Hi everyone, I’m having an issue connecting my OpenAI credentials in n8n Cloud. n8n version: 2.19.3 Credential: OpenAI account Base URL: https://api.openai.com/v1 Organization ID: empty Custom headers: disabled OpenAI billing: active API key: newly created, with All permissions, inside the c…

Sounds similar to this thread [image] Help connecting OpenAI credential Questions <a name="p-547990-hey-guys-i-cant-connect-my-openai-credential-on-my-n8n-platform-but-before-it-was-working-well-why-i-created-a-new-account-yesterday-and-the-problem-happened-like-this-1" class="anchor" href="#p-547990-hey-guys-i-cant-connect-my-openai-credential-on-my-n8n-platform-but-before-it-was-working-well-why-i-created-a-new-account-yesterday-and-the-problem-happened-like-this-1" aria-label="Heading link"> Hey guys, I can’t connect my OpenAI credential on my n8n platform, but before it was working well. Why ? I created a new account yesterday and the problem happened like this…

same here.im stock with this,trying to debug this for about 4 hours and still same result

Temporary solution, if you don’t need to the latest features, you can downgrade to 2.18.5, still works here

The same problem with n8n running via localhost n8n = 2.19.4

If your intention is to create an AI chatbot, you may want to try this workaround that I’ve described in this thread. [image] Help connecting OpenAI credential Questions Unfortunately, doesn’t work for me… [Capture d'écran 2026-05-06 195142]

[image] Vinicius_Adam_Moraes: Hi everyone, I’m having an issue connecting my OpenAI credentials in n8n Cloud. n8n version: 2.19.3 Credential: OpenAI account Base URL: https://api.openai.com/v1 Organization ID: empty Custom headers: disabled OpenAI billing: active API key: newly created, …

[image] Vinicius_Adam_Moraes: Is there any workaround for n8n Cloud users, or does my instance need to be updated/fixed by n8n support? Not yet @Vinicius_Adam_Moraes you’ll need to contact support. Yes you can still run your workflow, use a HTTP Request node as a temporary bypass and to cont…

OpenAI credentials fail on n8n Cloud 2.19.3 with config.headers.setContentType is not a function

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