🎉 Node-RED 4.0.9 released

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Start your weekend with the new Node-RED 4.0.9 release!

A handle of useful fixes and a few small feature enhancements. Checkout the changelog for the full list.

  • When you select a subflow instance node, the context sidebar will now show you its flow context under the 'node' section. Super useful as this level of context was otherwise inaccessible in the editor. (#5025)
  • The context sidebar now remembers what you've expanded when you refresh, so you don't have to find your place again when checking for updated values (#5021)
  • The auto-complete for context field names now handles loooong names better (#5042)

At the time of writing, the docker containers are still building - so check back later if you need to use them.

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Nice, a very welcome feature :+1:

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For a moment - I read it as 4.9.0 :astonished:

Always nice to see What's happening!

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Docker containers are all up on docker hub (after problems building the debian versions yesterday)

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docker works fin :+1:

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I have a pi zero running v4.0.8 with nodejs 20 on bookworm, installed using the bash curl script. It has been running with no problems.

I upgraded to 4.0.9 using
sudo npm install -g --unsafe-perm node-red
and when I restart node-red I just get Illegal instruction.

I will re-install 4.0.8 with npm and see if it recovers.

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I installed 4.0.8 using npm and it also crashed the same way. Then I ran the install script and it was ok. I assume that the script must do something different.

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Are you on a Zero or a Zero 2 @Colin?
32 or 64 bit OS?

I don't see any problem on a Pi Zero 2:

pi@TestOS:~ $ node-red --version
Node-RED v4.0.8
Node.js v20.17.0
Linux 6.6.74+rpt-rpi-v7 arm LE
pi@TestOS:~ $ sudo npm install -g --unsafe-perm node-red

changed 311 packages in 1m

63 packages are looking for funding
  run `npm fund` for details
npm notice
npm notice New major version of npm available! 10.8.2 -> 11.1.0
npm notice Changelog: https://github.com/npm/cli/releases/tag/v11.1.0
npm notice To update run: npm install -g npm@11.1.0
npm notice

pi@TestOS:~ $ node-red
16 Feb 18:40:22 - [info]

Welcome to Node-RED
===================

16 Feb 18:40:22 - [info] Node-RED version: v4.0.9
16 Feb 18:40:22 - [info] Node.js  version: v20.17.0
16 Feb 18:40:22 - [info] Linux 6.6.74+rpt-rpi-v7 arm LE
16 Feb 18:40:24 - [info] Loading palette nodes
16 Feb 18:40:30 - [info] Settings file  : /home/pi/.node-red/settings.js
16 Feb 18:40:30 - [info] Context store  : 'default' [module=memory]
16 Feb 18:40:30 - [info] User directory : /home/pi/.node-red
16 Feb 18:40:30 - [warn] Projects disabled : editorTheme.projects.enabled=false
16 Feb 18:40:30 - [info] Flows file     : /home/pi/.node-red/flows.json
16 Feb 18:40:30 - [warn] Using unencrypted credentials
16 Feb 18:40:30 - [info] Server now running at http://127.0.0.1:1880/
16 Feb 18:40:30 - [info] Starting flows
16 Feb 18:40:30 - [info] [ui-base:My Dashboard] Node-RED Dashboard 2.0 (v1.22.1) started at /dashboard
16 Feb 18:40:30 - [info] [ui-base:My Dashboard] Created socket.io server bound to Node-RED port at path /dashboard/socket.io
16 Feb 18:40:30 - [info] Started flows
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An original zero, 32 bit.

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I have opened a new thread for this, as it is not related to the new release.

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Nice work!

The only thing I found is that the Dashboard 2.0 page list at the right in node-red jumps back to top every time a page or group configuration is changed.

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After a long time away from Node Red I see version 4 is out, thanks for the great work!

But it seems to me that the getting started guide

is not up-to-date with version 4? At least the Node.js versions seems to be different?

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Can you be more specific about exactly what you mean?

With regard to nodejs you can specify which version you want when you run the script.

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Edited a bit re node versions

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