I am facing a critical issue where all executions (Webhooks and Triggers) remain stuck in “Queued” or “Starting soon” status. Nothing is being executed since 3 days ago.
Context & Troubleshooting: Last week, I had stability issues where triggers would queue while webhooks worked (or vice versa). I was advised to remove EXECUTIONS_MODE=queue, but that caused inconsistent behavior. To fix it, I enabled EXECUTIONS_MODE=queue and added a Redis container. This configuration worked perfectly for a week.
Current Situation: Since 3 days ago, without changing any configuration in my Portainer Stack, all executions stopped processing. They sit in the queue indefinitely (some for >64 hours). I suspect the Workers are disconnected or not picking up jobs from Redis.Describe the problem/error/question
My Docker Compose / Stack Configuration:
version: “3.8”
services:
## --------------------------- ORION --------------------------- ##
n8n_editor:
image: n8nio/n8n:latest
command: start
networks:
- VpsNet
depends_on:
- redis
environment:
- DB_TYPE=postgresdb
- DB_POSTGRESDB_DATABASE=n8n_queue
- DB_POSTGRESDB_HOST=postgres
- DB_POSTGRESDB_PORT=5432
- DB_POSTGRESDB_USER=postgres
- DB_POSTGRESDB_PASSWORD=\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*
- N8N_ENCRYPTION_KEY=\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*
- N8N_HOST=ssn8n.\*\*\*\*\*\*\*.com
- N8N_EDITOR_BASE_URL=https://ssn8n.\*\*\*\*\*\*\*..com/
- WEBHOOK_URL=https://sswebhook.\*\*\*\*\*\*\*..com/
- N8N_PROTOCOL=https
- NODE_ENV=production
- EXECUTIONS_MODE=queue
- N8N_REINSTALL_MISSING_PACKAGES=true
- N8N_COMMUNITY_PACKAGES_ENABLED=true
- N8N_NODE_PATH=/home/node/.n8n/nodes
- N8N_ENFORCE_SETTINGS_FILE_PERMISSIONS=true
- N8N_COMMUNITY_PACKAGES_ALLOW_TOOL_USAGE=true
- N8N_SMTP_SENDER=team@\*\*\*\*\*\*\*..com
- N8N_SMTP_USER=team@\*\*\*\*\*\*\*..com
- N8N_SMTP_PASS=\*\*\*\*\*\*\*.
- N8N_SMTP_HOST=smtp.gmail.com
- N8N_SMTP_PORT=465
- N8N_SMTP_SSL=false
- QUEUE_BULL_REDIS_HOST=redis
- QUEUE_BULL_REDIS_PORT=6379
- QUEUE_BULL_REDIS_DB=2
- NODE_FUNCTION_ALLOW_EXTERNAL=moment,lodash
- N8N_RUNNERS_ENABLED=true
- EXECUTIONS_DATA_PRUNE=true
- EXECUTIONS_DATA_MAX_AGE=336
- GENERIC_TIMEZONE=Europe/Madrid
- TZ=Europe/Madrid
deploy:
mode: replicated
replicas: 1
placement:
constraints:
- node.role == manager
resources:
limits:
cpus: "2"
memory: 2048M
labels:
- traefik.enable=true
- traefik.http.routers.n8n_editor.rule=Host(\`ssn8n.\*\*\*\*\*\*\*..com\`)
- traefik.http.routers.n8n_editor.entrypoints=websecure
- traefik.http.routers.n8n_editor.priority=1
- traefik.http.routers.n8n_editor.tls.certresolver=letsencryptresolver
- traefik.http.routers.n8n_editor.service=n8n_editor
- traefik.http.services.n8n_editor.loadbalancer.server.port=5678
- traefik.http.services.n8n_editor.loadbalancer.passHostHeader=1
## --------------------------- ORION --------------------------- ##
n8n_webhook:
image: n8nio/n8n:latest
command: webhook
networks:
- VpsNet
depends_on:
- redis
environment:
- DB_TYPE=postgresdb
- DB_POSTGRESDB_DATABASE=n8n_queue
- DB_POSTGRESDB_HOST=postgres
- DB_POSTGRESDB_PORT=5432
- DB_POSTGRESDB_USER=postgres
- DB_POSTGRESDB_PASSWORD=\*\*\*\*\*\*\*
- N8N_ENCRYPTION_KEY=\*\*\*\*\*\*\*
- N8N_HOST=ssn8n.\*\*\*\*\*\*\*..com
- N8N_EDITOR_BASE_URL=https://ssn8n.\*\*\*\*\*\*\*..com/
- WEBHOOK_URL=https://sswebhook.\*\*\*\*\*\*\*..com/
- N8N_PROTOCOL=https
- NODE_ENV=production
- EXECUTIONS_MODE=queue
- N8N_REINSTALL_MISSING_PACKAGES=true
- N8N_COMMUNITY_PACKAGES_ENABLED=true
- N8N_NODE_PATH=/home/node/.n8n/nodes
- N8N_ENFORCE_SETTINGS_FILE_PERMISSIONS=true
- [email protected]
- [email protected]
- N8N_SMTP_PASS=\*\*\*\*\*\*\*.
