Chat Hub Deprectiation - v3

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We use ChatHub to launch certain flows so our financial team can launch sets of flows without needing to click around in n8n, and receive feedback on the success of the launch. According to the release notes, in v3, this functionality is being decomissioned. Are there alternatives.

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Hi @dagarritysps
Chat Hub isn’t listed on the v3.0 breaking changes page, so it’s worth confirming which note you saw before rebuilding anything. Either way, the Form Trigger covers this case without Chat Hub: set Authentication to “n8n User Auth” so only signed-in users of your instance can open the form, add a Checkboxes element listing the flows, and branch each selection to an Execute Sub-workflow node. Finish with an n8n Form node set to Form Ending and Show Completion Screen, building the Completion Message from the sub-workflow outputs so your finance team sees which launches succeeded. They only ever get the form URL, never the editor.

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I received this email, this is where I am seeing it.

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Chat Hub is on the v3.0 breaking changes page after all, listed under the capabilities being retired in v3 alongside workflow import from URL in the editor and non-functional nodes. n8n has v3.0 targeted for October 2026 and says that page will be updated with full details and migration guides as the release approaches, so the official replacement path will land there.

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Thank you, wanted to make sure I was reading correctly and appreciate the form information. We might go with forms, or, we might considering intergrations with Google Chat.

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Same here. We were using Chat Hub because it made it easy for non-technical team members to trigger workflows without opening the n8n editor. If it’s being deprecated, I’d also like to know what the recommended replacement is.

Is there a new interface or feature planned that provides a similar experience, or is the expectation to build a custom frontend using webhooks or forms? Some guidance from the team would be really helpful for anyone relying on this workflow.