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OpenTelemetry tracing for workflow execution (2.22.0+)

Workflow- and node-level spans are exported via OTEL to observability systems; most features are also available in the free self-hosted community edition, while custom telemetry tags are enterprise only.

Kafka has had native OTEL instrumentation for a long time; workflow-level tracing in n8n has only just arrived. Apache Kafka →
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Microsoft Agent 365 Trigger node (2.20.0, preview)

The node gives the n8n agent an identity in a Microsoft tenant: an email for @mentions in Teams, access to SharePoint sites, and the ability to act as a team member in Microsoft 365 apps. Early preview, available only through the Frontier program.

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IdP role mapping and bootstrap via env variables (2.19.0)

IdP role mapping is now configured inside n8n instead of in an external IdP config; instance bootstrap via environment variables has been added for automated deployment, along with expression-based grouping for complex structures.

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n8n 2.0.0: hardening release, secure-by-default execution

Task runners are enabled by default: Code nodes run in an isolated environment, and access to env variables from Code nodes is blocked. Legacy options have been removed (in-memory binary data), new SQLite pooling delivers up to a 10x boost, and a Publish/Save flow has been added for safe production updates. Breaking changes apply, with a migration report before upgrading; 1.x is supported for another 3 months.

Runtime isolation and sandboxing in enterprise ESBs (Mule, Talend) have been the standard for years; n8n only made it the default in 2.0. MuleSoft →

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