fix(core): Filter out workflows that failed to activate on startup (#6676)

* fix(core): Deactivate on init workflow that should not be retried

* fix(core): Filter out workflows with activation errors

.vscode/launch.json

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 			"name": "Launch n8n with debug",
 			"program": "${workspaceFolder}/packages/cli/bin/n8n",
 			"cwd": "${workspaceFolder}/packages/cli/bin",
+			// "args": ["start", "--tunnel"],
 			"request": "launch",
 			"skipFiles": ["<node_internals>/**"],
 			"type": "node",

packages/cli/src/ActiveWorkflowRunner.ts

@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ export class ActiveWorkflowRunner {
 				} catch (error) {
 					ErrorReporter.error(error);
 					Logger.info(
-						'     => ERROR: Workflow could not be activated on first try, keep on trying',
+						'     => ERROR: Workflow could not be activated on first try, keep on trying if not an auth issue',
 					);
 					// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/restrict-template-expressions
 					Logger.info(`               ${error.message}`);
@@ -148,10 +148,12 @@ export class ActiveWorkflowRunner {
 					// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-argument
 					this.executeErrorWorkflow(error, workflowData, 'internal');
 
-					// Keep on trying to activate the workflow
+					if (!error.message.includes('Authorization')) {
+						// Keep on trying to activate the workflow if not an auth issue
 						this.addQueuedWorkflowActivation('init', workflowData);
 					}
 				}
+			}
 			Logger.verbose('Finished initializing active workflows (startup)');
 		}
 
@@ -350,7 +352,9 @@ export class ActiveWorkflowRunner {
 				select: ['id'],
 				where: { active: true },
 			});
-			return activeWorkflows.map((workflow) => workflow.id.toString());
+			return activeWorkflows
+				.map((workflow) => workflow.id)
+				.filter((workflowId) => !this.activationErrors[workflowId]);
 		} else {
 			const active = await Db.collections.Workflow.find({
 				select: ['id'],
@@ -366,7 +370,9 @@ export class ActiveWorkflowRunner {
 				select: ['workflowId'],
 				where,
 			});
-			return shared.map((id) => id.workflowId.toString());
+			return shared
+				.map((id) => id.workflowId)
+				.filter((workflowId) => !this.activationErrors[workflowId]);
 		}
 	}
 

packages/cli/test/unit/ActiveWorkflowRunner.test.ts

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 import { v4 as uuid } from 'uuid';
 import { mocked } from 'jest-mock';
 
-import type { ICredentialTypes, INodesAndCredentials } from 'n8n-workflow';
+import type { ICredentialTypes, INode, INodesAndCredentials } from 'n8n-workflow';
-import { LoggerProxy, NodeOperationError, Workflow } from 'n8n-workflow';
+import { LoggerProxy, NodeApiError, NodeOperationError, Workflow } from 'n8n-workflow';
 
 import { ActiveWorkflowRunner } from '@/ActiveWorkflowRunner';
 import * as Db from '@/Db';
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ const generateWorkflows = (count: number): WorkflowEntity[] => {
 	for (let i = 0; i < count; i++) {
 		const workflow = new WorkflowEntity();
 		Object.assign(workflow, {
-			id: i + 1,
+			id: (i + 1).toString(),
 			name: randomName(),
 			active: true,
 			createdAt: new Date(),
@@ -260,4 +260,35 @@ describe('ActiveWorkflowRunner', () => {
 		activeWorkflowRunner.executeErrorWorkflow(error, workflowData, 'trigger');
 		expect(workflowExecuteAdditionalDataExecuteErrorWorkflowSpy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
 	});
+
+	describe('init()', () => {
+		it('should execute error workflow on failure to activate due to 401', async () => {
+			databaseActiveWorkflowsCount = 1;
+
+			jest.spyOn(ActiveWorkflowRunner.prototype, 'add').mockImplementation(() => {
+				throw new NodeApiError(
+					{
+						id: 'a75dcd1b-9fed-4643-90bd-75933d67936c',
+						name: 'Github Trigger',
+						type: 'n8n-nodes-base.githubTrigger',
+						typeVersion: 1,
+						position: [0, 0],
+					} as INode,
+					{
+						httpCode: '401',
+						message: 'Authorization failed - please check your credentials',
+					},
+				);
+			});
+
+			const executeSpy = jest.spyOn(ActiveWorkflowRunner.prototype, 'executeErrorWorkflow');
+
+			await activeWorkflowRunner.init();
+
+			const [error, workflow] = executeSpy.mock.calls[0];
+
+			expect(error.message).toContain('Authorization');
+			expect(workflow.id).toBe('1');
+		});
+	});
 });