Hello everyone,
I’m having an issue where the AI Assistant UI is not appearing on my self-hosted n8n instance. I only see the classic “Add first step…” canvas (I can’t see the “what would you like to automate?” text box meassage).
Here are my setup details and the troubleshooting steps I’ve already taken:
My Setup:
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n8n Version: 1.109.1
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Deployment Method: Docker via EasyPanel
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Database: SQLite
Troubleshooting Steps Taken:
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I have confirmed my n8n is running version
1.109.1. -
I have cleared my browser cache completely (Safari, Chrome) and tested in Incognito mode and on different browsers. The issue persists.
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My server logs are clean and show a healthy startup without errors.
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I have configured my environment variables, and I have used
docker execto verify that n8n is correctly seeing them inside the container.
Here is the output of the env command from inside my n8n container:
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GIT_SHA=undefined NODE_VERSION=22.17.0 HOSTNAME=2a4cf58dbc27 YARN_VERSION=1.22.22 SHLVL=1 PORT=5678 HOME=/home/node N8N_RUNNERS_ENABLED=true NODE_ICU_DATA=/usr/local/lib/node_modules/full-icu N8N_AI_ENABLED=true TERM=xterm PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin N8N_OPENAI_API_KEY=[my-APIKEY-is-correct] SHELL=/bin/sh DB_SQLITE_POOL_SIZE=10 N8N_RELEASE_TYPE=stable N8N_TRUST_PROXY=true PWD=/home/node WEBHOOK_URL=https://testes-aulas-n8n.p2eq2n.easypanel.host DEPLOY_TIMESTAMP=1756425118115 NODE_ENV=production
As you can see, N8N_AI_ENABLED is set to true and the OpenAI key is present. I also have N8N_TRUST_PROXY set correctly.
Is there any other configuration I might be missing for this feature to appear in the UI for version 1.109.1?
Here’s the UI I would like to have, but instead of that I just have the regular “start manualy” option.
Thank you!
