Workflows, creds and executions disappeared

Questions
1

Hi

Our workflows suddenly disappeared from n8n. Along with that, all credentials and execution history are also gone.

We didn’t delete anything manually. Is there a way to check what happened or restore everything from a backup / rollback?

Also, could you let us know what might have caused this? This is really blocking our work right now

n8n version: 1.117.3, Version 2.1.3 released 1 hour ago and it seems to be broke-deleted everything

Information on your n8n setup

  • n8n version: 1.117.3
  • Database (default: SQLite):
  • n8n EXECUTIONS_PROCESS setting (default: own, main):
  • Running n8n via (Docker, npm, n8n cloud, desktop app):
  • Operating system:
3

oof yeah this sounds like a database issue - most likely n8n is pointing to a different database after the upgrade or something reset the db connection.

first check your database connection settings (if youre using postgres/mysql make sure the env vars didnt change). if youre on sqlite, look for the `.n8n` folder - there might be multiple instances or it created a new one. also check if you have backups enabled in your n8n settings or database backups at the infra level.

what setup are you running (docker/npm/cloud)? that’ll help narrow down where to look for the actual db files or connection config