n8n - 💡(How to fix) Fix Error while working with pdf

Describe the problem/error/question

When i try to embed pdf , i get error Failed to load pdf-parse. This loader currently supports pdf-parse v1 only. Please install v1, e.g. npm install pdf-parse@^1 (v2 is not yet supported). Failed to load pdf-parse. This loader currently supports pdf-parse v1 only. Please install v1, e.g. npm install pdf-parse@^1 (v2 is not yet supported).

What is the error message (if any)?

Failed to load pdf-parse. This loader currently supports pdf-parse v1 only. Please install v1, e.g. npm install pdf-parse@^1 (v2 is not yet supported). Failed to load pdf-parse. This loader currently supports pdf-parse v1 only. Please install v1, e.g. npm install pdf-parse@^1 (v2 is not yet supported).

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Debug info

core

• n8nVersion: 2.21.5
• platform: docker (cloud)
• nodeJsVersion: 24.15.0
• nodeEnv: production
• database: sqlite
• executionMode: regular
• concurrency: 5
• license: enterprise (sandbox)

storage

• success: all
• error: all
• progress: false
• manual: true
• binaryMode: filesystem

pruning

• enabled: true
• maxAge: 168 hours
• maxCount: 2500 executions

client

• userAgent: mozilla/5.0 (windows nt 10.0; win64; x64) applewebkit/537.36 (khtml, like gecko) chrome/147.0.0.0 safari/537.36 opr/131.0.0.0
• isTouchDevice: false

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