When I’m trying to reactivate my license key now I get this error:
Activation key already used on this instance
I have already tried this:
n8n license:clear executed successfully, license was cleared
Instance ID deleted from the SQLite DB
Restarted n8n after each operation
Even so, I cannot activate with this error. Seems that the key is still tied to the old instance at n8n license servers.
Is there a way to release/reset the key server-side or maybe there is another workaround?
You are absolutely right about what is happening here. Because you already cleared the local DB and instance ID, the lock is 100% sitting on n8n’s licensing servers.
Since n8n doesn’t provide a CLI command to force a server-side release from your end, here are the two ways to bypass this:
1. If it is a paid/enterprise key: You will need to reach out directly to n8n support and ask them to manually release the instance lock for that specific key. 2. If it is a free community key: The absolute fastest workaround is to simply register for a fresh community key and apply it to your current instance.
Let me know if you want me to jump in and handle the support ticket for you so we can get this unblocked!