I can not activate the license

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I can not apply the license key

I got thie message all the time

Activation failed

Activation key has already been used on this instance
*Activation key has already been used on this instance

Can you help me to activate it please?

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It looks like your topic is missing some important information. Could you provide the following if applicable.

  • n8n version:
  • Database (default: SQLite):
  • n8n EXECUTIONS_PROCESS setting (default: own, main):
  • Running n8n via (Docker, npm, n8n cloud, desktop app):
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About n8n

n8n Version

1.78.1

Source Code

License

Sustainable Use License + n8n Enterprise License

Instance ID

e8e26bd578c16b39337a28a19e3a944497910e04b0738fd64d9abdda904618d8

Debug

Copy debug information

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Hi @eli,

Welcome to the community!

The error you’re getting suggests you’re trying to activate a license key that has already been used on your current n8n instance. This can happen if you’ve previously activated a license on this installation.

To solve this you can try clearing the existing license from your n8n database. This can be done using the CLI command:

n8n license:clear

After clearing the license, try activating your key again! Hope that helps :slight_smile:

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Just create a node with Execute Command to run that command :slight_smile:

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Thank you very much

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Thank you :grinning:

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Hello, same error but didnt work for me. What else could I try? Thanks

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Same for me: using this clear command doesn’t work, I still get the same error

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I noticed this error message when runnign this cmd again

Invalid timestamp value for N8N_RELEASE_DATE: $(date -u +“%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ”)

Actually I realized that the error is there every time I restart the container

Could it be related?

More debugging

Failed to renew license: renewal failed because current cert is not initialized
n8n_app | [license SDK] license activation failed: reservation ID is no longer valid

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Did anyone ever find a solution to this? I’ve also used the clear command but it’s still saying “Activation key has already been used on this instance”.
Using a new, pre-installed, self-hosted version of n8n on Hostkey.
Thanks.