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fix(core): Stop the Python import guidance pointing at deployment config
On managed deployments the import allowlist is not the user's to change, so an
agent that names `N8N_RUNNERS_STDLIB_ALLOW` or tells them their setting is
invalid only produces a support request about something nobody will change for
them. Cloud also runs task runners in external mode, where n8n cannot see the
runner's configuration at all, so that guidance was doubly unfounded there.

Every agent- and user-facing surface now states the capability and stops: assume
no imports, write import-free Python, or use JavaScript. Environment variables
survive only in code comments and the config class, where operators read them.

The external-mode and rejected-allowlist cases now share one message. They led to
the same action already, and the separate wording existed only to name the
setting behind each.

Tests pin the rule across every policy shape rather than the phrasing, so a
future edit cannot quietly reintroduce a config recommendation.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-08-27 15:47:56 +02:00
.agents/skills docs: Share lang-tracer URLs and propose gap tickets in the eval skill (no-changelog) (#37092) 2026-08-26 11:22:40 +00:00
.claude chore: Introduce gh-stack skills and guidance (#36705) 2026-08-21 08:12:07 +00:00
.devcontainer fix: Retry the codespace skills install and add the security plugin (no-changelog) (#36764) 2026-08-21 14:48:54 +00:00
.github ci: Exercise the runners images in the Docker smoke test (no-changelog) (#37118) 2026-08-27 08:31:06 +00:00
.opencode/skills/setup-mcps chore: Unify agent skill sources (no-changelog) (#30541) 2026-06-16 09:25:09 +00:00
.vscode fix(core): Force full execution data fetching for evaluation test runs (#27335) 2026-03-23 09:56:05 +00:00
assets ci: Revert path change for n8n-logo.png (#12874) 2025-01-28 08:49:33 +01:00
docker fix: Copy glibc into distroless runners image as a matched pair (#37149) 2026-08-26 16:21:34 +01:00
docs fix(core): Report and reconcile agent channel startup failures (#36578) 2026-08-25 14:35:15 +00:00
packages fix(core): Stop the Python import guidance pointing at deployment config 2026-08-27 15:47:56 +02:00
patches ci: Revert "Fix pnpm install issues" (no-changelog) (#37166) 2026-08-26 18:20:09 +03:00
scripts ci: Exercise the runners images in the Docker smoke test (no-changelog) (#37118) 2026-08-27 08:31:06 +00:00
security chore: Standardize license metadata across all first-party packages and tighten SBOM pipeline (no-changelog) (#31880) 2026-06-08 10:19:32 +00:00
.actrc ci: Add blacksmith build step and cache restore (#19563) 2025-09-16 09:59:39 +01:00
.aikido chore: Add Aikido scan configuration (no-changelog) (#32195) 2026-06-15 07:26:04 +00:00
.boundaries-baseline.json refactor(editor): Move htmlUtils into new @n8n/frontend-utils package behind re-export shims (no-changelog) (#34355) 2026-07-20 10:02:40 +00:00
.code-health-baseline.json chore: Stop persisting derived fields in the code-health baseline (no-changelog) (#37097) 2026-08-26 15:37:39 +03:00
.dockerignore chore(core): Add @n8n/engine HTTP server and harness (no-changelog) (#29913) 2026-05-08 14:08:11 +00:00
.editorconfig ci: Ensure that eslint runs on all frontend code (no-changelog) (#4602) 2022-11-15 18:20:54 +01:00
.env.eval.example feat(core): Extend evaluations to support node groups (no-changelog) (#35629) 2026-08-19 08:42:53 +00:00
