error/question

I’m running an SFTP upload workflow on n8n Cloud (v1.117.2) that connects to Rithum’s sFTP test environment.
The workflow is very simple:

  1. Google Drive node – downloads an XML inventory file (binaryPropertyName: data).

  2. FTP (SFTP) node – uploads that binary file to /incoming/inventory/thehomedepot/ on the Rithum server.

Here’s what’s happening:

  • When I try to upload directly to the folder path (no filename, just /incoming/inventory/thehomedepot/), I get a read and write error.

  • When I add a file name (e.g. /incoming/inventory/thehomedepot/HUB20251105.md5xxxxxx.xml), the upload starts but fails with:

    Error: end: read ECONNRESET
at Client.fn (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/n8n/node_modules/ssh2-sftp-client/src/utils.js:69:22)

  • The same file uploads successfully through FileZilla using the same credentials and path, so the Rithum server itself is fine.

  • The failure seems isolated to n8n’s SFTP node.

I’ve already tried:

  • Enabling Binary File and setting Input Binary Field to data

  • Increasing timeout to 120000 ms

  • Adding retry logic and a short Wait node between Google Drive and FTP2

  • Generating Rithum-compliant filenames (HUB<TIMESTAMP>.md5<HASH>.xml)

What is the error message (if any)?

  • _put: Write stream error: permission denied /incoming/inventory/thehomedepot/
  • read ECONNRESET

Please share your workflow

Share the output returned by the last node

Information on your n8n setup

  • n8n version: v1.117.2