Unable to publish workflow from SharePoint Designer 2013

Question

I have SharePoint 2019 on premise environment consisting of an APP + Web server. I am trying to publish a simple SharePoint 2010 workflow but getting following error: The workflow files are saved but cannot be run.

When I set the workflow run manually, the workflow publish correctly and it works. But when I select automatically start when it fails to publish.

Answer 1

Have you installed recent update for SharePoint?

Whether all workflows occur this error when setting as "start workflow automatically when an item is created"?

You could check below tips to troubleshoot the issue.

1.Automatic workflows must be correctly associated with a list or library. Go to List Settings -> Workflow Settings and make sure the workflow is properly associated with the list or library.

2.Try to use the account has permission but not administrator to trigger workflows.

3.Make sure the Workflow History List and Workflow Task List are present and correctly configured under Site Settings -> Site Libraries and Lists. If either list is corrupted or misconfigured, workflows will not trigger correctly.

4.Go to Services on Server -> Check the SharePoint Timer Service is running.

5.Delete all folders in the following directory in local: (1)C:\Users\USER\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\SharePoint Designer\ProxyAssemblyCache\

(2)C:\Users\USER\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WebsiteCache\ don’t delete the folders, just delete the contents of the folders

If the issue is still not fixed, try to uninstall and install SharePoint Designer 2013.

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