When attempting to load workflows or interact with the project, we encounter the following error: Timeout waiting for lock SqliteWriteConnectionMutex to become available

[Keith_Percy]

Describe the problem/error/question

We’re unable to load workflows in our project. The UI hangs when trying to open workflows, and none of the automations are functional.

What is the error message (if any)?

Timeout waiting for lock SqliteWriteConnectionMutex to become available

Please share your workflow

(The issue prevents workflows from loading, so I’m unable to copy them. This affects all workflows in the project.)

Share the output returned by the last node

N/A – the workflows cannot be loaded or executed due to the error above.

Information on your n8n setup

• n8n version: (Version 1.101.2)
• **Running n8n via (Docker, npm, n8n cloud, desktop app): - n8n cloud
• **Operating system : 15.5 (24F74)

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[rhyswynn]

Hi Keith. How are you running n8n? Depending on where your data directory is hosted, if the db file can’t be locked exclusively for n8n, you can have problems like this, like in a 2 node setup if they are sharing the same data directory, or if its a docker volume without the right permissions configured.

[Keith_Percy]

Hey, we’re using n8n cloud instance

[rhyswynn]

Ahh, I see. I googled that error and I see other people have had similar issues in the past, even after restarting workspace. It is attributed to n8n being down, or overloaded.

I didn’t see any follow ups to those threads, so my guess is it is something temporary. Perhaps there’s a backup process running that locks the database, preventing access. Maybe it will be resolved by now, or soon. Good luck!

[Keith_Percy]

Hey man, looks like it resolved on its own, we did restart a couple of times, dont know if that triggered the fix, but looking good for now. Thanks for the help though!!