Node RED changelog

Changelog History

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• v5.0.0 Changes

  June 09, 2026

  What's Changed

  🚀 Node-RED 5.0 is the biggest change to the editor experience in the history of the project. Back in our roadmap post we set out four areas of focus - modernising the UX, improving node appearance, targeted functional enhancements, and updating our project infrastructure. After a long run of beta releases - and a huge amount of community feedback along the way - we're delighted to bring it all together in the final release.

  • 🚀 Node-RED now requires Node.js 22.9 or later. At the time of release, we recommend running Node.js 24

  Full changelog

  • ⚡️ Update sidebar UX by @knolleary in #5327
  • 🚀 Prep dev branch for beta releases by @knolleary in #5367
  • ⚡️ Workspace pan/zoom updates by @knolleary in #5312
  • ⚡️ Update tour for 5-beta by @knolleary in #5370
  • 🛠 Fix panning workspace on touchscreens by @knolleary in #5371
  • ⚡️ Update Sidebar UX by @knolleary in #5318
  • ➕ Add ability to use pfx or p12 file for TLS connection settings option by @dceejay in #4907
  • ⚡️ Update changelog for beta by @knolleary in #5375
  • 👍 Allow sidebar to be split into two panels by @knolleary in #5378
  • 🚀 Update for beta.1 release by @knolleary in #5380
  • ➕ Add TLS certs/keys from Env Vars by @hardillb in #5376
  • 🔀 Sync 4.1.3 changes to dev branch by @knolleary in #5445
  • ➕ add burst mode to delay node by @dceejay in #5391
  • ⚡️ UX updates for next beta by @knolleary in #5444
  • ➕ Add pause button to debug sidebar by @dceejay in #5390
  • ⬆️ Bump for 5beta2 by @knolleary in #5446
  • 🔀 Sync rel414 to dev branch by @knolleary in #5469
  • 🔀 Sync 4.1.5 to dev branch by @knolleary in #5481
  • Resync 4.1.6 to dev branch by @knolleary in #5504
  • 🚚 Move location of new creds files to be next to flows (if they don't exist already in userdir) by @dceejay in #4951
  • ⚡️ 136 - Update color of inactive tabs to not appear disabled by @n-lark in #5510
  • ⚡️ Update Monaco to latest (0.55.1) by @Steve-Mcl in #5508
  • ⚡️ UX updates for beta 3 by @knolleary in #5498
  • 🚀 Bump for beta3 release by @knolleary in #5514
  • 🔀 Sync 4.1.7 to dev branch by @knolleary in #5531
  • [5525] UX: Misaligned first tab by @n-lark in #5536
  • [5521] UX: Selecting non-flow object in Explorer causes Info to go blank by @n-lark in #5538
  • [5523] UX: Cursor events in workspace get interrupted when over status/scroll bars by @n-lark in #5539
  • [5522] UX: vertical scrollbar should not overlap subflow toolbar by @n-lark in #5537
  • [5540] UX: handle node-red-dashboard css poisoning by @n-lark in #5548
  • 👌 Improve workspace footer handling of smaller screen widths by @knolleary in #5549
  • Editor loading improvements by @Steve-Mcl in #5541
  • 👍 Better touch handling for submenus by @knolleary in #5550
  • 🛠 Fix fade effect for tab labels that overflow by @bonanitech in #5552
  • Account for sidebar width when calculating zoom-to-fit scale by @knolleary in #5551
  • [5377] UX: Ensure menus handle vertical overflow by @n-lark in #5448
  • Include sidebar width in position calculation for reveal function by @knolleary in #5555
  • ✂ Remove obsolete vendor-prefixed CSS properties by @bonanitech in #5554
  • 🖐 Handle shift-scroll more robustly by @knolleary in #5559
