From aae55fe7ac77594444c3405161555a517902c68b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ricardo Espinoza <ricardo@n8n.io>
Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2025 19:34:29 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] feat: Add temporary env variable `N8N_FOLDERS_ENABLED`
 (no-changelog) (#13374)

---
 packages/@n8n/api-types/src/frontend-settings.ts | 3 +++
 packages/cli/src/config/schema.ts                | 9 +++++++++
 packages/cli/src/services/frontend.service.ts    | 5 +++++
 packages/editor-ui/src/__tests__/defaults.ts     | 3 +++
 packages/editor-ui/src/stores/settings.store.ts  | 6 ++++++
 5 files changed, 26 insertions(+)

diff --git a/packages/@n8n/api-types/src/frontend-settings.ts b/packages/@n8n/api-types/src/frontend-settings.ts
index f3f67f6eb1..e4a5acd7f3 100644
--- a/packages/@n8n/api-types/src/frontend-settings.ts
+++ b/packages/@n8n/api-types/src/frontend-settings.ts
@@ -156,6 +156,9 @@ export interface FrontendSettings {
 	mfa: {
 		enabled: boolean;
 	};
+	folders: {
+		enabled: boolean;
+	};
 	banners: {
 		dismissed: string[];
 	};
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/config/schema.ts b/packages/cli/src/config/schema.ts
index 6041549ec5..0b2b3ee822 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/config/schema.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/config/schema.ts
@@ -370,4 +370,13 @@ export const schema = {
 		env: 'N8N_PROXY_HOPS',
 		doc: 'Number of reverse-proxies n8n is running behind',
 	},
+
+	folders: {
+		enabled: {
+			format: Boolean,
+			default: false,
+			env: 'N8N_FOLDERS_ENABLED',
+			doc: 'Temporary env variable to enable folders feature',
+		},
+	},
 };
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/services/frontend.service.ts b/packages/cli/src/services/frontend.service.ts
index 06da1382cf..1b13ad847f 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/services/frontend.service.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/services/frontend.service.ts
@@ -233,6 +233,9 @@ export class FrontendService {
 			},
 			easyAIWorkflowOnboarded: false,
 			partialExecution: this.globalConfig.partialExecutions,
+			folders: {
+				enabled: false,
+			},
 		};
 	}
 
@@ -360,6 +363,8 @@ export class FrontendService {
 
 		this.settings.enterprise.projects.team.limit = this.license.getTeamProjectLimit();
 
+		this.settings.folders.enabled = config.get('folders.enabled');
+
 		return this.settings;
 	}
 
diff --git a/packages/editor-ui/src/__tests__/defaults.ts b/packages/editor-ui/src/__tests__/defaults.ts
index a058b33f88..818aaab3a8 100644
--- a/packages/editor-ui/src/__tests__/defaults.ts
+++ b/packages/editor-ui/src/__tests__/defaults.ts
@@ -140,4 +140,7 @@ export const defaultSettings: FrontendSettings = {
 		version: 1,
 		enforce: false,
 	},
+	folders: {
+		enabled: false,
+	},
 };
diff --git a/packages/editor-ui/src/stores/settings.store.ts b/packages/editor-ui/src/stores/settings.store.ts
index 9d03ec8d38..b64a3d32fa 100644
--- a/packages/editor-ui/src/stores/settings.store.ts
+++ b/packages/editor-ui/src/stores/settings.store.ts
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ export const useSettingsStore = defineStore(STORES.SETTINGS, () => {
 	const ldap = ref({ loginLabel: '', loginEnabled: false });
 	const saml = ref({ loginLabel: '', loginEnabled: false });
 	const mfa = ref({ enabled: false });
+	const folders = ref({ enabled: false });
+
 	const saveDataErrorExecution = ref<WorkflowSettings.SaveDataExecution>('all');
 	const saveDataSuccessExecution = ref<WorkflowSettings.SaveDataExecution>('all');
 	const saveManualExecutions = ref(false);
@@ -141,6 +143,8 @@ export const useSettingsStore = defineStore(STORES.SETTINGS, () => {
 
 	const isMfaFeatureEnabled = computed(() => mfa.value.enabled);
 
+	const isFoldersFeatureEnabled = computed(() => folders.value.enabled);
+
 	const areTagsEnabled = computed(() =>
 		settings.value.workflowTagsDisabled !== undefined ? !settings.value.workflowTagsDisabled : true,
 	);
@@ -203,6 +207,7 @@ export const useSettingsStore = defineStore(STORES.SETTINGS, () => {
 		}
 
 		mfa.value.enabled = settings.value.mfa?.enabled;
+		folders.value.enabled = settings.value.folders?.enabled;
 
 		if (settings.value.enterprise?.showNonProdBanner) {
 			useUIStore().pushBannerToStack('NON_PRODUCTION_LICENSE');
@@ -411,6 +416,7 @@ export const useSettingsStore = defineStore(STORES.SETTINGS, () => {
 		logLevel,
 		isTelemetryEnabled,
 		isMfaFeatureEnabled,
+		isFoldersFeatureEnabled,
 		isAiAssistantEnabled,
 		areTagsEnabled,
 		isHiringBannerEnabled,