import { Logger } from '@n8n/backend-common'; import { GlobalConfig } from '@n8n/config'; import { Service } from '@n8n/di'; import { InstanceSettings } from 'n8n-core'; import config from '@/config'; type EnvVarName = string; type Deprecation = { /** Name of the deprecated env var. */ envVar: EnvVarName; /** Message to display when the deprecated env var is currently in use. */ message: string; /** Function to identify the specific value in the env var that is deprecated. */ checkValue?: (value?: string) => boolean; /** Whether to show a deprecation warning if the env var is missing. */ warnIfMissing?: boolean; /** Whether a config value is required to trigger a deprecation warning. */ matchConfig?: boolean; /** Function to run to check whether to disable this deprecation warning. */ disableIf?: () => boolean; }; const SAFE_TO_REMOVE = 'Remove this environment variable; it is no longer needed.'; /** Responsible for warning about deprecations related to env vars. */ @Service() export class DeprecationService { private readonly deprecations: Deprecation[] = [ { envVar: 'N8N_BINARY_DATA_TTL', message: SAFE_TO_REMOVE }, { envVar: 'N8N_PERSISTED_BINARY_DATA_TTL', message: SAFE_TO_REMOVE }, { envVar: 'EXECUTIONS_DATA_PRUNE_TIMEOUT', message: SAFE_TO_REMOVE }, { envVar: 'N8N_BINARY_DATA_MODE', message: '`default` is deprecated. Please switch to `filesystem` mode.', checkValue: (value: string) => value === 'default', }, { envVar: 'N8N_CONFIG_FILES', message: 'Please use .env files or *_FILE env vars instead.' }, { envVar: 'DB_TYPE', message: 'MySQL and MariaDB are deprecated. Please migrate to PostgreSQL.', checkValue: (value: string) => ['mysqldb', 'mariadb'].includes(value), }, { envVar: 'DB_SQLITE_POOL_SIZE', message: 'Running SQLite without a pool of read connections is deprecated. Please set `DB_SQLITE_POOL_SIZE` to a value higher than zero. See: https://docs.n8n.io/hosting/configuration/environment-variables/database/#sqlite', checkValue: (_: string) => this.globalConfig.database.isLegacySqlite, }, { envVar: 'N8N_SKIP_WEBHOOK_DEREGISTRATION_SHUTDOWN', message: `n8n no longer deregisters webhooks at startup and shutdown. ${SAFE_TO_REMOVE}`, }, { envVar: 'N8N_RUNNERS_ENABLED', message: 'Running n8n without task runners is deprecated. Task runners will be turned on by default in a future version. Please set `N8N_RUNNERS_ENABLED=true` to enable task runners now and avoid potential issues in the future. Learn more: https://docs.n8n.io/hosting/configuration/task-runners/', checkValue: (value?: string) => value?.toLowerCase() !== 'true' && value !== '1', warnIfMissing: true, disableIf: () => this.globalConfig.nodes.exclude.includes('n8n-nodes-base.code'), }, { envVar: 'OFFLOAD_MANUAL_EXECUTIONS_TO_WORKERS', message: 'Running manual executions in the main instance in scaling mode is deprecated. Manual executions will be routed to workers in a future version. Please set `OFFLOAD_MANUAL_EXECUTIONS_TO_WORKERS=true` to offload manual executions to workers and avoid potential issues in the future. Consider increasing memory available to workers and reducing memory available to main.', checkValue: (value?: string) => value?.toLowerCase() !== 'true' && value !== '1', warnIfMissing: true, matchConfig: config.getEnv('executions.mode') === 'queue', disableIf: () => this.instanceSettings.instanceType !== 'main', }, { envVar: 'N8N_PARTIAL_EXECUTION_VERSION_DEFAULT', checkValue: (value: string) => value === '1', message: 'Version 1 of partial executions is deprecated and will be removed as early as v1.85.0', }, { envVar: 'N8N_PARTIAL_EXECUTION_VERSION_DEFAULT', message: 'This environment variable is internal and should not be set.', }, { envVar: 'N8N_EXPRESSION_EVALUATOR', message: `n8n has replaced \`tmpl\` with \`tournament\` as expression evaluator. ${SAFE_TO_REMOVE}`, }, { envVar: 'N8N_EXPRESSION_REPORT_DIFFERENCE', message: `n8n has replaced \`tmpl\` with \`tournament\` as expression evaluator. ${SAFE_TO_REMOVE}`, }, { envVar: 'EXECUTIONS_PROCESS', message: SAFE_TO_REMOVE, checkValue: (value: string | undefined) => value !== undefined && value !== 'own', }, { envVar: 'EXECUTIONS_PROCESS', message: 'n8n does not support `own` mode since May 2023. Please remove this environment variable to allow n8n to start. If you need the isolation and performance gains, please consider queue mode: https://docs.n8n.io/hosting/scaling/queue-mode/', checkValue: (value: string) => value === 'own', }, { envVar: 'N8N_BLOCK_ENV_ACCESS_IN_NODE', message: 'The default value of N8N_BLOCK_ENV_ACCESS_IN_NODE will be changed from false to true in a future version. If you need to access environment variables from the Code Node or from expressions, please set N8N_BLOCK_ENV_ACCESS_IN_NODE=false. Learn more: https://docs.n8n.io/hosting/configuration/environment-variables/security/', checkValue: (value: string | undefined) => value === undefined || value === '', }, ]; /** Runtime state of deprecation-related env vars. */ private readonly state: Map = new Map(); constructor( private readonly logger: Logger, private readonly globalConfig: GlobalConfig, private readonly instanceSettings: InstanceSettings, ) {} warn() { this.deprecations.forEach((d) => { if (d.disableIf?.()) { this.state.set(d, { mustWarn: false }); return; } const envValue = process.env[d.envVar]; const matchConfig = d.matchConfig === true || d.matchConfig === undefined; const warnIfMissing = d.warnIfMissing !== undefined && envValue === undefined; const checkValue = d.checkValue ? d.checkValue(envValue) : envValue !== undefined; this.state.set(d, { mustWarn: matchConfig && (warnIfMissing || checkValue), }); }); const mustWarn: Deprecation[] = []; for (const [deprecation, metadata] of this.state.entries()) { if (!metadata.mustWarn) { continue; } mustWarn.push(deprecation); } if (mustWarn.length === 0) return; const header = `There ${ mustWarn.length === 1 ? 'is a deprecation' : 'are deprecations' } related to your environment variables. Please take the recommended actions to update your configuration`; const deprecations = mustWarn .map(({ envVar, message }) => ` - ${envVar} -> ${message}\n`) .join(''); this.logger.warn(`\n${header}:\n${deprecations}`); } }