# n8n n8n@2.16.0 — Release & Upgrade Intelligence
- **Product:** n8n (https://n8n.io)
- **Version:** n8n@2.16.0
- **Released:** Apr 07, 2026
- **Impact Score:** 5/10
- **Breaking Changes:** Not verified
- **Canonical Analysis:** https://changelogs.us/n8n/updates/n8n-2.16.0/

## Executive Summary (TL;DR)
n8n n8n@2.16.0. Source highlight: **Anthropic Node:** Use models endpoint for credential test (#27951) (5519600)

## New Features
- Add --init-workflow flag to scaffold publish.yml (#27292) (34894af)
- Add expression-based role mapping strategy (#27745) (5ad1c54)
- **Alibaba Cloud Chat Model Node:** Add new node (#27882) (5a11c58)
- **Chat Trigger Node:** Auto-add highlighted execution data (#18778) (4fb1f7d)
- Computer use HITL confirmations in Instance AI (#27910) (74e6df3)
- **core:** Add data table MCP tool (#27811) (eaacd75)

## Improvements
- **core:** Make Wait node fully durable by removing in-memory execution path (#27066) (f025a78)

## Bug Fixes
- **Anthropic Node:** Use models endpoint for credential test (#27951) (5519600)
- Auto-authorize task-family tools after plan approval (#27896) (9dd8578)
- Bump dependencies  (#27880) (a5a9f6d)
- **Chat Trigger Node:** Fix webhook not registered error when using pinned data (#27697) (70be3f5)
- **core:** Add @n8n/ai-node-sdk as CLI dependency for community nodes (#27749) (9851478)
- **core:** Debounce per event type in pubsub (#27877) (0fd9fd7)