Workflows running indefinitely time even when there is a timeout setting

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Describe the problem/error/question

There is a global timeout for all workflows setup. There is also sometimes a timeout setting set on individual workflows. Regardless of this there are some executions which remain the in running state indefinitely. The only way to stop these executions of the workflows from running is to manually stop them. Any ideas of causes and solutions?

What is the error message (if any)?

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Please share your workflow

This seems to happen in multiple different workflows and it seems to occur randomly.

(Select the nodes on your canvas and use the keyboard shortcuts CMD+C/CTRL+C and CMD+V/CTRL+V to copy and paste the workflow.)

Share the output returned by the last node

Information on your n8n setup

  • Running self hosted n8n on cloud
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well why would you want your workflow to timeout? Seems like you need to fix the workflow

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This issue seems to occur in multiple different workflows and at seems to occur randomly. Most of the time the workflows run they run successfully and I have not been able to manually recreate the scenario. I would like the workflows to timeout instead of getting stuck in a running state forever.

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