Impact Score: 5/10
n8n [email protected] — Release Notes & Engineering Impact
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Analysis updated: 2026-11-01.
⚡ Executive Summary (TL;DR)
n8n [email protected]. Source highlight: **core:** Keep OpenTelemetry export working after a restart when Sentry is enabled (#39368) (7720a02)
Who Does This Impact? (Role-Based Analysis)
💻 Software Engineers & Devs
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📊 Product & Engineering Leads
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⚙️ DevOps & Security
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✨ New Features & Capabilities (1)
- **core:** Authenticate instance reports with the license certificate (#39381) (f0ab4ea)
🔧 Bug Fixes & Patches (2)
- **core:** Keep OpenTelemetry export working after a restart when Sentry is enabled (#39368) (7720a02)
- **core:** Retry instance reports that cross the UTC midnight boundary (#39434) (5e09a78)
📄 View Raw Release Notes (Original Developer Log)
## [2.40.6](https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/compare/[email protected]@2.40.6) (2026-09-24)
### Bug Fixes
* **core:** Keep OpenTelemetry export working after a restart when Sentry is enabled ([#39368](https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/issues/39368)) ([7720a02](https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/commit/7720a02599ef7c7fb8b44407cf7646c0915ecd4d))
* **core:** Retry instance reports that cross the UTC midnight boundary ([#39434](https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/issues/39434)) ([5e09a78](https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/commit/5e09a780b58278f06d159d28c0771e1af28ef670))
### Features
* **core:** Authenticate instance reports with the license certificate ([#39381](https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/issues/39381)) ([f0ab4ea](https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/commit/f0ab4ea7de8db16f84d44d3234b27cf36bed8a0a))
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