  • Minor change to treeList select/expand behaviour by @knolleary in #5556
  • ⚡️ Update reveal node styling by @knolleary in #5562
  • ➕ Add error handling for markdown parser by @knolleary in #5560
  • Ensure disabled tab has fully dashed border by @knolleary in #5564
  • Scale highlight based on workspace zoom by @knolleary in #5563
  • Tidy up modal shade appearance by @knolleary in #5566
  • 👌 Improve the user-select CSS code usage by @bonanitech in #5565
  • Renable click to close for edit dialog by @knolleary in #5567
  • Various UX tweaks and tidy ups by @knolleary in #5570
  • 🚀 Bump for 5-beta.4 release by @knolleary in #5571
  • 🔀 Sync 4.1.8 to dev branch by @knolleary in #5587
  • Ensure edit dialog fills the tray by @knolleary in #5600
  • [3431] feature: Store sidebar width between editor sessions by @n-lark in #5605
  • [5374] UX: replace touch radial menu with standard context menu by @n-lark in #5614
  • [5602] UX: Unexpected tab border showing by @n-lark in #5607
  • [5603] UX: Header buttons shown whilst editor loading by @n-lark in #5606
  • 🚀 [5617] Deploy Menu Redesign by @n-lark in #5619
  • 👉 Make scrollbar hitbox larger by @knolleary in #5576
  • Rework sidebars to be draggable by @knolleary in #5618
  • Ensure active tab is fully visible by @knolleary in #5624
  • Rework selected/hightlighted node appearance by @knolleary in #5623
  • [5621] UX: Fix styling of dragging sidebar panels by @n-lark in #5627
  • [5572] UX: Handle long instance title text by @n-lark in #5628
  • [5616] Add back in expand/collapse tabs for sidenavs by @n-lark in #5626
  • 🛠 Fix node halo height calculation when status is shown by @knolleary in #5630
  • 0️⃣ [5532] UX: Improve accessibility of default theme - colour palette by @n-lark in #5613
  • Pull master changes to dev by @knolleary in #5631
  • 🚀 [5629] UX: Deploy menu: Restart Flows should not be faded by @n-lark in #5632
  • 0️⃣ [5517] UX: Create default dark theme by @n-lark in #5625
  • 🚀 Bump for 5-beta.5 release by @knolleary in #5633
  • [5636] V5, B5 : Sporadic Panel Height Calculations by @n-lark in #5638
  • [5634] Junctions and ports on hover disappear with light theme by @n-lark in #5635
  • ✂ Remove unslightly gap in the debug sidebar by @knolleary in #5639
  • 🛠 Fix multiplayer icon appearance by @knolleary in #5640
  • Tighten select halo margin by @knolleary in #5651
  • 🚀 [5644] UX: Address dark theme feedback from latest beta release by @n-lark in #5646
  • [5649] Accessibility - Viewports, language attributes, and tabIndex by @n-lark in #5650
  • [5647] Accessibility - Names and labels by @n-lark in #5648
  • ✂ Remove SASS variables marked as deprecated by @bonanitech in #5642
  • 👉 Use a token exchange pattern for OAuth logins by @knolleary in #5657
  • [5653] Accessibility — Attributes by @n-lark in #5655
  • ✂ Remove default admin cors rules by @knolleary in #5652
  • ✂ Remove aria label application from popover by @knolleary in #5654
  • ⚡️ Sync master updates to dev by @knolleary in #5664
  • [5534] UX: create mechanism for themes to provide multiple variants by @n-lark in #5659
  • 👉 Use req.hostname in https redirect to ensure proxy trust is maintained by @knolleary in #5666
  • [5674] UX: pointer-event deadzone in the tab bar by @n-lark in #5675
  • ✂ Remove Grunt as the task runner by @knolleary in https://github.com/node-red/node-r...

