n8n - 💡(How to fix) Fix persistent error [2 comments, 3 participants]

Describe the problem/error/question

I cannot get rid of this error even if i refresh, delete or create it again.

What is the error message (if any)?

Problem in node ‘Append row in sheet3‘ Column names were updated after the node's setup

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{ "nodes": [ { "parameters": { "authentication": "serviceAccount", "operation": "append", "documentId": { "__rl": true, "value": "1Z0QRfnpa0re-lRORzyQyEHlsaz-uKG-2JRhG_LJOUm0", "mode": "list", "cachedResultName": "Hubs Insurer Links", "cachedResultUrl": "https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Z0QRfnpa0re-lRORzyQyEHlsaz-uKG-2JRhG_LJOUm0/edit?usp=drivesdk" }, "sheetName": { "__rl": true, "value": 712260607, "mode": "list", "cachedResultName": "premium", "cachedResultUrl": "https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Z0QRfnpa0re-lRORzyQyEHlsaz-uKG-2JRhG_LJOUm0/edit#gid=712260607" }, "columns": { "mappingMode": "defineBelow", "value": {}, "matchingColumns": [], "schema": [ { "id": "Applicant Id", "displayName": "Applicant Id", "required": false, "defaultMatch": false, "display": true, "type": "string", "canBeUsedToMatch": true }, { "id": "Name", "displayName": "Name", "required": false, "defaultMatch": false, "display": true, "type": "string", "canBeUsedToMatch": true }, { "id": "Email", "displayName": "Email", "required": false, "defaultMatch": false, "display": true, "type": "string", "canBeUsedToMatch": true }, { "id": "Colfire", "displayName": "Colfire", "required": false, "defaultMatch": false, "display": true, "type": "string", "canBeUsedToMatch": true }, { "id": "Beacon", "displayName": "Beacon", "required": false, "defaultMatch": false, "display": true, "type": "string", "canBeUsedToMatch": true }, { "id": "Bankers", "displayName": "Bankers", "required": false, "defaultMatch": false, "display": true, "type": "string", "canBeUsedToMatch": true }, { "id": "CGU", "displayName": "CGU", "required": false, "defaultMatch": false, "display": true, "type": "string", "canBeUsedToMatch": true }, { "id": "General Accident", "displayName": "General Accident", "required": false, "defaultMatch": false, "display": true, "type": "string", "canBeUsedToMatch": true }, { "id": "Nagico", "displayName": "Nagico", "required": false, "defaultMatch": false, "display": true, "type": "string", "canBeUsedToMatch": true }, { "id": "Sagicor", "displayName": "Sagicor", "required": false, "defaultMatch": false, "display": true, "type": "string", "canBeUsedToMatch": true }, { "id": "Tatil", "displayName": "Tatil", "required": false, "defaultMatch": false, "display": true, "type": "string", "canBeUsedToMatch": true } ], "attemptToConvertTypes": false, "convertFieldsToString": false }, "options": {} }, "type": "n8n-nodes-base.googleSheets", "typeVersion": 4.7, "position": [ 3744, -2544 ], "id": "0c9e27e9-6bd1-4ecf-a0b6-4b284893f904", "name": "Append row in sheet3", "executeOnce": true, "credentials": { "googleApi": { "id": "hUyNRdNDiSMnGAX8", "name": "Incus Service account" } } } ], "connections": {}, "pinData": {}, "meta": { "templateCredsSetupCompleted": true, "instanceId": "a7878173fd6a5481fbf19e589efda9f84df67c2c5602c9b50d3d8206c4d1d621" } }

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Column names were updated after the node's setup Refresh the columns list in the 'Column to Match On' parameter. Updated columns: General Accident -> Colfire, Nagico -> General Accident, Sagicor -> Nagico, Tatil -> Sagicor

Debug info

core

• n8nVersion: 2.8.3
• platform: docker (self-hosted)
• nodeJsVersion: 22.22.0
• 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 (windows nt 10.0; win64; x64) applewebkit/537.36 (khtml, like gecko) chrome/146.0.0.0 safari/537.36 edg/146.0.0.0
• isTouchDevice: false

Generated at: 2026-04-10T06:58:11.354Z}