Workflows "running" forever

[solomon]

Workflows show as running forever, even though they are not.
Has anyone ever faced this issue?

This is what I see when I try to stop them.

Even after restating the docker container and updating n8n it keeps showing these running workflows.

I even have a timeout set for some of those workflows, and still it shows as running for many hours.

Information on your n8n setup

• n8n version: 1:52.2
• Database (default: SQLite): SQLite
• n8n EXECUTIONS_PROCESS setting (default: own, main): default
• Running n8n via (Docker, npm, n8n cloud, desktop app): docker
• Operating system: Ubuntu 22.04

[ria]

Hi @solomon

Can you share what kind of nodes you have in those workflows? See if they have any nodes in common.

What happens when you try to delete the executions?

[solomon]

Didn’t know I could delete them
I thought I could only stop them.

Problem solved!
Thank you @ria !

[ivov]

@solomon Can you please share a workflow where this happens so we can take a look? These executions should stop without you needing to delete them.

[solomon]

Thanks for the follow up on this one @ivov .
It was happening with all workflows. Every workflow had a running execution.

But after deleting them they didn’t come back.

I think it was a very specific bug. I’ll let you know if it happens again! But I manage 4 n8n instances and had never seen this before.