Workflow imports fail on n8n v1.123.6 and later, even when importing into a brand-new instance with no existing workflows. This issue started appearing after upgrading from v1.110.1 → v1.123.6 and seems to be related to changes in how active workflow versions are handled. We heavily rely on exporti…

I see the Issue is fixed now in 2.3.4 Release n8n@2.3.4 · n8n-io/n8n · GitHub . wasted 4 days on this trying to fix with workarounds :smiling_face_with_tear:

@Jon Could you please help on this, On Some domains the workflow activation are failing, as activeVersionId is null, the workflow_history and workflow_publish_history don’t get populated, and if i set the activeVersionId, i get the above error.

hey @Roney_Dsilva , I think this is fixed, look at this topic: [image] Docker image n8nio/n8n:stable migration failure Questions Describe the problem/error/question Migration failure on latest n8n:stable build. Image is currently looping: migration-failur…

I upgraded to the latest version, tried doing the same on 2.3.2, got a different error now, n8n import:workflow --separate --input=/home/roney/Workspace/public_html/repo/workflows Importing 77 workflows… An error occurred while importing workflows. See log messages for details. Timeout waiting f…

Am i the only person facing the issue?? can someone else also try please Could not remove webhooks of workflow "zpZdHBVeS2X80V4Q" because of error: "Could not find workflow" Could not find workflow Error: Could not find workflow at ActiveWorkflowManager.clearWebhooks (/home/roney/.nvm/versions/…

Workflow import fails after upgrade to v1.123.6 due to activeVersionId / foreign key constraints

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mohamed3nan Janvier 12, 2026, 1:49 3

hey @Roney_Dsilva,

I think this is fixed, look at this topic:

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Workflow import fails after upgrade to v1.123.6 due to activeVersionId / foreign key constraints

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