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n8n changelog: what's new each month

Every stable n8n release summarised by month: the highlights, new features, improvements, fixes and anything you need to act on. 3 months covered; the current month updates daily.

October 2026 · so far

4 releases: 2.41.5 → 2.41.7

October brought stability improvements and enhanced access control features to n8n. The month focused on API permissions and task runner reliability.

Highlights

  • Global members can now grant variable scopes to API keys
  • Task runner reliability improved to handle unhandled promise rejections
  • Gateway credits promotions now display on community nodes

New

  • Global members can grant variable scopes to API keys

Improved

  • Task runner now continues running after unhandled promise rejections
  • Gateway credits promotions display on community nodes in the editor

Fixed

  • Task runner stability when encountering unhandled promise rejections

September 2026

26 releases: 2.38.1 → 1.123.83

September brought stability improvements and AI agent enhancements to n8n, with fixes for workflow execution, credential handling, and agent preview features. The month focused on reliability across distributed task execution and external integrations.

Highlights

  • AI Builder can now add multiple tools from the same provider through the UI.
  • Fixed Anthropic agent threads from breaking permanently and improved error visibility.
  • Resolved workflow execution issues including data-encryption key repair and parent process cleanup.
  • Enhanced AI Assistant with onboarding for new Cloud signups and credit display.
  • Improved MongoDB node with parameter binding for sort and projection operations.

New

  • AI Builder emits tool call events for Workflow, HTTP Request, and Code tools.
  • n8n Assistant onboarding thread for new Cloud signups.
  • Log streaming events for instance reports.
  • Parameter binding for MongoDB sort and projection.
  • Agent artifacts support in AI Builder preview tab bar.

Improved

  • AI Builder preserves managed n8n credits when building workflows.
  • Session timeline and trace now display correctly in AI Builder preview dock when full screen.
  • Alibaba Cloud Node uses async image-generation for Wan 2.6.
  • Assistant credit CTAs route to top-up for usage-based billing accounts.
  • Editor shows remaining credits on Assistant banner for Cloud usage-based billing.
  • MCP toolkit members now execute on workers.
  • Consent grants are reused after visitor authenticates mid-flow.
  • Source control HTTPS remotes trust CA from GITSSLCAINFO environment variable.

Fixed

  • Fixed session timeline and trace not showing on preview dock in full screen mode.
  • Restored mutating array methods on $json data in expressions.
  • Fixed blank workflow previews in AI Assistant.
  • Resolved HTTP 405 error on PATCH credentials endpoint.
  • Fixed issue preventing some users from revoking end-user credentials.
  • Repaired data-encryption keys stored as raw instance key.

August 2026

17 releases: 2.34.5 → 2.36.9

August brought stability improvements, expression engine refinements, and updates to integrations. The month focused on fixing resource management issues and improving credential handling across the platform.

Action needed
  • Offset query parameter removed from list workflow history endpoint.

Highlights

  • Google Ads Node migrated to API v25, replacing the sunset v21 version.
  • VM expression engine is now the default on 1.x branch.
  • Proxy and TLS handling improved for consistent request routing across processes.
  • Expression isolate management refined to prevent resource leaks in scheduled polls and webhooks.
  • Microsoft Teams Node restored Group.ReadWrite.All OAuth2 scope.

New

  • API request schema discovery for decorator routes via /discover endpoint.
  • AI Assistant setup funnel telemetry added.
  • Environment variable for showing scopes on managed OAuth credentials (N8NMANAGEDOAUTHSHOWSCOPES).
  • Details field now allowed in continueErrorOutput mode.
  • Demo templates updated to current OpenAI models.

Improved

  • Expression isolate acquisition for dynamic node parameter requests.
  • Trigger closeFunction now wrapped in expression isolate at creation time.
  • Environment values normalized before schema-based parsing.
  • End-user credentials resolved when loading node parameters.
  • OAuth2 token requests now routed through environment proxies in all processes.
  • Task runners no longer restarted if only running slow.
  • License auto-renewal reconciliation on startup leader takeover.
  • Domain-restricted credentials now work within their own node.

Fixed

  • Scheduled poll ticks no longer release the activation's expression isolate.
  • Test-webhook isolate properly released only after teardown completes.
  • Edit Fields type selector styles restored in editor.
  • Workflow publication outbox record processing bound with abort deadline.
  • TLS options now applied per hop when requests go through a proxy.
  • Binary data API endpoint adapted for consistency.

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