pin to n8n 2.28.4 — 2.28.5 released today may have /rest/settings regression

revert to bare n8n — DB reset will fix the corrupted state

restore proxy — fixes HF CDN partial transfer on large n8n responses

test: disable secure cookie to isolate init network error

add N8N_PROXY_HOPS=1 — fixes ValidationError on X-Forwarded-For from HF Spaces CDN

add N8N_PROTOCOL=https and N8N_HOST — required for HF Spaces

strip to bare n8n + postgres, remove all custom code

force IPv4 DNS — HF Spaces has no IPv6 internet routing

revert to n8n:latest — version pinning was wrong, broke DB schema compat

use n8n 2.29.3 — fixes NDV store crash; restores DB compat after bad 2.27.5 downgrade

downgrade to n8n 2.27.5 + align Python runner to same tag — fixes NDV store crash on workflow creation and EIO from task runner version mismatch

pin n8n to v2.28.5 — latest introduced NDV store regression

Fix: strip X-Forwarded-For in proxy before forwarding to n8n

Fix: trust proxy for X-Forwarded-For + switch SMTP to port 587 (465 blocked by HF)

Add Gmail SMTP config for n8n invitation emails

Fix pip install: use pyproject.toml via pip install . instead of requirements.txt

Diagnostic: show git sparse checkout contents

Fix sparse checkout: add git checkout HEAD to materialize files

Get Python runner source from GitHub sparse checkout + create venv

Diagnostic: check @n8n/task-runner version and npm install python runner

Diagnostic: find Python files and npm in n8n image

Install @n8n/task-runner-python from npm + create venv (3-stage build)

Revert to safe state: diagnose package structure without crashing venv

Diagnostic: inspect @n8n/task-runner-python package contents

Create Python venv at exact path n8n expects (.venv in @n8n/task-runner-python)

Diagnostic: read PyTaskRunnerProcess source for venv path

Diagnostic: find MissingRequirementsError call site with venv path

Diagnostic: read n8n task runner source for venv path

Diagnostic: search for exact venv path in n8n source

Fix: restore correct start.sh (was overwritten by mis-targeted upload)

Add py3-pip and py3-setuptools for Python venv support

Add Python via multi-stage build (Alpine 3.24, no apk in hardened image)

Diagnostic: detect base OS and available package managers

Fix: use apt-get for Python 3 (Debian base image)

Add Python 3 for n8n task runner

Initial deploy: n8n with auth proxy and PostgreSQL