Webhooks not activating in production mode - red lightning bolt issue

Hi everyone,

I’m facing a critical issue with webhooks in my n8n.cloud workspace. All webhook nodes show a red lightning bolt and won’t activate in production mode, even though everything appears to be configured correctly.

Problem Details

  • :white_check_mark: Production URLs are generated correctly: n8n.io - Workflow Automation

  • :white_check_mark: Workflows are activated (toggle is ON)

  • :white_check_mark: All nodes are properly configured

  • :cross_mark: Webhook nodes show red lightning bolt instead of green

  • :cross_mark: Webhooks don’t listen for incoming requests

What I’ve Tried

  1. Deactivating and reactivating workflows multiple times

  2. Creating brand new simple test workflows (Webhook → Set → Respond to Webhook)

  3. Changing webhook paths and HTTP methods

  4. Deleting and recreating webhook nodes from scratch

  5. Setting Respond to “Using ‘Respond to Webhook’ Node”

  6. Checking workflow settings for any blocking configurations

  7. Testing in incognito mode

The issue persists even in the simplest possible workflow with just 3 nodes.

Environment

  • Platform: n8n.cloud

  • Workspace: lukaszwieczorek.app.n8n.cloud

  • Affected workflows: ALL workflows with webhooks

  • Browser: Tested in multiple browsers

Question

Has anyone encountered this before? Is this a known issue with n8n.cloud, or could there be something wrong with my workspace configuration?

Any help would be greatly appreciated as this is blocking all my production workflows.

Thanks!

1 Like

hello @lukasz_wieczorek

The ‘red lightning bolt’ is not an issue sign. It means the node is a trigger.

Please, share the workflow.

You can select all nodes with Ctrl+A and copy them with Ctrl+C. Then, past the content after pressing the button </> with Ctrl+V.

Hey @lukasz_wieczorek !

As already said by our older community member, is totally OK what you see in UI.

When is activated the workflow, it listening in background, and you can see in “Execution” tab the results.