n8n beta

2.42.0 (2026-09-29)

Bug Fixes

• AI Agent Node: Let an AI Agent Tool use its own tools under a pre-v3 parent agent (#39160) (60d0598)
• Align MCP workflow headings and remove outdated notice (#39463) (b096147)
• API: Accept workflow descriptions on creation (#39705) (6c1edac)
• API: Allow extendsCredential in workflow create/update (#39243) (9e7bc66)
• API: Validate OpenAPI path parameter names (#39067) (a2a2638)
• Azure OpenAI Chat Model Node: Make the Azure Entra credential sign in as the app (#39377) (2f98090)
• core: Close Chat integration runtime on shutdown and let followers send (#38958) (3628dc1)
• core: Count a database ping as successful when its reply arrives during event-loop lag (#39645) (bda9453)
• core: Enforce one instance report per day with a unique index (#39536) (20807d2)
• core: Gate the AI Assistant project list on the team-projects license (#39235) (dec7c71)
• core: Keep one failed binary-data dir from aborting the delete batch (#39194) (34f77c0)
• core: Keep OpenTelemetry export working after a restart when Sentry is enabled (#38480) (dbefd92)
• core: Link MCP workflow access errors to workflow settings (#39738) (9f5c752)
• core: Record live n8n Assistant test runs as verification evidence (#39361) (fb35797)
• core: Release the expression isolate when the webhook response ends (#39138) (82cd04c)
• core: Remove checkpoints when deleting agent sessions (#39175) (6a678f0)
• core: Remove feature flag for MCP Registry in AI Assistant (#39018) (ecfec19)
• core: Restore pubsub subscriptions after Redis reconnect and detect half-open subscriber connections (#39174) (3f76dcc)
• core: Resume only private sessions in Preview (#39151) (dda9a56)
• core: Retry each file removal in the byte store's delete (#39193) (7bebbe4)
• core: Retry instance reports that cross the UTC midnight boundary (#39290) (f914770)
• core: Retry the recursive removal of an execution's binary-data directory (#39185) (3a31c38)
• core: Return test webhook response when the call lands on another main (#39382) (73bdae5)
• core: Stop retrying instance reports the receiver rejects with 400 or 413 (#39502) (d9c9d6e)
• core: Store queue job results only for executions this process enqueued (#39712) (5d508ec)
• core: Use Sessions tab terminology in n8n Assistant (#39265) (43d7cc7)
• core: Validate token payload before resolving the user (#39078) (7d1bae5)
• editor: Fetch publication status when a new workflow becomes saved (#38382) (d658d18)
• editor: Improve Agent layout and sub-agent guidance (#39791) (3daa34d)
• editor: Keep agent builder chat messages within the panel (#39233) (9142b47)
• editor: Keep agent capability chips within card width (#39532) (9329d1f)
• editor: Keep quick-connect OAuth credentials out of lists until the user authorizes (#39297) (4c2f220)
• editor: Keep typed text in the AI Assistant chat rename input (#39570) (42dc399)
• editor: Make agent configuration header more compact (#39172) (1c82574)
• editor: Move agent AI entry point below header (#39318) (afa5fc3)
• editor: Prefill the server URL in the Mistral Vibe connector link (#39518) (d4999a2)
• editor: Remove half-checked permissions from system instance roles and restore the Member preset (#38652) (c114a18)
• editor: Shorten the Assistant name in navigation and settings (#39288) (5cc6640)
• editor: Show a cached role at once and align the personal space block in the instance role editor (#39394) (e648610)
• editor: Show Agent Builder activity on prompt submission (#39501) (8a0d833)
• editor: Show project icons in Agent breadcrumbs (#39649) (1fe19db)
• editor: Show when update available for community packages if only verified packages are enabled (#39424) (070d9fe)
• editor: Sorting data table rows by unknown column returns raw database error (#39733) (b8cda55)
• Google Cloud Storage Node: Preserve request headers on object create (#35218) (bc9faf2)
• googleFirebaseCloudFirestore Node: Preserve field types for numeric strings and falsy values (#27399) (b3d4cfe)
• LinkedIn Node: Validate post text (#39201) (d1cd34b)
• Make n8n-node release work with release-it 21 (#39378) (d23f949)
• MCP Client Node: Terminate session before closing the client (#39526) (11acaa3)
• Microsoft Teams Node: Correct the v2 resource-locator copy (#39443) (a924724)
• Mistral Cloud Node: Support citation reference chunks (#38952) (a9bc9c5)
• Notion Node: Clarify simplified output for AI workflow generation (#39051) (67b70ea)
• Preserve tables in AI workflow builder web fetch (#38879) (07a741b)
• Preserve tool arguments in reconstructed history (#39153) (fe0fad5)
• Recover running preview chat after reload (#39311) (98f012e)
• Validate node codex categories during linting (#39543) (a3aa6c0)
• Wise Node: Use current sandbox API (#39255) (3c48cef)
• Xero Node: Send tenant header on every page when returning all items (#39431) (58e55b5)
• Zoho CRM Node: Update logo to current Zoho branding (#39305) (be12181)

Features

• Add an n8n Assistant onboarding thread for new Cloud signups (#39730) (d765bbd)
• Add credential descriptions behind an instance flag (#39177) (57d654f)
• Add Gateway credits option to Agent web search (#39169) (4dbe8de)
• Add pinned Apply and Apply Continue to the promotion CLI commands (#39597) (6c57533)
• ai-builder: Add approval settings for agent channel actions (#39059) (d9f6568)
• ai-builder: Confirm template selections before finishing the build (#39517) (80e4084)
• ai-builder: Prompt suggestions and intro on empty agent builder aia (#39098) (9ee6a8f)