Insights environment variables

File-based configuration

You can add _FILE to individual variables to provide their configuration in a separate file. Refer to Keeping sensitive data in separate files for more details.

Insights gives instance owners and admins visibility into how workflows perform over time. Refer to Insights for details.

Variable	Type	Default	Description
N8N_DISABLED_MODULES	String	-	Set to insights to disable the feature and metrics collection for an instance.
N8N_INSIGHTS_COMPACTION_BATCH_SIZE	Number	500	The number of raw insights data to compact in a single batch.
N8N_INSIGHTS_COMPACTION_DAILY_TO_WEEKLY_THRESHOLD_DAYS	Number	180	The maximum age (in days) of daily insights data to compact.
N8N_INSIGHTS_COMPACTION_HOURLY_TO_DAILY_THRESHOLD_DAYS	Number	90	The maximum age (in days) of hourly insights data to compact.
N8N_INSIGHTS_COMPACTION_INTERVAL_MINUTES	Number	60	Interval (in minutes) at which compaction should run.
N8N_INSIGHTS_FLUSH_BATCH_SIZE	Number	1000	The maximum number of insights data to keep in the buffer before flushing.
N8N_INSIGHTS_FLUSH_INTERVAL_SECONDS	Number	30	The interval (in seconds) at which the insights data should be flushed to the database.