Workflow restarts when trying to debug failed execution

Describe the problem/error/question

I want to go back to a failed execution and run it from the node that it has failed on now that I have fixed the problem, however when I try to do so it always runs the workflow from the beginning, which just overrides the data from that exact execution. I’m not sure why it keeps executing from the beginning, especially when I am running the next node in the workflow that has not run yet. It could have something to do with data pinning, as the start of this workflow is a webhook.

What is the error message (if any)?

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Share the output returned by the last node

Information on your n8n setup

  • n8n version: 1.107.3
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Hi there @Max_Kessler , have you tried using copy to editor?

it will bring your execution data and pin it in your editor tab, that way you can try to execute it manually and the failed data should be pinned (do note that i think the one that is pinned is only like the earlier nodes, like only the start), and then that way you can try to execute your workflow manually to simulate the failing execution with the failing data

hope that helps!

Yes I tried that, but when you click on a node it just starts the execution again from the trigger (start) of the workflow.

this trigger node, does the node turns purple (data pinned)? if it is, then there’s no problem for the execution start from the beginning, because even if it is, as long as the node is pinned, it wil only get ‘mock’ executed, as in it will not do anything and just straight up give the data that you already pinned

The problem is one of the nodes in between makes a fresh http request (which values change constantly) I can’t run it like that

This happens to me as well, I copy to editor and can clearly see the green workflow with data and errored node, I just want to fix the node with error and run it but it always starts again from webhook and runs everything again.

It’s a problem because I have http requests which cause duplicate messages and actions to be sent again.

Any further insight on this?

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