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On my cloud instance, in either versions 2.20.5 (Latest Beta) and 2.19.5 (Latest Stable), the Git clone node is not working. I get this error : Error: Configuring core.hooksPath is not permitted without enabling allowUnsafeHooksPath at Object.action (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/n8n/node_modules/.pnpm/[email protected]/node_modules/simple-git/src/lib/plugins/block-unsafe-operations-plugin.ts:15:22) at PluginStore.exec (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/n8n/node_modules/.pnpm/[email protected]/node_modules/simple-git/src/lib/plugins/plugin-store.ts:54:29) at GitExecutorChain.attemptRemoteTask (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/n8n/node_modules/.pnpm/[email protected]/node_modules/simple-git/src/lib/runners/git-executor-chain.ts:84:34) at GitExecutorChain.attemptTask (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/n8n/node_modules/.pnpm/[email protected]/node_modules/simple-git/src/lib/runners/git-executor-chain.ts:63:20) 4. Execute and see the error.

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Bug Description

Hi, On my cloud instance, in either versions 2.20.5 (Latest Beta) and 2.19.5 (Latest Stable), the Git clone node is not working. I get this error :

n8n version

2.20.5 (Cloud)

Stack trace

Error: Configuring core.hooksPath is not permitted without enabling allowUnsafeHooksPath at Object.action (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/n8n/node_modules/.pnpm/[email protected]/node_modules/simple-git/src/lib/plugins/block-unsafe-operations-plugin.ts:15:22) at PluginStore.exec (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/n8n/node_modules/.pnpm/[email protected]/node_modules/simple-git/src/lib/plugins/plugin-store.ts:54:29) at GitExecutorChain.attemptRemoteTask (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/n8n/node_modules/.pnpm/[email protected]/node_modules/simple-git/src/lib/runners/git-executor-chain.ts:84:34) at GitExecutorChain.attemptTask (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/n8n/node_modules/.pnpm/[email protected]/node_modules/simple-git/src/lib/runners/git-executor-chain.ts:63:20)

I tried multiple settings, multiple local path and multiple remote repo and nothing works. I suspect a change in simple-git may have broken the n8n Git node.

To Reproduce

  1. Create workflow on updated cloud instance.
  2. Create Git node.
  3. Select Clone operation and fill settings.
  4. Execute and see the error.

Expected behavior

Expected behavior is the successful execution of git clone node.

Debug Info

Debug info

core

  • n8nVersion: 2.20.5
  • platform: docker (cloud)
  • nodeJsVersion: 24.14.1
  • nodeEnv: production
  • database: sqlite
  • executionMode: regular
  • concurrency: 5
  • license: enterprise (sandbox)
  • consumerId: 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000

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 (x11; linux x86_64; rv:128.0) gecko/20100101 firefox/128.0
  • isTouchDevice: false

cluster

  • instanceCount: 1
  • versions: 2.20.5
  • instances:
    • instanceKey: e02f1a52-34b3-4511-8796-b5bbdd8b916c, hostId: main-amdowogo-n8n-cd5b99f54-rhxmd, instanceType: main, instanceRole: leader, version: 2.20.5
  • checks:
    • check: hostid-clash, status: succeeded, warnings: -
    • check: lifecycle, status: succeeded, warnings: -
    • check: split-brain, status: succeeded, warnings: -
    • check: version-mismatch, status: succeeded, warnings: -

Generated at: 2026-05-07T22:39:10.762Z

Operating System

Windows 11

n8n Version

2.20.5

Node.js Version

24.14.1

Database

SQLite (default)

Execution mode

main (default)

Hosting

n8n cloud

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Expected behavior

Expected behavior is the successful execution of git clone node.

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