License Request Failed: 403 Error When Requesting Free License Key N8N

[Ashif_Khan]

Hi All,

We’ve installed n8n following your official Hetzner guide:

Hetzner | n8n Docs

The setup works fine and the application runs without issues. However, we are facing a problem when n8n tries to request a free license key — it fails with a 403 error.

We also came across a similar report from other users here:

Error - Community edition License fails with 403

Describe the problem/error/question After self host n8n, requetsing license key is errors out with 403 What is the error message (if any)? License request failed Failed to register community edition: Request failed with status code 403 Information on your n8n setup **n8n version:**1.84.3 **Database ( SQLite):**SQLite n8n EXECUTIONS_PROCESS setting (default: own, main): **Running n8n via (Docker, npm, n8n cloud, desktop app):**Docker with Caddy Operating system: Linux ubuntu

Thanks in advance!
Ashif

[Mariola_Martinez]

I am getting same error also with Hetzner and no idea how to fix it. I hope there was a solution soon

[RamLinux]

5 June 2025, 12:53 CT And the same error i have, i used all web browsers Firefox, google chrome, edge, brave. and that button dont work, please help

[jgiordano12]

I’m getting the same thing except I got a 429 error.