N8N 2.17.8

n8n 2.17.8 (StartOS package v2.17.8_0)

This is the initial StartOS package for n8n 2.17.8

Highlights

• Full action set: covering install-time setup (Set Primary URL, Complete Owner Account Setup), account recovery (Reset User Management, Disable MFA for User), SMTP configuration, and data export (Export Workflows, Export Credentials, Run Security Audit). Additional highlights include:

• Persistent encryption key auto-generated at install, stored in store.json, and included in StartOS backups — credentials decrypt cleanly across reinstalls and restores

• SMTP integration supporting disabled / StartOS system SMTP / custom server modes

• REST API & webhook endpoints exposed via a dedicated StartOS interface for external triggers (GitHub, Stripe, etc.)

• Embedded SQLite database with WAL pool sizing — no external Postgres sidecar required

• Privacy-hardened defaults with telemetry, version notifications, templates, and personalization all disabled

• Multi-architecture support: x86_64 and aarch64

Installation & Defaults

Users download the .s9pk file matching their server architecture and side-load it through the StartOS UI. After install, two tasks appear:

1. Set Primary URL (critical) — must be completed before webhooks work, since n8n generates webhook addresses from the primary URL.
2. Complete Owner Account Setup (important) — open the Web UI and complete n8n's first-run owner-account wizard; no admin account is pre-seeded.

SMTP is disabled by default.

Community Edition only — no enterprise license key support, no external task runners, SQLite only (Postgres not enabled in this package).