Need help on chat status messages for workflows

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Describe the problem/error/question

What is the error message (if any)?

Please share your workflow

(Select the nodes on your canvas and use the keyboard shortcuts CMD+C/CTRL+C and CMD+V/CTRL+V to copy and paste the workflow.)

Share the output returned by the last node

Information on your n8n setup

Hello, I need some help with a locally hosted version of n8n. I have a long workflow that uses a chat trigger to start. At different phases in the workflow I want to send back status updates to the chat window rather than just sending the final node’s update back to the chat session.

I’ve tried to use webhooks and it doesn’t seem to work properly. Does anyone have any tips or tricks to make this happen or a reference work flow?

It seems like a basic capability; similar to ansible or shell script status messages.

Thanks in advance for any feedback

  • n8n version: V1.71
  • Database (default: SQLite): ProstgreSQL
  • n8n EXECUTIONS_PROCESS setting (default: own, main):
  • Running n8n via (Docker, npm, n8n cloud, desktop app): running on Ubutu 24
  • Operating system: Ubuntu 24
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Welcome to the community @Scott_Crosby !

Tip for sharing information

Pasting your n8n workflow

Ensure to copy your n8n workflow and paste it in the code block, that is in between the pairs of triple backticks, which also could be achieved by clicking </> (preformatted text) in the editor and pasting in your workflow.

```
<your workflow>
```

That implies to any JSON output you would like to share with us.

Make sure that you have removed any sensitive information from your workflow and include dummy or pinned data with it!

You might want to combine the outputs at each intermediate stage in the final node in the corresponding order using Merge in “Append” mode, for example, with the final concatenation with Summary node.

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