Francis Njenga This workflow corresponds to n8n.io template #3144 — we link there as the canonical source.
This workflow follows the HTTP Request → n8n recipe pattern — see all workflows that pair these two integrations.
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},
"name": "Retry Execution Hourly",
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"name": "In Development",
"createdAt": "2024-04-13T07:17:56.132Z",
"updatedAt": "2024-04-13T07:17:56.132Z"
}
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"filters": {
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"options": {
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"resource": "execution",
"returnAll": true,
"requestOptions": {}
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"credentials": {
"n8nApi": {
"name": "<your credential>"
}
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"parameters": {
"url": "={{ \n\n(() => {\n const instance = $json.n8n_instance;\n const normalizedUrl = instance.endsWith('/') ? instance + 'rest/login' : instance + '/rest/login';\n return normalizedUrl;\n})()\n}}",
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"bodyParameters": {
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{
"name": "email",
"value": "={{ $json.username }}"
},
{
"name": "password",
"value": "={{ $json.password }}"
}
]
},
"headerParameters": {
"parameters": [
{
"name": "accept",
"value": "application/json, text/plain, */*"
},
{
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"value": "en-US,en;q=0.9"
},
{
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"value": "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/0.0.0.0 Safari/537.36"
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"onError": "continueRegularOutput",
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"parameters": {
"url": "={{ \n\n$('login_details').item.json.n8n_instance.endsWith('/') \n ? $('login_details').item.json.n8n_instance + 'rest/executions/' + $json.id + '/retry' \n : $('login_details').item.json.n8n_instance + '/rest/executions/' + $('login_details').item.json.executionid + '/retry'\n\n }} ",
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{
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"value": "en-US,en;q=0.9"
},
{
"name": "cookie",
"value": "={{ $('Log into n8n').item.json.headers['set-cookie'][0] }}"
},
{
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"operator": {
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"operation": "notEmpty",
"singleValue": true
},
"leftValue": "={{ $json.retrySuccessId }}",
"rightValue": ""
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"content": "- ## check for failed executions hourly.\n- ## filter out those that have successful reexecution ids.\n- ## log into n8n and get the session ids.\n- ## retry the executions.\n\n- h\n"
},
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},
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"name": "username",
"type": "string",
"value": "user@example.com"
},
{
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"name": "password",
"type": "string",
"value": "Password123"
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{
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"name": "n8n_instance",
"type": "string",
"value": "https://ai.gatuservices.info/"
},
{
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"name": "executionid",
"type": "string",
"value": "={{ $json.id }}"
}
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},
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"name": "Schedule Trigger",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.scheduleTrigger",
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"parameters": {
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"content": "## Set the login credential details in the set node, and login to n8n via api."
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"content": "## Get all `Error` executions.\n- ### Filter out those that have been successfully retried\n"
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"content": "## Retry the executions.\n- ### Feel free to add notifications error messages for failed one to email or slack"
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"settings": {
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"connections": {
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{
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}
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}
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"When clicking \u2018Test workflow\u2019": {
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}
}
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About this workflow
The Auto-Retry Engine: Error Recovery Workflow is designed to automate the process of identifying and retrying failed executions in n8n workflows. By leveraging scheduled triggers, API integrations, and conditional logic, this workflow ensures that any failed executions are…
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