n8n volume data loss after redeploy — need snapshot restore
drpalproject2028
HOBBYOP

10 days ago

CRITICAL PRODUCTION ISSUE

Project: romantic-rebirth (07c25a19-13c0-416f-b74b-d6c2c3b328e5)

Environment: production

Service: n8n (1b5cb78e-1d72-4004-a3fd-0fa53bc9b8a0)

After applying ipv6EgressEnabled: true and redeploying n8n today (2026-08-11 at 15:04:50 UTC), the instance shows "Set up owner account" — all workflows, users and credentials are gone.

Volume Details:

  • ID: a03b272f-250e-4911-ab65-580048209c0a
    • Mount: /n8ndata
    • Current content: EMPTY (only lost+found, modTime 2026-04-11)
    • Size: 5000 MB

Investigation so far:

  1. Same volume ID before/after redeploy (not a new volume)
  2. Volume mounted correctly at /n8ndata per deploy logs
  3. But zero n8n data present inside it

Question: Does Railway maintain automated snapshots of persistent volumes? Can you restore volume a03b272f-250e-4911-ab65-580048209c0a to its state BEFORE 2026-08-11T15:04:50Z?

This is production with critical workflows (Telegram bots, business automation). I have an external backup of workflow JSON definitions (hourly, <1h before the redeploy) but credentials/secrets are not in that backup — only Railway-side infra restore can recover those.

Only change made before this happened: ipv6EgressEnabled: false → true. No volume deletion, no unmounting, no other config changes.

Solved

1 Replies

Status changed to Awaiting Railway Response Railway 10 days ago


Railway
BOT

10 days ago

We don't offer data restoration for user-initiated actions like this. Going forward, upgrading to Pro unlocks native volume backups on your service so it can self-restore if this happens again.


Status changed to Awaiting User Response Railway 10 days ago


Railway
BOT

2 days ago

This thread has been marked as solved automatically due to a lack of recent activity. Please re-open this thread or create a new one if you require further assistance. Thank you!

Status changed to Solved Railway 2 days ago


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