I can't start n8n, Error: There was an error running database migrations

I did a fresh n8n instalation of 1.31.0, but is fails when i use n8n start at MigrateIntegerKeysToString1690000000001

Migration “MigrateIntegerKeysToString1690000000001” failed, error: Unknown collation: ‘utf8mb4_0900_ai_ci’
Error: There was an error running database migrations
QueryFailedError: Unknown collation: ‘utf8mb4_0900_ai_ci’

  • **n8n version:**1.31.0
  • Database (default: SQLite):mariadb
  • **n8n EXECUTIONS_PROCESS setting (default: own, main):**n8n start
  • Running n8n via: npm
  • Operating system: Rocky 9

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  • n8n version:
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  • Running n8n via (Docker, npm, n8n cloud, desktop app):
  • Operating system:

hello @SisNup

I suppose the n8n is not working with MariaDB, at least officially.

Yeah i received this message:

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