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@Cadiac Cadiac commented Apr 9, 2026

Summary

Change the display name of "Instance AI" to "AI Assistant".

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  • Docs updated or follow-up ticket created.
  • Tests included.
  • PR Labeled with Backport to Beta, Backport to Stable, or Backport to v1 (if the PR is an urgent fix that needs to be backported)

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codecov Bot commented Apr 9, 2026

Bundle Report

Changes will increase total bundle size by 204 bytes (0.0%) ⬆️. This is within the configured threshold ✅

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Bundle name Size Change
editor-ui-esm 45.43MB 204 bytes (0.0%) ⬆️

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Assets Changed:

Asset Name Size Change Total Size Change (%)
assets/worker-*.js 3.14MB 3.16MB 17561.46% ⚠️
assets/worker-*.js -3.14MB 17.9kB -99.43%
assets/index-*.js 245 bytes 1.31MB 0.02%
assets/core-*.js -115 bytes 614.24kB -0.02%
assets/InstanceAiView-*.js 1 bytes 298.52kB 0.0%
assets/router-*.js 28 bytes 117.83kB 0.02%
assets/AppSidebar-*.js 45 bytes 31.86kB 0.14%

Files in assets/index-*.js:

  • ./src/features/shared/commandBar/composables/useInstanceAiCommands.ts → Total Size: 2.81kB

Files in assets/InstanceAiView-*.js:

  • ./src/features/ai/instanceAi/components/InstanceAiCredentialSetup.vue → Total Size: 394 bytes

Files in assets/router-*.js:

  • ./src/features/ai/chatHub/module.descriptor.ts → Total Size: 4.21kB

  • ./src/features/ai/instanceAi/module.descriptor.ts → Total Size: 1.56kB

Files in assets/AppSidebar-*.js:

  • ./src/features/collaboration/projects/components/ProjectNavigation.vue → Total Size: 371 bytes

@n8n-assistant n8n-assistant Bot added core Enhancement outside /nodes-base and /editor-ui n8n team Authored by the n8n team labels Apr 9, 2026
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❌ Patch coverage is 10.00000% with 9 lines in your changes missing coverage. Please review.

Files with missing lines Patch % Lines
...cli/src/modules/instance-ai/instance-ai.service.ts 0.00% 7 Missing ⚠️
.../cli/src/modules/instance-ai/instance-ai.module.ts 0.00% 1 Missing ⚠️
...nstanceAi/components/InstanceAiCredentialSetup.vue 0.00% 1 Missing ⚠️

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No issues found across 11 files

Architecture diagram
sequenceDiagram
    participant User
    participant UI as "Frontend (AI Assistant UI)"
    participant CLI as "Backend (Instance AI Service)"
    participant MCP as "Computer Use Gateway"
    participant Trace as "Tracing & Credits Service"

    Note over User,Trace: User interacts with the renamed "AI Assistant" (formerly Instance AI)

    User->>UI: Open AI Assistant / Send Message
    UI->>CLI: CHANGED: Request with updated i18n labels ("AI Assistant")
    
    CLI->>CLI: Process request logic (Internal: InstanceAiService)
    
    opt Tool Execution (Computer Use)
        CLI->>MCP: Execute local tool command
        Note right of MCP: CHANGED: CLI help/description <br/>mentions "AI Assistant"
        MCP-->>CLI: Return execution result
    end

    CLI->>Trace: CHANGED: Log usage/credits
    Note over CLI,Trace: Log messages now use prefix "[AI Assistant]" <br/>instead of "[Instance AI]"

    alt Error occurred
        CLI->>CLI: CHANGED: Logger.error/warn
        Note right of CLI: "AI Assistant run error"
    end

    CLI-->>UI: Return response
    UI-->>User: Display AI Assistant response
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github-actions Bot commented Apr 9, 2026

Performance Comparison

Comparing currentlatest master14-day baseline

docker-stats

Metric Current Latest Master Baseline (avg) vs Master vs Baseline Status
docker-image-size-runners 386.00 MB 386.00 MB 389.00 MB (< 3 samples) +0.0% -0.8%
docker-image-size-n8n 1269.76 MB 1269.76 MB 1269.76 MB (< 3 samples) +0.0% +0.0%

Memory consumption baseline with starter plan resources

Metric Current Latest Master Baseline (avg) vs Master vs Baseline Status
memory-heap-used-baseline 114.25 MB 114.59 MB 112.98 MB (σ 1.11) -0.3% +1.1% ⚠️
How to read this table
  • Current: This PR's value (or latest master if PR perf tests haven't run)
  • Latest Master: Most recent nightly master measurement
  • Baseline: Rolling 14-day average from master
  • vs Master: PR impact (current vs latest master)
  • vs Baseline: Drift from baseline (current vs rolling avg)
  • Status: ✅ within 1σ | ⚠️ 1-2σ | 🔴 >2σ regression

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