Duplicate executions in Scheduled workflow

[ishanvaid2]

Describe the problem/error/question

When a schedule is added to a workflow, it runs twice when it comes to execution for the scheduled time.

What is the error message (if any)?

NA

Please share your workflow/screenshots/recording

(Select the nodes on your canvas and use the keyboard shortcuts CMD+C/CTRL+C and CMD+V/CTRL+V to copy and paste the workflow.)
⚠️ WARNING ⚠️ If you have sensitive data in your workflow (like API keys), please remove it before sharing.

Share the output returned by the last node

provided in the screenshot. Two executions run at the same time, while the scheduled trigger runs once

Debug info

core

• n8nVersion: 2.13.3
• platform: docker (self-hosted)
• nodeJsVersion: 24.13.1
• nodeEnv: production
• database: postgres
• executionMode: scaling (single-main)
• concurrency: -1
• license: enterprise (production)

storage

• success: all
• error: all
• progress: false
• manual: true
• binaryMode: database

pruning

• enabled: true
• maxAge: 336 hours
• maxCount: 10000 executions

client

• userAgent: mozilla/5.0 (macintosh; intel mac os x 10_15_7) applewebkit/537.36 (khtml, like gecko) chrome/147.0.0.0 safari/537.36
• isTouchDevice: false

Generated at: 2026-04-10T11:39:32.650Z

[n8n-assistant]

Hey @ishanvaid2,

Thank you for reaching out! We’ve received your issue and are looking into it. To help us track this internally, we’ve created a Linear ticket with the reference: "GHC-7694".

We’ll keep you updated as we make progress, but if you have any additional details or context to share, feel free to add them here - it’s always helpful!

Thanks for your patience and for bringing this to our attention.

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For INTERNAL use only: GHC-7694