• v5.0.0-beta.6 Changes

  April 30, 2026

  What's Changed

  • [5636] V5, B5 : Sporadic Panel Height Calculations by @n-lark in #5638
  • [5634] Junctions and ports on hover disappear with light theme by @n-lark in #5635
  • ✂ Remove unslightly gap in the debug sidebar by @knolleary in #5639
  • 🛠 Fix multiplayer icon appearance by @knolleary in #5640
  • Tighten select halo margin by @knolleary in #5651
  • 🚀 [5644] UX: Address dark theme feedback from latest beta release by @n-lark in #5646
  • [5649] Accessibility - Viewports, language attributes, and tabIndex by @n-lark in #5650
  • [5647] Accessibility - Names and labels by @n-lark in #5648
  • ✂ Remove SASS variables marked as deprecated by @bonanitech in #5642
  • 👉 Use a token exchange pattern for OAuth logins by @knolleary in #5657
  • [5653] Accessibility — Attributes by @n-lark in #5655
  • ✂ Remove default admin cors rules by @knolleary in #5652
  • Replace uuid library with native function crypto.randomUUID by @hlovdal in #5660
  • Bundle npm to enable cross-platform module management by @knolleary in #5662
  • 🚀 Bump dependencies for 4.1.9 release by @knolleary in #5663
  • ✂ Remove aria label application from popover by @knolleary in #5654
  • ⚡️ Sync master updates to dev by @knolleary in #5664
  • [5534] UX: create mechanism for themes to provide multiple variants by @n-lark in #5659
  • 👉 Use req.hostname in https redirect to ensure proxy trust is maintained by @knolleary in #5666
  • [5674] UX: pointer-event deadzone in the tab bar by @n-lark in #5675
  • ✂ Remove Grunt as the task runner by @knolleary in #5669
  • 👕 Introduce eslint by @knolleary in #5671
  • ⚡️ Update some dev dependencies to clear audit noise by @knolleary in #5673
  • ⚡️ Update to latest npm by @knolleary in #5677
  • Set minimum node.js version to 22.9 by @knolleary in #5678
  • [5658] ctrl+space shortcut isn't always firing by @n-lark in #5670
  • Indicate that "use-tls" label is using a custom config by @tobias47n9e in #5665
  • Only connect websocket client if need to by @dceejay in #5533
  • Invert selected tab button border color to improve contrast by @knolleary in #5681
  • ✂ Remove reveal on hover in search results and provide button by @knolleary in #5684
  • Do not show section title if all options are hidden by @knolleary in #5689
  • [5683] No discernible outline on junctions and node ports in dark mode in NR5 + lighten shade color by @n-lark in #5691
  • Clip user profile image to the round button in the header by @knolleary in #5690
  • Ensure png icon is centrally aligned on first layout by @knolleary in #5688
  • 🛠 Fix build scripts for windows by @knolleary in #5687
  • ⚡️ Update "use-tls" translations to indicate that a custom cert is used by @tobias47n9e in #5685
  • Defining utility functions for re-use in a function node by @Steve-Mcl in #5494
  • 👍 Allow TLS SNI Server name to be set in the http-request node by @hardillb in #5667
  • 🚀 Update for 5-beta.6 release by @knolleary in #5692

  Full Changelog : 5.0.0-beta.5...5.0.0-beta.6

• v5.0.0-beta.5 Changes

  April 16, 2026

  What's Changed

  • 👍 Allow theme plugin to override settings and add menu options by @knolleary in #5580
  • 👍 Allow Node-RED section of help sidebar to be hidden by @knolleary in #5581
  • ⚡️ Update tar dependency by @knolleary in #5582
  • TreeList: Fix arrow navigation through filtered TreeList by @piotrbogun in #5431
  • 🛠 Fix "connected to ..." log string in tcp in/out nodes using TLS by @marcows in #5484
  • Introduce show-first-tab and show-last-tab actions by @GogoVega in #5583
  • Encode branch name in delete request by @knolleary in #5584
  • 🛠 Fix typo in French link node description by @LPe7 in #5530
  • ➕ Add badges to func node tabs with code in by @knolleary in #5585
  • 🚀 Bump for 4.1.8 release by @knolleary in #5586
  • 🔀 Sync 4.1.8 to dev branch by @knolleary in #5587
  • ⚡️ Update config sidebar id handling by @knolleary in #5597
  • 🛠 Fix reinitializing server with custom node by @tobias47n9e in #5596
  • 👍 Allow a nodes defaults to be overridden by settings.js file by @dceejay in #5591
  • 🖐 Handle invalid theme regex by @knolleary in #5598
  • Ensure custom subflow colors override theme overrides by @knolleary in #5599
  • Ensure edit dialog fills the tray by @knolleary in #5600
  • [3431] feature: Store sidebar width between editor sessions by @n-lark in #5605
  • [5374] UX: replace touch radial menu with standard context menu by @n-lark in #5614
  • [5602] UX: Unexpected tab border showing by @n-lark in #5607
  • [5603] UX: Header buttons shown whilst editor loading by @n-lark in #5606
  • 🚀 [5617] Deploy Menu Redesign by @n-lark in #5619
  • 👯 Ensure tcp-request doesn't reuse uncloned msg objects by @hardillb in #5612
  • 👉 Make scrollbar hitbox larger by @knolleary in #5576
  • Rework sidebars to be draggable by @knolleary in #5618
  • Ensure active tab is fully visible by @knolleary in #5624
  • Rework selected/hightlighted node appearance by @knolleary in #5623
  • [5621] UX: Fix styling of dragging sidebar panels by @n-lark in #5627
  • [5572] UX: Handle long instance title text by @n-lark in #5628
  • [5616] Add back in expand/collapse tabs for sidenavs by @n-lark in #5626
  • 🛠 Fix node halo height calculation when status is shown by @knolleary in #5630
  • 0️⃣ [5532] UX: Improve accessibility of default theme - colour palette by @n-lark in #5613
  • Pull master changes to dev by @knolleary in #5631
  • 🚀 [5629] UX: Deploy menu: Restart Flows should not be faded by @n-lark in #5632
  • 0️⃣ [5517] UX: Create default dark theme by @n-lark in #5625
  • 🚀 Bump for 5-beta.5 release by @knolleary in #5633

