n8n [email protected] — Release Notes & Engineering Impact

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Analysis updated: 2026-11-01.

Breaking-change evidence from the source

core:** Prevent Anthropic agent threads from breaking permanently and keep run errors visible ([#37722](https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/issues/37722)) ([1007dff](https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/commit/1007dff4befe77fc97aa438b934db0a3e948a360))

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🔧 Bug Fixes 5 ⚠️ Breaking & Deprecations 1

⚡ Executive Summary (TL;DR)

n8n [email protected]. Source highlight: **core:** Cap task runner task timeouts to the graceful shutdown window (#37765) (6e12447)

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⚠️ Breaking Changes & Deprecations (1)

core:** Prevent Anthropic agent threads from breaking permanently and keep run errors visible ([#37722](https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/issues/37722)) ([1007dff](https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/commit/1007dff4befe77fc97aa438b934db0a3e948a360))

🔧 Bug Fixes & Patches (5)

**core:** Cap task runner task timeouts to the graceful shutdown window (#37765) (6e12447)
**core:** Keep a serving external secrets provider active when its replacement fails (#37882) (1abbd4b)
**core:** Prevent Anthropic agent threads from breaking permanently and keep run errors visible (#37722) (1007dff)
**core:** Stop npm audit from stalling Instance AI sandbox setup (#37877) (6120419)
**core:** Stop task broker before task runner processes on shutdown (#37886) (a8fc772)

📄 View Raw Release Notes (Original Developer Log)

## [2.38.4](https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/compare/[email protected]@2.38.4) (2026-09-07) ### Bug Fixes * **core:** Cap task runner task timeouts to the graceful shutdown window ([#37765](https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/issues/37765)) ([6e12447](https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/commit/6e12447f9b747da8f41cf7246e57ca0fa7ed5f16)) * **core:** Keep a serving external secrets provider active when its replacement fails ([#37882](https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/issues/37882)) ([1abbd4b](https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/commit/1abbd4b8087d8965bf972de731bf8c1b083dea48)) * **core:** Prevent Anthropic agent threads from breaking permanently and keep run errors visible ([#37722](https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/issues/37722)) ([1007dff](https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/commit/1007dff4befe77fc97aa438b934db0a3e948a360)) * **core:** Stop npm audit from stalling Instance AI sandbox setup ([#37877](https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/issues/37877)) ([6120419](https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/commit/6120419fdd31cf74e33f2768513e73dbf3023251)) * **core:** Stop task broker before task runner processes on shutdown ([#37886](https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/issues/37886)) ([a8fc772](https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/commit/a8fc772e483e38969ca6e10117d5b501c607fd18))

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