Why n8n Workflows Drop Idealista Data When Runs Exceed 300 Seconds

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Why n8n Workflows Drop Idealista Data When Runs Exceed 300 Seconds When orchestrating web scrapers inside a production data pipeline, developers often default to synchronous webhook patterns. You configure an HTTP request node in n8n, point it to the Apify API run-sync endpoint, and wait for the payload to return. This simple pattern breaks down when scraping real estate listings from platforms like Idealista. The idealista-scraper is designed to handle pagination, mirror-first routing, and proxy fallback strategies to safely extract listing data across Spain, Italy, and Portugal. However, the

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