Automated N8N Workflow Self-Healing and Retry System
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This n8n workflow provides an intelligent, automated system for detecting and retrying failed n8n executions on an hourly basis. It significantly enhances the reliability of your automated processes by minimizing manual intervention for transient errors, ensuring your workflows keep running smoothly.
About This Workflow
Never let a transient error halt your critical automation again. This powerful n8n workflow acts as a 'self-healing' mechanism for your n8n instances. It continuously monitors for workflows that have failed, intelligently filters out those that have already been successfully retried, and then automatically re-executes the remaining failed workflows. By automating the error recovery process, you reduce downtime, ensure data consistency, and free up your team from the tedious task of manually monitoring and retrying executions. Perfect for maintaining high availability and robustness across your entire automation landscape.
Key Features
- Hourly Error Monitoring: Automatically scans your n8n instance(s) every hour for failed workflow executions.
- Intelligent Retry Filtering: Prevents redundant retries by identifying and skipping executions that have already been successfully re-run.
- Secure API Interaction: Logs into your n8n instance using provided credentials to securely manage execution retries via HTTP requests.
- Batch Processing for Efficiency: Retries failed executions in manageable batches, optimizing performance and respecting API rate limits.
- Robust Error Handling: Includes built-in retry mechanisms for login and execution retry attempts, ensuring the self-healing process is resilient.
How To Use
- Set Your Schedule: Configure the 'Schedule Trigger' node to define how often you want to check for and retry failed executions (default is hourly).
- Provide n8n Instance Details: In the 'login_details' node, update the
n8n_instancevariable with the URL of the n8n instance you wish to manage. Also, enter yourusernameandpasswordfor that instance. - Configure n8n API Credentials: Ensure the 'n8n' node (which queries for failed executions) is linked to valid n8n API credentials for the instance you are monitoring.
- Activate the Workflow: Save and activate the workflow. It will now automatically monitor and retry failed executions based on your schedule.
- (Optional) Adjust Batch Size: Modify the 'Loop Over Items' node's
batchSizeparameter if you need to adjust how many retries are processed concurrently.
Apps Used
Workflow JSON
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"id": "55fcc770-93cc-4191-b2da-0bb8f8de466e",
"name": "Automated N8N Workflow Self-Healing and Retry System",
"nodes": 27,
"category": "Operations",
"status": "active",
"version": "1.0.0"
}Note: This is a sample preview. The full workflow JSON contains node configurations, credentials placeholders, and execution logic.
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Crypto_Watcher
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