[Urgent] SQLITE_FULL on n8n Cloud - Cannot stop executions or save workflows

My n8n Cloud instance (zenderbox.app.n8n.cloud) is completely blocked with SQLITE_FULL error. A workflow created 71+ parallel executions that ran for over 1 hour. Even after deleting executions via API, the disk is still full. Cannot do any write operation β€” stop executions, save, publish, or delete anything.

Describe the problem/error/question

SQLITE_FULL: database or disk is full

  • n8n version: 2.9.3
  • Database: SQLite
  • Running n8n via: n8n Cloud
  • Operating system: Cloud (managed)
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yeah this is the execution log bloat issue on cloud. the 71 parallel executions probably filled up your allocated disk space, and now sqlite cant write anything. couple of things:

first, you can try cleaning up via the n8n API β€” there’s an endpoint to delete execution history. call it with a filter for failed or old executions, might free up just enough space to let you access the ui again. if that doesnt work, thats frustrating but youll probably need to contact n8n support directly to force a cleanup on the cloud instance since youre locked out of write ops.

longer term, if youre hitting 70+ parallel executions regularly, consider either batching them or upgrading your cloud tier for more disk. or if youre comfortable with it, self-hosted with postgres scales way better than cloud sqlite.

Hi @Juan_Acuna_Caro Welcome!
You should immediately get back to n8n cloud support team as there is almost nothing you can do with that error as it states the instances is either fully blocked or storage is corrupted, consider reaching out to support via:

They will free this up for you! Hope this helps.