Hi Railway team, My PostgreSQL service (Postgres-_Dmw) in project dependable-empathy is down because the volume (vpn-service, 4.6GB) is at 100% capacity. The issue is caused by n8n execution logs filling up the `execution_entity` table in the `railway` database. The service crashes immediately on startup and I cannot connect to run a DELETE query. I need help with one of the following: 1. Run `DELETE FROM execution_entity;` in the `railway` database on my behalf 2. Clear the `pg_wal` directory to free up enough space for PostgreSQL to start 3. Temporarily increase the volume size so I can clean it up myself Project ID: 94b7481e-2b68-46e4-820e-d69a732cfb46 Environment: production Service: Postgres-_Dmw (d50608a8-b9bb-47d1-973f-7d3140953bcb) My data in `smart_bets` database is critical — please do not wipe the volume. Thank you

PostgreSQL volume 100% full - service crashed, cannot connect

danilaejov

HOBBYOP

a month ago

Hi Railway team,

My PostgreSQL service (Postgres-_Dmw) in project dependable-empathy is down because the volume (vpn-service, 4.6GB) is at 100% capacity.

The issue is caused by n8n execution logs filling up the execution_entity table in the railway database. The service crashes immediately on startup and I cannot connect to run a DELETE query.

I need help with one of the following:

Run DELETE FROM execution_entity; in the railway database on my behalf
Clear the pg_wal directory to free up enough space for PostgreSQL to start
Temporarily increase the volume size so I can clean it up myself

Project ID: 94b7481e-2b68-46e4-820e-d69a732cfb46

Environment: production

Service: Postgres-_Dmw (d50608a8-b9bb-47d1-973f-7d3140953bcb)

My data in smart_bets database is critical — please do not wipe the volume.

Thank you

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0x5b62656e5d

MODERATOR

a month ago

Try setting the custom start command to sleep infinity and redeploy.

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Railway

BOT

a month ago

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Status changed to Open Railway • about 1 month ago

danilaejov

HOBBYOP

a month ago

@noahd Could you help with a similar issue? My PostgreSQL volume is at 100% and service cannot start. Would really appreciate a one-off bump like you did for the similar case.

0x5b62656e5d

MODERATOR

a month ago

You can go to the console tab by clicking in your service and run pg_resetwal from there.

0x5b62656e5d

You can go to the console tab by clicking in your service and run `pg_resetwal` from there.

danilaejov

HOBBYOP

a month ago

I cannot access the Console because the service crashes immediately on startup before I can connect. Could you please either:

Run pg_resetwal /var/lib/postgresql/data on your side, or
Do a one-off volume bump like @noahd did in the similar thread - just enough space to let PostgreSQL start so I can clean up the data myself.

0x5b62656e5d

MODERATOR

a month ago

Try setting the custom start command to sleep infinity and redeploy.

0x5b62656e5d

Try setting the custom start command to `sleep infinity` and redeploy.

danilaejov

HOBBYOP

a month ago

Thank you so much! The pg_resetwal and sleep infinity trick worked perfectly. Database is back online and all data is intact. Really appreciate the quick help!

Status changed to Open 0x5b62656e5d • about 1 month ago

Status changed to Solved 0x5b62656e5d • about 1 month ago

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