Alteryx Workflow Hanging When Opening - AMP Engine Issue

Question

I have Alteryx Designer 2023.1. It has been very stable but when I tried opening a particular workflow yesterday, Alteryx Designer launched but the workflow hung with the spinning circle. After 5 minutes, I used Windows Task Manager to close Alteryx Designer. I tried this multiple time over two days. In order to fix this issue, I had to do the following: (1.) Open the workflow in Windows Explorer by right clicking on the workflow *.yxmd file & open in Notepad. (2.) Change TO (3.) Save the file. After I did that, I relaunched the workflow & it opened without issue. The above steps turned off the AMP Engine & the workflow has been running properly. The bummer is that I had to remove two Control Containers since they only work with the AMP Engine turned on. This workflow ran well for the last 6 months so I am not sure what happened to it. I have opened other workflows with the AMP Engine turned on & they are running as expected. Has anyone else experienced this issue? Did you resolve it in the same manner? Thank you!

Scott_Snowman · Answer

I am running into what looks like the same issue, with 2023.1

My copy of Designer isn't hanging with a spinning circle, but instead a fixed hourglass. But essentially the same behavior, and modifying the RunWithE2 value let me open the workflow. However, it uses control containers, which require AMP, so I'm similarly stuck for now.

JM14 · Answer

I have a similar issue now after upgrading to 2024.2. However, I was trying to open a workflow from gallery that had a google drive connector in the workflow. If I download it and try your trick it does allow me to open the workflow. But I can't run it, because the google drive tool requires the AMP engine on. If I turn the AMP engine on after opening the workflow, it just spins again. Seems like this might be some kind of bug with the AMP engine.