.env.local.example refactor: Remove persistBuilderSessions feature flag (#27481) 2026-03-30 12:16:07 +00:00
.git-blame-ignore-revs refactor(editor): Rename design-system unit test files and snapshots (no-changelog) (#11539) 2024-11-05 14:20:02 +02:00
.gitattributes ci: Add linguist-generated to generated docs files (#36018) 2026-08-13 10:04:40 +00:00
.gitignore refactor(core): Generate DB migration index files instead of hand-maintaining them (no-changelog) (#35581) 2026-08-06 11:53:27 +00:00
.npmignore build: Update ESLint to v9 (#16639) 2025-06-27 10:42:47 +02:00
.npmrc chore: Move CI and repo configurations to use pnpm 11 (#36424) 2026-08-25 09:09:09 +03:00
.poutine.yml ci: Add MCP workflow evals CI (no-changelog) (#33019) 2026-06-26 08:53:01 +00:00
.prettierignore test: Remove cypress infrastracture (#21173) 2025-10-28 11:00:04 +01:00
.prettierrc.js 🎨 Set up linting and formatting (#2120) 2021-08-29 20:58:11 +02:00
.tbls.postgres.yml chore(core): Make DB schema docs generation deterministic (#32373) 2026-06-16 11:35:33 +00:00
.tbls.sqlite.yml chore(core): Make DB schema docs generation deterministic (#32373) 2026-06-16 11:35:33 +00:00
AGENTS.md fix: Resolve the codespace box name from disk and fix the dev-loop guidance (no-changelog) (#36254) 2026-08-14 08:49:50 +00:00
biome.jsonc build(editor): Add the frontend module workspace layout and shared tsconfig base (no-changelog) (#35957) 2026-08-11 08:19:26 +00:00
CHANGELOG.md 🚀 Release 2.37.0 (#36986) 2026-08-25 07:32:14 +00:00
CLAUDE.md chore: Move to AGENTS.md file with agent instructions (#22227) 2025-11-25 12:41:53 +01:00
CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md refactor: Format root-level files (#3858) 2022-08-19 15:34:02 +02:00
codecov.yml ci: Full nightly coverage report — unit + integration + E2E + Python merged into one lcov (no-changelog) (#31945) 2026-06-11 06:25:18 +00:00
CONTRIBUTING.md chore(editor): Derive dev REST base URL from N8N_PORT (no-changelog) (#35770) 2026-08-26 03:59:32 +00:00
CONTRIBUTOR_LICENSE_AGREEMENT.md refactor: Format root-level files (#3858) 2022-08-19 15:34:02 +02:00
cubic.yaml chore: Add cubic review rule for the shared sleep utility (no-changelog) (#35126) 2026-07-29 07:25:07 +00:00
lefthook.yml chore: Move CI and repo configurations to use pnpm 11 (#36424) 2026-08-25 09:09:09 +03:00
LICENSE_EE.md docs(license): Introduce n8n Enterprise License (#3945) 2022-08-29 22:08:42 +02:00
LICENSE.md refactor(core): Mark all backend Enterprise Edition files and dirs (#12350) 2024-12-24 13:02:05 +01:00
package.json 🚀 Release 2.37.0 (#36986) 2026-08-25 07:32:14 +00:00
pnpm-lock.yaml ci: Revert "Fix pnpm install issues" (no-changelog) (#37166) 2026-08-26 18:20:09 +03:00
pnpm-workspace.yaml ci: Increase pnpm timeout to 5 minutes (#37173) 2026-08-26 20:37:43 +03:00
README.md docs: Update README quick-start setup command (no-changelog) (#36831) 2026-08-21 13:19:16 +00:00
SECURITY.md chore: Revise security vulnerability reporting instructions (#21432) 2025-10-31 13:30:50 +01:00
tsconfig.configs.json chore: Bundle/2.x (#33793) 2026-07-08 08:48:55 +03:00
tsconfig.json chore: Migrate all base packages to TypeScript 7 (#34338) 2026-07-17 12:56:29 +03:00
turbo.json build: Drop the ^typecheck dependency from the typecheck task (#35089) 2026-07-28 13:26:58 +00:00
vitest.workspace.ts chore: Update node popularity data (#24145) 2026-01-12 13:57:43 +00:00

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