  🆕 New Contributors

  • @marcows made their first contribution in #5484
  • @LPe7 made their first contribution in #5530
  • @tobias47n9e made their first contribution in #5596

  Full Changelog : 5.0.0-beta.4...5.0.0-beta.5

• v5.0.0-beta.4 Changes

  March 17, 2026

  What's Changed

  • ✂ Remove IE7 CSS hacks by @bonanitech in #5511
  • ⚡️ Update tar/multer deps by @knolleary in #5515
  • Do not cache subflow colors as each subflow can have its own by @knolleary in #5518
  • ⬆️ Bump i18next version by @knolleary in #5519
  • 👍 Set showSupportNotice option on i18n by @knolleary in #5520
  • 👍 Allow palette.categories to be set via theme plugin by @knolleary in #5526
  • Do not block touch events on ports by @knolleary in #5527
  • Suppress i18n notice in frontend by @knolleary in #5528
  • ⬆️ Bump for 4.1.7 by @knolleary in #5529
  • 🔀 Sync 4.1.7 to dev branch by @knolleary in #5531
  • [5525] UX: Misaligned first tab by @n-lark in #5536
  • [5521] UX: Selecting non-flow object in Explorer causes Info to go blank by @n-lark in #5538
  • [5523] UX: Cursor events in workspace get interrupted when over status/scroll bars by @n-lark in #5539
  • [5522] UX: vertical scrollbar should not overlap subflow toolbar by @n-lark in #5537
  • [5540] UX: handle node-red-dashboard css poisoning by @n-lark in #5548
  • 👌 Improve workspace footer handling of smaller screen widths by @knolleary in #5549
  • Editor loading improvements by @Steve-Mcl in #5541
  • 👍 Better touch handling for submenus by @knolleary in #5550
  • 🛠 Fix fade effect for tab labels that overflow by @bonanitech in #5552
  • Account for sidebar width when calculating zoom-to-fit scale by @knolleary in #5551
  • [5377] UX: Ensure menus handle vertical overflow by @n-lark in #5448
  • Include sidebar width in position calculation for reveal function by @knolleary in #5555
  • ✂ Remove obsolete vendor-prefixed CSS properties by @bonanitech in #5554
  • 🖐 Handle shift-scroll more robustly by @knolleary in #5559
  • Minor change to treeList select/expand behaviour by @knolleary in #5556
  • ⚡️ Update reveal node styling by @knolleary in #5562
  • ➕ Add error handling for markdown parser by @knolleary in #5560
  • Ensure disabled tab has fully dashed border by @knolleary in #5564
  • Scale highlight based on workspace zoom by @knolleary in #5563
  • Tidy up modal shade appearance by @knolleary in #5566
  • 👌 Improve the user-select CSS code usage by @bonanitech in #5565
  • Renable click to close for edit dialog by @knolleary in #5567
  • Various UX tweaks and tidy ups by @knolleary in #5570
  • 🚀 Bump for 5-beta.4 release by @knolleary in #5571

  Full Changelog : 5.0.0-beta.3...5.0.0-beta.4

• v5.0.0-beta.3 Changes

  March 05, 2026

  What's Changed

  • 🚚 Move location of new creds files to be next to flows (if they don't exist already in userdir) by @dceejay in #4951
  • ⚡️ 136 - Update color of inactive tabs to not appear disabled by @n-lark in #5510
  • ⚡️ Update Monaco to latest (0.55.1) by @Steve-Mcl in #5508
  • ⚡️ UX updates for beta 3 by @knolleary in #5498
  • 🚀 Bump for beta3 release by @knolleary in #5514

