Impact Score: 5/10
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Analysis updated: 2026-11-01.
โก Executive Summary (TL;DR)
n8n [email protected]. Source highlight: **ai-builder:** Hide and reap intermediate AI-created workflows (#29344) (1031603)
Who Does This Impact? (Role-Based Analysis)
๐ป Software Engineers & Devs
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๐ Product & Engineering Leads
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โ๏ธ DevOps & Security
Verify the target version, runtime requirements and rollback procedure in the official documentation.
โจ New Features & Capabilities (3)
- Add warning when publishing workflow, if some nodes in it are using ai gateway credentials (#29174) (acbf598)
- In the n8n Connect table on row click open execution related to that usage row (#29195) (f9b6b58)
- **OpenAI Node:** Use dynamic model selection for image edit and update analyze model filter (#29330) (78c37ac)
๐ง Bug Fixes & Patches (5)
- **ai-builder:** Hide and reap intermediate AI-created workflows (#29344) (1031603)
- **editor:** Constrain InstanceAiView stacking context below sidebar (#29335) (6508bce)
- **editor:** Disable WF version menu only when all actions are unavailable (#29326) (263f0b7)
- **editor:** Fix NDV not loading parameters panel if refreshed (#28856) (b6ce410)
- No Credits state for n8n Connect badge (#29380) (a53fbbf)
๐ View Raw Release Notes (Original Developer Log)
## [2.18.5](https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/compare/[email protected]@2.18.5) (2026-04-28)
### Bug Fixes
* **ai-builder:** Hide and reap intermediate AI-created workflows ([#29344](https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/issues/29344)) ([1031603](https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/commit/1031603b0b53a250eea0cf13910b800f534b0a97))
* **editor:** Constrain InstanceAiView stacking context below sidebar ([#29335](https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/issues/29335)) ([6508bce](https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/commit/6508bce89b787d25aa599e85b7be805a6da1432d))
* **editor:** Disable WF version menu only when all actions are unavailable ([#29326](https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/issues/29326)) ([263f0b7](https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/commit/263f0b723e0019d699ebff9fc81dfd27e0d2ebd5))
* **editor:** Fix NDV not loading parameters panel if refreshed ([#28856](https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/issues/28856)) ([b6ce410](https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/commit/b6ce41023625653ec311a55f1a1af8c3a4e6a389))
* No Credits state for n8n Connect badge ([#29380](https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/issues/29380)) ([a53fbbf](https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/commit/a53fbbfc41904bf3e743137f84518034bf77b672))
### Features
* Add warning when publishing workflow, if some nodes in it are using ai gateway credentials ([#29174](https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/issues/29174)) ([acbf598](https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/commit/acbf59815b91f0b59abb891a6c36a49511426703))
* In the n8n Connect table on row click open execution related to that usage row ([#29195](https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/issues/29195)) ([f9b6b58](https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/commit/f9b6b580107ee80e3f52b5cceef37cbeea8c0861))
* **OpenAI Node:** Use dynamic model selection for image edit and update analyze model filter ([#29330](https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/issues/29330)) ([78c37ac](https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/commit/78c37ac0efd610271c1f42dbcc744cdf66ae7383))