# n8n n8n@2.40.6 — Release & Upgrade Intelligence
- **Product:** n8n (https://n8n.io)
- **Version:** n8n@2.40.6
- **Released:** Sep 24, 2026
- **Impact Score:** 5/10
- **Breaking Changes:** Not verified
- **Canonical Analysis:** https://changelogs.us/n8n/updates/n8n-2.40.6/

## Executive Summary (TL;DR)
n8n n8n@2.40.6. Source highlight: **core:** Keep OpenTelemetry export working after a restart when Sentry is enabled (#39368) (7720a02)

## New Features
- **core:** Authenticate instance reports with the license certificate (#39381) (f0ab4ea)

## Bug Fixes
- **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)