Trigger.dev v4.5.4
v4.5.4
v3 engine removed, syncEnvVars secret marking, and a fix for chat.agent message drops.
Background Jobs & Orchestration
Durable workflows, queues, and retries that survive failures and restarts.
This week: n8n ships v2.31 across the board as Inngest adds deferred abort and scoring →FriJul 17, 20262 releases
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n8n patches external module loading and credential flows
n8n shipped three patch releases across its 1.x and 2.x lines, fixing a Code Node regression that broke external modules, correcting SES request signing, and tightening community package provenance verification.
- n8n restores external module loading in the Code Node for 1.x users after a regression broke the feature
- n8n fixes SES request signing to use the correct service name, and improves end-user credential validation and identity-hook recognition
- n8n now lints community packages against their provenance-attested source to bolster supply-chain integrity
n8n2ThuJul 16, 20261 release
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n8n tightens MCP execution mode requirements
n8n now requires an explicit execution mode before running MCP workflows, and a UI fix addresses a dropdown width regression across the editor.
- n8n now requires an execution mode to be set for MCP workflow executions, blocking a potential misconfiguration path
- A UI fix in v2.31.2 resolves a width issue affecting all dropdowns in the editor
n8n1WedJul 15, 20263 releases
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Deferred run abortion, webpack fixes, and credential binding land
Inngest added the ability to abort deferred runs, Temporal patched webpack bundling and LangSmith run ordering, and n8n bound dynamic credentials to user IDs across two patch releases.
- Inngest now supports aborted deferred runs via defer().abort()
- Temporal fixed a webpack module cache regression and prevented LangSmith runs from reordering commands under signalWithStart
- n8n bound dynamic credential tokens to a user ID and counted AI assistant workflow runs as manual executions in statistics
TueJul 14, 20263 releases
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n8n and Inngest ship scoring and agent improvements
n8n's 2.31.0 release brought AI agent guardrails fallback behavior and tooltip additions, while the 2.29.11 patch fixed webhook execution handling and execution visibility decoupled from licensing; Inngest added a v2 REST scoring endpoint for function runs.
- n8n improves AI agent reliability by falling back to guardrails input and hiding auto prompt sources when no chat trigger is present
- n8n fixes webhook execution promises settling on early errors and decouples execution visibility from the sharing license feature
- Inngest adds a v2 scoring endpoint for recording named scores against function runs or individual steps
MonJul 13, 20262 releases
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Webhook reliability improvements across n8n versions
n8n patched a webhook execution promise hang on early errors and decoupled execution visibility from the sharing license, with the fix backported to the older stable line.
- n8n now settles webhook execution promises on early errors, preventing unresponsive workflows in both the 2.x and 1.x release lines
- Execution visibility is no longer gated by the sharing license feature in core, simplifying access control for multi-user instances
n8n1SunJul 12, 20261 release
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Trigger.dev adds a US West worker region
Trigger.dev opened an AWS US West (Oregon) region for task execution, giving teams a third placement option alongside US East and Europe.
- Trigger.dev's new US West (Oregon) worker region provides lower latency for West Coast users and additional US redundancy.
New region: US West (Oregon)
Run your tasks in AWS US West (Oregon). A third worker region alongside US East and Europe, for lower latency on the West Coast and more US redundancy...
FriJul 10, 20264 releases
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n8n patches AI Assistant thread loss across editors
n8n backported a fix preventing AI Assistant thread state from being lost during editor hand-offs, while Trigger.dev deprecated its v3 CLI and Inngest fixed a JSON serialization bug in step.run checkpointing.
- n8n backported a fix across two versions (2.29.10 and 2.30.3) to keep AI Assistant thread state intact when handing off between editor instances
- Trigger.dev dropped support for the end-of-life v3 CLI, with old clients now receiving an upgrade message, and fixed a TypeScript declaration emit error in the chat subpath
- Inngest fixed step.run not JSON-serializing properly during checkpointing, which could cause data loss in resumed function calls
Infisical integration
Sync secrets from Infisical straight into your Trigger.dev environment variables. Keep Infisical as your source of truth, with no build step or CLI re...
n8n1ThuJul 9, 20264 releases
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Inngest adds streaming to SvelteKit, Trigger.dev ships bulk run helpers
Inngest's JS SDK brought streaming support to SvelteKit serve handlers and fixed a hang on parallel steps, while Trigger.dev released API helpers for bulk run actions and n8n shipped two patch releases fixing expression-isolate contention.
- Inngest's SvelteKit serve handlers now support streaming, and the SDK no longer hangs on parallel steps when optimizeParallelism is off
- Trigger.dev added SDK and API client helpers for performing bulk actions on runs
- n8n fixed expression-isolate acquisition bugs in workflow execution that could cause incorrect node resolution
TypeScript declarations fixed for chat.agent exports
v4.5.3
Fixed TypeScript declaration emit for chat.agent exports and two server-side issues.