fix: Enable crash journal only in production mode (no-changelog) (#4948)

* consolidate various `NODE_ENV` checks in the `cli` package

* enable crash journal only in production

packages/cli/src/CrashJournal.ts

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { mkdir, utimes, open, rm } from 'fs/promises';
 import { join, dirname } from 'path';
 import { UserSettings } from 'n8n-core';
 import { LoggerProxy, sleep } from 'n8n-workflow';
+import { inProduction } from '@/constants';
 
 export const touchFile = async (filePath: string): Promise<void> => {
 	await mkdir(dirname(filePath), { recursive: true });
@@ -18,6 +19,8 @@ export const touchFile = async (filePath: string): Promise<void> => {
 const journalFile = join(UserSettings.getUserN8nFolderPath(), 'crash.journal');
 
 export const init = async () => {
+	if (!inProduction) return;
+
 	if (existsSync(journalFile)) {
 		// Crash detected
 		LoggerProxy.error('Last session crashed');

packages/cli/src/ResponseHelper.ts

@@ -14,9 +14,8 @@ import type {
 	IExecutionFlattedDb,
 	IExecutionResponse,
 	IWorkflowDb,
-} from './Interfaces';
-
-const inDevelopment = !process.env.NODE_ENV || process.env.NODE_ENV === 'development';
+} from '@/Interfaces';
+import { inDevelopment } from '@/constants';
 
 /**
  * Special Error which allows to return also an error code and http status code

packages/cli/src/commands/BaseCommand.ts

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { LoggerProxy } from 'n8n-workflow';
 import { getLogger, Logger } from '@/Logger';
 import { User } from '@db/entities/User';
 import * as Db from '@/Db';
+import { inTest } from '@/constants';
 
 export abstract class BaseCommand extends Command {
 	logger: Logger;
@@ -19,7 +20,7 @@ export abstract class BaseCommand extends Command {
 	}
 
 	async finally(): Promise<void> {
-		if (process.env.NODE_ENV === 'test') return;
+		if (inTest) return;
 
 		this.exit();
 	}

packages/cli/src/config/index.ts

@@ -7,8 +7,7 @@ import { tmpdir } from 'os';
 import { mkdtempSync } from 'fs';
 import { join } from 'path';
 import { schema } from './schema';
-
-const inE2ETests = process.env.E2E_TESTS === 'true';
+import { inTest, inE2ETests } from '@/constants';
 
 if (inE2ETests) {
 	// Skip loading config from env variables in end-to-end tests
@@ -36,10 +35,10 @@ config.getEnv = config.get;
 if (!inE2ETests) {
 	// Overwrite default configuration with settings which got defined in
 	// optional configuration files
-	const { N8N_CONFIG_FILES, NODE_ENV } = process.env;
+	const { N8N_CONFIG_FILES } = process.env;
 	if (N8N_CONFIG_FILES !== undefined) {
 		const configFiles = N8N_CONFIG_FILES.split(',');
-		if (NODE_ENV !== 'test') {
+		if (!inTest) {
 			console.log(`\nLoading configuration overwrites from:\n - ${configFiles.join('\n - ')}\n`);
 		}
 

packages/cli/src/constants.ts

@@ -4,6 +4,12 @@
 import { resolve, join, dirname } from 'path';
 import { RESPONSE_ERROR_MESSAGES as CORE_RESPONSE_ERROR_MESSAGES, UserSettings } from 'n8n-core';
 
+const { NODE_ENV, E2E_TESTS } = process.env;
+export const inProduction = NODE_ENV === 'production';
+export const inDevelopment = !NODE_ENV || NODE_ENV === 'development';
+export const inTest = NODE_ENV === 'test';
+export const inE2ETests = E2E_TESTS === 'true';
+
 export const CLI_DIR = resolve(__dirname, '..');
 export const TEMPLATES_DIR = join(CLI_DIR, 'templates');
 export const NODES_BASE_DIR = join(CLI_DIR, '..', 'nodes-base');

packages/cli/src/databases/utils/migrationHelpers.ts

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { UserSettings } from 'n8n-core';
 import type { QueryRunner } from 'typeorm/query-runner/QueryRunner';
 import config from '@/config';
 import { getLogger } from '@/Logger';
+import { inTest } from '@/constants';
 
 const PERSONALIZATION_SURVEY_FILENAME = 'personalizationSurvey.json';
 
@@ -37,10 +38,7 @@ export function loadSurveyFromDisk(): string | null {
 
 let logFinishTimeout: NodeJS.Timeout;
 
-export function logMigrationStart(
-	migrationName: string,
-	disableLogging = process.env.NODE_ENV === 'test',
-): void {
+export function logMigrationStart(migrationName: string, disableLogging = inTest): void {
 	if (disableLogging) return;
 
 	if (!logFinishTimeout) {
@@ -52,10 +50,7 @@ export function logMigrationStart(
 	clearTimeout(logFinishTimeout);
 }
 
-export function logMigrationEnd(
-	migrationName: string,
-	disableLogging = process.env.NODE_ENV === 'test',
-): void {
+export function logMigrationEnd(migrationName: string, disableLogging = inTest): void {
 	if (disableLogging) return;
 
 	getLogger().debug(`Finished migration ${migrationName}`);

packages/cli/src/middlewares/cors.ts

@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
+import { inDevelopment } from '@/constants';
 import type { RequestHandler } from 'express';
 
-const { NODE_ENV } = process.env;
-const inDevelopment = !NODE_ENV || NODE_ENV === 'development';
-
 export const corsMiddleware: RequestHandler = (req, res, next) => {
 	if (inDevelopment && 'origin' in req.headers) {
 		// Allow access also from frontend when developing