n8n is an automation platform hosted on GitHub, provided by the n8n-io organization. It’s useful for building and running workflow automations (integrations and processes) based on the project’s code and documentation available on the GitHub page.
Project status
- Actively maintained (yes): Upstream GitHub pushes and n8n version updates are ongoing, with the most recent update on 2026-09-09 and multiple new versions within the same week, indicating current development and fix flow.
- Update cadence (rapid, steady): From 2026-09-03 to 2026-09-09, there are many point updates (for example, 2.37.9, 2.37.10, 2.37.11, 2.38.3, 2.38.4, 2.38.5, 2.39.0, 2.39.1), suggesting an active release rhythm (not a long maintenance pause).
AI summary generated
Recent updates
n8n@2.39.1
n8n 2.39.1 is a maintenance release with a focused fix in the core bootstrap process. It repairs legacy-format data encryption keys during startup to prevent failures or incorrect decryption behavior.
n8n@2.38.5
Release 2.38.5 documents a single core bug fix related to preserving the original job error when the job key is missing. The actual code changes in this diff include multiple unrelated functional areas (AI agent runtime, HTTP proxy agent behavior, API type schemas, and security configuration defaults), none of which are described in the release notes.
Featuresn8n@2.39.0
n8n 2.39.0 adds several new API endpoints for workflow versioning and source control, along with multiple Instance AI capabilities like folder exploration, opt-in concurrency limits, and past conversation search. The release also includes broad bug fixes across core and nodes, including webhook Set-Cookie support, improved publish permission checks, and fixes to keep AI assistant behavior stable.
BreakingSecurityFeaturesn8n@2.37.11
Release 2.37.11 notes only two core bug fixes related to workflow run cleanup and external secrets provider replacement. The code diff for this release is substantially larger, including network/proxy behavior changes, new Instance AI credential destination approval plumbing, expression runtime hardening, and additional runtime utility exports.
BreakingFeaturesn8n@2.38.4
n8n@2.38.4 focuses on core reliability fixes, especially around shutdown and long-running task/agent stability. Several changes prevent components from getting stuck or permanently breaking, and improve error visibility for Anthropic agent runs.
n8n@2.37.10
This release has essentially no human-written release notes, but the code diff shows a substantial change to how n8n loads and manages community node packages. n8n now introduces a node-authoring API compatibility guard that can skip registering loaders, and it changes how the community package “reinstall missing” logic behaves for incompatible packages already on disk.
Featuresn8n@2.37.9
n8n@2.37.9 primarily includes a core bug fix that restores support for mutating array methods on $json data in expressions. The provided code diff excerpt, however, shows extensive additions of internal agent skill documentation and guidelines under .agents/skills, which are not mentioned in the release notes.
n8n@2.38.3
n8n v2.38.3 includes a single core bug fix focused on workflow execution cleanup. It ensures that running job cleanup is performed when a workflow run rejects, reducing the risk of leftover or stuck jobs after failed executions.
n8n@1.123.77
This release has no human-written release notes content, so it provides no documented guidance about what changed. The diff primarily updates GitHub CI/CD infrastructure (new composite actions, CI filtering logic, telemetry documentation, and CI workflow support), plus a significant modification to the release versioning automation script.
SecurityFeaturesn8n@2.37.7
The 2.37.7 release notes contain only an auto-generated Cubic review link and no human-readable description of changes. In the provided code diff, the changes shown are overwhelmingly new documentation and agent skill markdown files under .agents/skills, not runtime application logic.
n8n@2.38.2
n8n 2.38.2 is a patch release compared to 2.38.1. The provided release notes contain no specific change log details beyond an auto-generated reference, so there is no documented information here about new features, fixes, or behavioral changes.
n8n@1.123.76
Release n8n@1.123.76 has release notes that only mention a dependency security fix, bumping browserslist to clear CVE-2026-73088 and CVE-2026-73089. The actual diff is much larger, dominated by new and refactored GitHub Actions and CI infrastructure, but none of that is documented in the release notes.
Securityn8n@2.38.1
n8n 2.38.1 is a patch release focused on bug fixes across the core execution engine, API endpoints, and AI Builder/AI Assistant UX. It also adds a few new UI and node operations (notably in the Confluence node), plus incremental AI Builder capability improvements like adding credit visibility in the agent tools modal.
Featuresn8n@2.37.6
n8n v2.37.6 includes a single core bug fix related to dynamic credential storage. The change ensures a thread execution id is properly passed through, which should improve correctness for workflows using dynamic credentials.
n8n@2.36.9
Release n8n@2.36.9 is documented as a bug fix to apply proxy environment variables consistently across packages and processes. The actual code diff shows broader proxy and SSRF related behavior changes (including axios routing changes and SSRF policy enforcement for proxy hosts), plus an API type change that alters accepted pagination query parameters for workflow history.
Securityn8n@2.37.4
n8n 2.37.4 contains a targeted bug fix in the core credential handling. A domain-restricted credential is now allowed to work in its own node, restoring expected behavior for restricted credentials.
n8n@2.36.8
Release 2.36.8 release notes document a single bug fix in core credential handling. However, the provided code diff for this release includes multiple security and API-facing behavior changes in the HTTP/SSRF pipeline and in Public API pagination DTOs, none of which are mentioned in the release notes.
Securityn8n@2.37.3
n8n 2.37.3 includes targeted bug fixes focused on the distroless runners Docker image. It ensures required runtime libraries (glibc and libatomic) are included as matched pairs, improving compatibility of the runner environment.
n8n@2.37.1
n8n@2.37.1 includes a bug fix to ensure OAuth2 token requests are routed through environment proxies across processes. The code change is implemented in the @n8n/client-oauth2 package and is backed by new unit and integration tests covering HTTP_PROXY, HTTPS_PROXY, and NO_PROXY behavior.
n8n@2.36.7
n8n@2.36.7 includes a small API change to cursor-based workflow history pagination, plus several API and core bug fixes. The code diff also contains substantial backend-network changes related to SSRF and proxy host validation that are not mentioned in the release notes.
BreakingFeatures