Unable to start n8n due to error: There was an error initializing DB: "Table 'role' already exists"

Hi @Kamara_Fidele, welcome to the community!

I am sorry to hear you’re having trouble. This sounds like it might be an error caused by an interrupted previous database migration, similar to what has happened here: Latest Update causing issues "SQLITE_ERROR: table "temporary user" already exists" - #2 by MutedJam

My suggestion would be to follow the steps described in the post above (switching databases would require updating the db credentials when using MySQL rather than moving a file like in the post).

You could also try deleting the role table manually. As with all manual database operations, you might want to take a backup beforehand.