community-node-types is blocking the frontend from loading

[SilkePilon]

Bug Description

when opening up n8n (latest version) the ui states "loading..." i was wondering why it was taking so long (longer than 25 seconds) so i chrome dev tools i saw that an request to https://n8n.silkepilon.dev/rest/community-node-types is send but an response is never received as it times out before that.

To Reproduce

1. open up n8n
2. open dev tools
3. go to the network tab
4. look for an request to https://n8n.silkepilon.dev/rest/community-node-types

Expected behavior

The request to https://n8n.silkepilon.dev/rest/community-node-types should be a lot faster.

Operating System

Ubuntu Linux

n8n Version

1.94.1

Node.js Version

22

Database

PostgreSQL

Execution mode

main (default)

[Joffcom]

Hey @SilkePilon,

We have created an internal ticket to look into this which we will be tracking as "GHC-2245"

[ShireenMissi]

Hi @SilkePilon
Thanks for reporting the issue, I tried to reproduce it on both Cloud and self hosted and the UI loads instantly for me.
Could you please share more details about your setup to help me debug the issue further 🙏

[mugukamil]

I have same problem too on my self-hosted n8n, it remains pending in network tab in chrome dev tools

[wuyo2-big]

export N8N_COMMUNITY_PACKAGES_ENABLED=false
export N8N_COMMUNITY_PACKAGES_REGISTRY=""
then n8n skips calling the community-node-type API and proceeds to start without attempting to fetch or validate community packages.

In my case, this resolved the startup delay and prevented external API calls when launching n8n in an offline or restricted environment.

[SilkePilon]

export N8N_COMMUNITY_PACKAGES_ENABLED=false export N8N_COMMUNITY_PACKAGES_REGISTRY="" then n8n skips calling the community-node-type API and proceeds to start without attempting to fetch or validate community packages.

In my case, this resolved the startup delay and prevented external API calls when launching n8n in an offline or restricted environment.

The issue with this is that you now cant use any community packages anymore.

[mugukamil]

let me add that this happens for me only when I use http(s)_proxy

[SilkePilon]

let me add that this happens for me only when I use http(s)_proxy

Same here