Sticky Notes are shown as blank or empty in the Creators Portal

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Describe the problem/error/question

I am experiencing a visual rendering issue with Sticky Notes in one of my paid Workflows.
In this specific workflow, I have a large main Sticky Note with a yellow background, along with several smaller white-background Sticky Notes grouping individual nodes to explain their functionality. However, when opening the canvas, all Sticky Notes collapse into tiny yellow boxes with no text inside them.
This issue appears to be isolated to this specific workflow. It is NOT a general issue with Paid Workflows, as my other Paid Workflows display Sticky Notes correctly. While there is a related forum topic pointing to Paid Workflows as the root cause ( Creator Hub - Template notes display bug + merge node input lost + free to paid not working ), my case proves that Paid Workflows can render them properly and the bug is trigger-specific or tied to this particular workflow canvas.

What is the error message (if any)?

No error message is displayed in the UI or console. It is strictly a visual layout/rendering bug on the canvas.

Please share your workflow

I have truncated the workflow JSON to include only the Sticky Notes and a sample trigger node to reproduce the layout issue, as the full JSON exceeded the forum’s character limit:

Share the output returned by the last node

N/A (Visual canvas issue, not execution-related).

Information on your n8n setup

  • n8n version: 2.35.7
  • Database (default: SQLite): N/A
  • n8n EXECUTIONS_PROCESS setting (default: own, main): N/A
  • Running n8n via (Docker, npm, n8n cloud, desktop app): N/A
  • Operating system: N/A (it is only happening in the Creators Portal interface, and also in the templates browser)
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Hi @malkomich Welcome!
Paid template previews are truncated on purpose. n8n builds a separate preview copy of the workflow, strips the node content and repositions the stickies, and both the Creators Portal and the templates browser render that copy, which is why the notes come back small, empty and default coloured while your stored workflow is untouched. Previews are built per template, so the paid ones still rendering correctly most likely predate the change.
See this:

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Sticky notes rendering empty in the Creators Portal is usually a canvas rendering bug related to missing font stylesheets or corrupted canvas element z-index values during template export.

Re-saving the workflow template after toggling note text styles or exporting via the latest desktop CLI version usually restores proper note rendering across community portals.