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read ECONNRESET

platform: n8n / category: Connectivity / code: ECONNRESET

Cause

The remote server abruptly closed the TCP connection mid-transfer, often due to firewall rules, TLS mismatches, keep-alive timeouts, or the n8n host lacking a stable outbound IP on the target's allowlist.

Fix

Retry the request to rule out a transient blip, then confirm your n8n host's outbound IP is not blocked or rate-limited by the target. In Docker, ensure a stable network route (not NAT hairpin). Enable 'Retry on Fail' on the HTTP Request node (3 retries, 1s wait); for SFTP, downgrading ssh2-sftp-client to 10.x has resolved it.

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