Help needed to activate a license key on a self-hosted n8n

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My Problem

I’m hoping someone can clarify an issue I’m having to activate a license key.
I requested a key to unlock the “Registered Community Edition” features in my n8n Community instance—specifically Workflow History, Editor Debugging, Folders, and Execution Search, with lifetime access.

However, I can’t validate the key.

  • In my self-hosted instance there is no menu path Settings → Usage & Plan → Enter License Key → Activate.

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  • So I updated my stacks in Portainer and added the line
    - N8N_LICENSE_KEY=<my_key_from_email>
    to all services (editor, worker, webhook, mcp).
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  • I redeployed each stack, but nothing changed—the paid features are still disabled.

Information on your n8n setup

  • n8n version: 1.98.1
  • Database: postgres
  • Running n8n via Docker
  • Operating system: Linux
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@Caio_Pereira

Do you have this set to true?
N8N_HIDE_USAGE_PAGE=false

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It was set TRUE. Changed to FALSE and problem SOLVED. Thank u

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I have n8n allocated in a Hostinger VPS, which are the steps to set N8N_HIDE_USAGE_PAGE=false? Ubuntu/Linux
Thanks

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