Bug Description

I have configured my .env file to use PostgreSQL instead of SQLite3:

DB_TYPE=postgresdb DB_POSTGRESDB_HOST=localhost DB_POSTGRESDB_PORT=5432 DB_POSTGRESDB_DATABASE=n8n DB_POSTGRESDB_USER= DB_POSTGRESDB_PASSWORD=

User Management DB (must match main DB unless intentionally separate)

N8N_USER_MANAGEMENT_POSTGRESDB_HOST=localhost N8N_USER_MANAGEMENT_POSTGRESDB_PORT=5432 N8N_USER_MANAGEMENT_POSTGRESDB_DATABASE=n8n N8N_USER_MANAGEMENT_POSTGRESDB_USER= N8N_USER_MANAGEMENT_POSTGRESDB_PASSWORD=

But I keep facing this error when trying to set up my local Ollama models: Error in chat execution: Error: Could not locate the bindings file. Tried: → C:\Users\d-kin\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\n8n\node_modules\sqlite3\build\node_sqlite3.node → C:\Users\d-kin\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\n8n\node_modules\sqlite3\build\Debug\node_sqlite3.node → C:\Users\d-kin\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\n8n\node_modules\sqlite3\build\Release\node_sqlite3.node → C:\Users\d-kin\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\n8n\node_modules\sqlite3\out\Debug\node_sqlite3.node → C:\Users\d-kin\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\n8n\node_modules\sqlite3\Debug\node_sqlite3.node → C:\Users\d-kin\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\n8n\node_modules\sqlite3\out\Release\node_sqlite3.node → C:\Users\d-kin\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\n8n\node_modules\sqlite3\Release\node_sqlite3.node → C:\Users\d-kin\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\n8n\node_modules\sqlite3\build\default\node_sqlite3.node → C:\Users\d-kin\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\n8n\node_modules\sqlite3\compiled\24.15.0\win32\x64\node_sqlite3.node → C:\Users\d-kin\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\n8n\node_modules\sqlite3\addon-build\release\install-root\node_sqlite3.node → C:\Users\d-kin\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\n8n\node_modules\sqlite3\addon-build\debug\install-root\node_sqlite3.node → C:\Users\d-kin\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\n8n\node_modules\sqlite3\addon-build\default\install-root\node_sqlite3.node → C:\Users\d-kin\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\n8n\node_modules\sqlite3\lib\binding\node-v137-win32-x64\node_sqlite3.node Title generation failed: Error: Could not locate the bindings file. Tried: → C:\Users\d-kin\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\n8n\node_modules\sqlite3\build\node_sqlite3.node → C:\Users\d-kin\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\n8n\node_modules\sqlite3\build\Debug\node_sqlite3.node → C:\Users\d-kin\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\n8n\node_modules\sqlite3\build\Release\node_sqlite3.node → C:\Users\d-kin\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\n8n\node_modules\sqlite3\out\Debug\node_sqlite3.node → C:\Users\d-kin\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\n8n\node_modules\sqlite3\Debug\node_sqlite3.node → C:\Users\d-kin\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\n8n\node_modules\sqlite3\out\Release\node_sqlite3.node → C:\Users\d-kin\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\n8n\node_modules\sqlite3\Release\node_sqlite3.node → C:\Users\d-kin\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\n8n\node_modules\sqlite3\build\default\node_sqlite3.node → C:\Users\d-kin\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\n8n\node_modules\sqlite3\compiled\24.15.0\win32\x64\node_sqlite3.node → C:\Users\d-kin\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\n8n\node_modules\sqlite3\addon-build\release\install-root\node_sqlite3.node → C:\Users\d-kin\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\n8n\node_modules\sqlite3\addon-build\debug\install-root\node_sqlite3.node → C:\Users\d-kin\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\n8n\node_modules\sqlite3\addon-build\default\install-root\node_sqlite3.node → C:\Users\d-kin\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\n8n\node_modules\sqlite3\lib\binding\node-v137-win32-x64\node_sqlite3.node

I am using Node v24.15.0, npm v11.12.1 and n8n v2.20.0

Could someone please help me understand why this is happening?

To Reproduce

<img width="1731" height="862" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/19dbfb1f-4474-4164-92b7-c622fb794f2f" />

Expected behavior

This is the first time I am experiencing this. My previous usages of n8n via npm worked fine.

Debug Info

Debug info

core

• n8nVersion: 2.20.0
• platform: npm
• nodeJsVersion: 24.15.0
• nodeEnv: undefined
• database: postgres
• executionMode: regular
• concurrency: -1
• license: enterprise (production)
• consumerId: 31886c4b-0f43-4e4c-82f6-b4be6d146bff

storage

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

pruning

• enabled: true
• maxAge: 336 hours
• maxCount: 10000 executions

client

• userAgent: mozilla/5.0 (windows nt 10.0; win64; x64) applewebkit/537.36 (khtml, like gecko) chrome/148.0.0.0 safari/537.36 edg/148.0.0.0
• isTouchDevice: false

cluster

• instanceCount: 1
• versions: 2.20.0
• instances:
  • instanceKey: f8034e06-bfb5-4152-929c-71104942d5c5, hostId: main-hx2JMLEQexVs3hQW, instanceType: main, instanceRole: leader, version: 2.20.0
• 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: 2026-05-12T20:46:43.919Z

Operating System

Windows 11

n8n Version

2.20.20

Node.js Version

24.15.0

Database

PostgreSQL

Execution mode

main (default)

Hosting

self hosted