Python Azure script installs the wrong package and then fails · Reliability & bugs · Blocks work · 5 people
“windmill keeps trying to run `pip install azure` instead of `pip install azure-mgmt-...` which causes an error”
No one in the public record says they left Windmill; here is what pushes its users away, and what its category peers report
Friction holds 17 sourced reports about Windmill (windmill.dev) from 69 public source threads (as of 2026-10-15), and none says the author left. This page shows what its users say pushes them away, and the problem profile of n8n, Temporal.
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What pushes people away from Windmill
The most-reported open problems, worst severity first. Each links to the item with its source.
Sync resource types with Hub fails with an authentication error · Integrations · Blocks work · 4 people
“error: Unauthorized: Could not authenticate with the provided credentials”
Windmill containers crash on Raspberry Pi 5 with jemalloc page-size error · Self-hosting & upgrades · Blocks work · 3 people
“workers scheduled on arm64 nodes crash with a SIGILL (Signal 4) error”
AgGrid table action button returns wrong row data after a refresh · Reliability & bugs · Blocks work · 2 people
“the row data (row.value) obtained by the button when operating the table data again is incorrect”
Initial setup screen fails and admin password cannot be changed on CE · Setup & onboarding · Blocks work · 2 people
“When attempting to setup my instance i was unable to complete it and kept getting this error in my logs”
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Other workflow automation tools on Friction, and what their users struggle with
Switching trades one set of problems for another. The same evidence, for each tool Friction covers in this category:
n8n
39 reports · 80 source threads · most-discussed area: Reliability & bugs
Temporal
14 reports · 65 source threads · most-discussed area: API & developer experience
Counts and reports reflect people who post in public (developers and technical buyers are over-represented). A tool with fewer reports is not a better tool; it may only be discussed less. How the data is built.