# n8n n8n@1.17.0 — Release & Upgrade Intelligence
- **Product:** n8n (https://n8n.io)
- **Version:** n8n@1.17.0
- **Released:** Nov 15, 2023
- **Impact Score:** 5/10
- **Breaking Changes:** Not verified
- **Canonical Analysis:** https://changelogs.us/n8n/updates/n8n-1.17.0/

## Executive Summary (TL;DR)
n8n n8n@1.17.0. Source highlight: **Convert to/from binary data Node:** Better mime type defaults (#7693) (9b3be0c)

## New Features
- **core:** Expression function $ifEmpty (#7660) (1c7225e)
- **Date & Time Node:** Option to include other fields in output item (#7661) (aea3c50)
- **Discord Node:** Overhaul (#5351) (6a53c2a)
- **Discourse Node:** Add new options to Get Users (#7674) (2e8c841)
- **editor:** Add color selector to sticky node (#7453) (8359364)
- **editor:** Add HTTP request nodes for credentials without a node (#7157) (14035e1)

## Improvements
- **core:** Lazyload security audit reporters (#7696) (b2ca050)

## Bug Fixes
- **Convert to/from binary data Node:** Better mime type defaults (#7693) (9b3be0c)
- **core:** Consider subworkflows successfully run when in waiting state (#7699) (0e00dab)
- **core:** Fix named parameter resolution in migrations (#7688) (4441ed5)
- **core:** Initialize JWT Secret before it's used anywhere (#7707) (3460eb5)
- **core:** Reduce memory usage in credentials risk auditing (#7663) (9fd6319)
- **Date & Time Node:** Add fromFormat option to solve ambiguous date strings (#7675) (d2d11e0)