diff --git a/api/configs/middleware/cache/redis_config.py b/api/configs/middleware/cache/redis_config.py
index 367cb52731178e..3b9120754590de 100644
--- a/api/configs/middleware/cache/redis_config.py
+++ b/api/configs/middleware/cache/redis_config.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from pydantic import Field, NonNegativeInt, PositiveFloat, PositiveInt
+from pydantic import Field, NonNegativeInt, PositiveFloat, PositiveInt, field_validator
 from pydantic_settings import BaseSettings
 
 
@@ -116,3 +116,13 @@ class RedisConfig(BaseSettings):
         description="Maximum connections in the Redis connection pool (unset for library default)",
         default=None,
     )
+
+    @field_validator("REDIS_MAX_CONNECTIONS", mode="before")
+    @classmethod
+    def _empty_string_to_none_for_max_conns(cls, v):
+        """Allow empty string in env/.env to mean 'unset' (None)."""
+        if v is None:
+            return None
+        if isinstance(v, str) and v.strip() == "":
+            return None
+        return v
diff --git a/api/dify_graph/nodes/http_request/node.py b/api/dify_graph/nodes/http_request/node.py
index b17c820a80e36b..486ae241ee0ad2 100644
--- a/api/dify_graph/nodes/http_request/node.py
+++ b/api/dify_graph/nodes/http_request/node.py
@@ -101,7 +101,6 @@ def _run(self) -> NodeRunResult:
                 timeout=self._get_request_timeout(self.node_data),
                 variable_pool=self.graph_runtime_state.variable_pool,
                 http_request_config=self._http_request_config,
-                max_retries=0,
                 ssl_verify=self.node_data.ssl_verify,
                 http_client=self._http_client,
                 file_manager=self._file_manager,