🚀 Release 2.13.1

[n8n-assistant]

2.13.1 (2026-03-18)

Bug Fixes

• core: Emit leader-takeover on leadership mismatch in checkLeader (backport to release-candidate/2.13.x) (#27149) (409066c)
• editor: Adjust external secrets input styling (backport to release-candidate/2.13.x) (#27164) (44c565b)
• editor: Command bar wasn't finding any workflows (backport to release-candidate/2.13.x) (#27136) (07ea054)

[cubic-dev-ai]

No issues found across 6 files

Architecture diagram

sequenceDiagram
    participant User as User (Browser)
    participant Editor as Editor UI (@n8n/editor-ui)
    participant CmdBar as Command Bar
    participant Server as n8n Server (Core)
    participant Leader as Leadership Service
    participant DB as Database / Redis

    Note over Server, DB: Leadership Coordination (Core Fix)
    loop Periodically
        Server->>Leader: checkLeader()
        Leader->>DB: Query current leader lock
        DB-->>Leader: Current leader ID
        alt Leadership Mismatch Detected
            Leader->>Server: CHANGED: Emit 'leader-takeover' event
            Server->>Server: Synchronize instance state
        end
    end

    Note over User, Server: Workflow Search (Editor Fix)
    User->>CmdBar: Input search query (e.g., "Production")
    CmdBar->>Editor: CHANGED: Query filtered workflows
    alt Successful Search
        Editor-->>CmdBar: Return matching workflow metadata
        CmdBar-->>User: Display results in dropdown
    else No Results (Previous Bug State)
        Editor-->>CmdBar: [] (Empty list)
    end

    Note over User, Editor: External Secrets (Design System Fix)
    User->>Editor: Open external secret configuration
    Editor->>Editor: Render input components
    Note right of Editor: CHANGED: Apply updated styling for<br/>external secrets input fields

    Note over Server, DB: Data Persistence
    Server->>DB: Fetch/Save Workflow data
    DB-->>Server: JSON Schema / Metadata
    Server-->>Editor: Hydrate UI components

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