  Full Changelog : 5.0.0-beta.2...5.0.0-beta.3

• v5.0.0-beta.2 Changes

  January 21, 2026

  What's Changed

  • 🛠 Fix size and scrolling in Git config UI by @kazuhitoyokoi in #5396
  • Stricter validator for flow file name in project feature by @kazuhitoyokoi in #5398
  • Expand folder to avoid error in library by @kazuhitoyokoi in #5399
  • 🛠 Fix debug tab to copy displayed value by @kazuhitoyokoi in #5400
  • 🛠 Fix invalid node size in quick add dialog by @kazuhitoyokoi in #5403
  • Decrement count of http requests after error by @kazuhitoyokoi in #5409
  • ➕ Add tooltip to delete button in node property UI by @kazuhitoyokoi in #5410
  • 5404/Editor/Bug: Junction error in Quick Add dialog by @piotrbogun in #5407
  • 🛠 Fix status node to retrieve status from all nodes by @kazuhitoyokoi in #5412
  • 👌 Support source information in complete node by @kazuhitoyokoi in #5414
  • 👉 Use TextDecoder() to decode UTF-8 characters by @kazuhitoyokoi in #5416
  • ⚡️ Update body-parser by @knolleary in #5418
  • ➕ Add TLS certs/keys from Env Vars by @hardillb in #5376
  • 👍 Allow actions show-next-tab and previous to loop by @GogoVega in #5355
  • Editor: Flow & subflow names are changed to all lowercase in search dialog #5348 by @n-lark in #5401
  • File node TypedInput width fix by @knolleary in #5425
  • 🛠 Fix flushing when in variable delay mode by @dceejay in #5382
  • 🛠 fix(http-request): prevent uncaught exceptions in async hooks by @Dennis-SEG in #5392
  • TreeList: Fix widget treeList keyboard navigation scroll behavior by @piotrbogun in #5421
  • Ensure quick-add filter is applied properly when retriggering add by @knolleary in #5427
  • 🔨 Readme markdown refactor for legibility in IDE's by @dimitrieh in #5423
  • 5343/Editor/Bug: Node help tab resets focus when arrow keys are used to switch between nodes by @piotrbogun in #5406
  • ➕ Add package-lock.json for reproducible dependency chains by @dimitrieh in #5426
  • ⬆️ Bump for 4.1.3 by @knolleary in #5428
  • 🔀 Sync 4.1.3 changes to dev branch by @knolleary in #5445
  • ➕ add burst mode to delay node by @dceejay in #5391
  • ⚡️ UX updates for next beta by @knolleary in #5444
  • ➕ Add pause button to debug sidebar by @dceejay in #5390
  • ⬆️ Bump for 5beta2 by @knolleary in #5446

  🆕 New Contributors

  • @piotrbogun made their first contribution in #5407
  • @n-lark made their first contribution in #5401
  • @Dennis-SEG made their first contribution in #5392

  Full Changelog : 5.0.0-beta.1...5.0.0-beta.2

• v5.0.0-beta.1 Changes

  December 12, 2025

  What's Changed

  • 👍 Allow sidebar to be split into two panels by @knolleary in #5378
  • 🚀 Update for beta.1 release by @knolleary in #5380

  Full Changelog : 5.0.0-beta.0...5.0.0-beta.1

• v5.0.0-beta.0 Changes

  December 05, 2025

  What's Changed

  • ⚡️ Update sidebar UX by @knolleary in #5327
  • 🚀 Prep dev branch for beta releases by @knolleary in #5367
  • ⚡️ Workspace pan/zoom updates by @knolleary in #5312
  • ⚡️ Update tour for 5-beta by @knolleary in #5370
  • 🛠 Fix panning workspace on touchscreens by @knolleary in #5371
  • ⚡️ Update Sidebar UX by @knolleary in #5318
  • Reveal node in search results via mouseover by @gorenje in #5368
  • ➕ Add ability to use pfx or p12 file for TLS connection settings option by @dceejay in #4907
  • ⚡️ Update changelog for beta by @knolleary in #5375

  Full Changelog : 4.1.2...5.0.0-beta.0

• v4.1.11 Changes

  June 04, 2026

  What's Changed

  • ✂ Remove debug console.log from externalModules by @Autre31415 in #5737
  • Ensure subsequent calls to the node editor can open by @Steve-Mcl in #5734
  • Sanitize all args passed to projects/git api by @knolleary in #5768
  • 🛠 Typo fixes by @bonanitech in #5767
  • 🛠 Fix box-shadow property value by @bonanitech in #5764
  • ➕ Add description tooltips to palette categories by @knolleary in #5769
  • 👍 Allow theme plugin to override node categories by @knolleary in #5770
  • ⚡️ Update dependencies by @knolleary in #5772
  • ⚡️ Update mermaid in dev dependencies by @knolleary in #5775
  • ➕ Add styles to prevent controls wrapping in find bar by @Steve-Mcl in #5779
  • 🚀 Bump for 4.1.11 release by @knolleary in #5781

  🆕 New Contributors

  • @Autre31415 made their first contribution in #5737

  Full Changelog : 4.1.10...4.1.11

• v4.1.10 Changes

  May 08, 2026

  What's Changed

  • 🛠 Fix module name validation for uninstall and tgz install by @knolleary in #5722
  • Ensure project files are inside project root path by @knolleary in #5724
  • ⬆️ Bump for 4.1.10 by @knolleary in #5723
  • ⚡️ Update package lock by @knolleary in #5725

  Full Changelog : 4.1.9...4.1.10

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