- N8N_SMTP_HOST=smtp.gmail.com
- N8N_SMTP_PORT=465
- N8N_SMTP_SSL=false
- QUEUE_BULL_REDIS_HOST=redis
- QUEUE_BULL_REDIS_PORT=6379
- QUEUE_BULL_REDIS_DB=2
- NODE_FUNCTION_ALLOW_EXTERNAL=moment,lodash
- N8N_RUNNERS_ENABLED=true
- EXECUTIONS_DATA_PRUNE=true
- EXECUTIONS_DATA_MAX_AGE=336
- GENERIC_TIMEZONE=Europe/Madrid
- TZ=Europe/Madrid
deploy:
mode: replicated
replicas: 1
placement:
constraints:
- node.role == manager
resources:
limits:
cpus: "2"
memory: 4096M
labels:
- traefik.enable=true
- traefik.http.routers.n8n_webhook.rule=(Host(\`sswebhook.\*\*\*\*\*\*\*..com\`))
- traefik.http.routers.n8n_webhook.entrypoints=websecure
- traefik.http.routers.n8n_webhook.priority=1
- traefik.http.routers.n8n_webhook.tls.certresolver=letsencryptresolver
- traefik.http.routers.n8n_webhook.service=n8n_webhook
- traefik.http.services.n8n_webhook.loadbalancer.server.port=5678
- traefik.http.services.n8n_webhook.loadbalancer.passHostHeader=1
## --------------------------- ORION --------------------------- ##
n8n_worker:
image: n8nio/n8n:latest
command: worker --concurrency=10
networks:
- VpsNet
depends_on:
- redis
environment:
- DB_TYPE=postgresdb
- DB_POSTGRESDB_DATABASE=n8n_queue
- DB_POSTGRESDB_HOST=postgres
- DB_POSTGRESDB_PORT=5432
- DB_POSTGRESDB_USER=postgres
- DB_POSTGRESDB_PASSWORD=\*\*\*\*\*\*\*
- N8N_ENCRYPTION_KEY=\*\*\*\*\*\*\*
- N8N_HOST=ssn8n.\*\*\*\*\*\*\*..com
- N8N_EDITOR_BASE_URL=https://ssn8n.\*\*\*\*\*\*\*..com/
- WEBHOOK_URL=https://ssn8n.\*\*\*\*\*\*\*..com/
- N8N_PROTOCOL=https
- NODE_ENV=production
- EXECUTIONS_MODE=queue
- N8N_REINSTALL_MISSING_PACKAGES=true
- N8N_COMMUNITY_PACKAGES_ENABLED=true
- N8N_NODE_PATH=/home/node/.n8n/nodes
- N8N_ENFORCE_SETTINGS_FILE_PERMISSIONS=true
- [email protected]
- [email protected]
- N8N_SMTP_PASS=\*\*\*\*\*\*\*.
- N8N_SMTP_HOST=smtp.gmail.com
- N8N_SMTP_PORT=465
- N8N_SMTP_SSL=false
- QUEUE_BULL_REDIS_HOST=redis
- QUEUE_BULL_REDIS_PORT=6379
- QUEUE_BULL_REDIS_DB=2
- NODE_FUNCTION_ALLOW_EXTERNAL=moment,lodash
- N8N_RUNNERS_ENABLED=true
- EXECUTIONS_DATA_PRUNE=true
- EXECUTIONS_DATA_MAX_AGE=336
- GENERIC_TIMEZONE=Europe/Madrid
- TZ=Europe/Madrid
deploy:
mode: replicated
replicas: 1
placement:
constraints:
- node.role == manager
resources:
limits:
cpus: "2"
memory: 4096M
## --------------------------- ORION --------------------------- ##
redis:
image: redis:latest
networks:
- VpsNet
restart: always
volumes:
- redis_data:/data
## --------------------------- ORION --------------------------- ##
networks:
VpsNet:
external: true
name: VpsNet
volumes:
redis_data: {}
What is the error message (if any)?
No specific error log in the UI, but the execution list shows status “Queued” or “Starting soon” indefinitely. (See attached screenshots).
Please share your workflow
It happens with ALL workflows (simple manual triggers, cron jobs, and webhooks). None of them start.
Share the output returned by the last node
N/A (The execution never actually starts).
Information on your n8n setup
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n8n version: 1.119.2
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Database (default: SQLite): Postgres
-
n8n EXECUTIONS_PROCESS setting (default: own, main): queue
-
Running n8n via (Docker, npm, n8n cloud, desktop app): Docker (via Portainer)
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Operating system: Ubuntu (VPS) Ubuntu 20.04 (64 Bit)
