Start docker container with --tunnel option resulted in '› Error: command n8n not found' error

[datoslabs]

Bug Description

It appears that the documentation for starting n8n docker container with --tunnel option, ie https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/blob/master/docker/images/n8n/README.md#start-with-tunnel is incorrect. When I copied and executed the command the following error was returned:

› Error: command n8n not found

Looking into the docker file and the entry point script docker-entrypoint.sh, the additional n8n parameter is not needed and the correct command should be:

docker run -it --rm \
 --name n8n \
 -p 5678:5678 \
 -v ~/.n8n:/home/node/.n8n \
 docker.n8n.io/n8nio/n8n \
 start --tunnel

I tested it on my local deployment and it appears to work. I am new to n8n so I am submitting this as a bug report rather than making the easy change and submitting it as a PR in case the entry point script is to be blamed.

To Reproduce

1. Follow the instruction, https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/blob/master/docker/images/n8n/README.md#start-with-tunnel, to start n8n with tunnel and reported error message should appear. I am using docker pull n8nio/n8n:latest as of 1/8/2025.

Expected behavior

Should start n8n docker with localtunnel.

Operating System

Ubuntu 24.04

n8n Version

1.71.1

Node.js Version

20.18.0 (according to docker hub https://hub.docker.com/layers/n8nio/n8n/latest/images/sha256-5e87ef72f71631fc4a720808c385c269301958556cb4c78597c131286c9950d6)

Database

SQLite (default)

Execution mode

main (default)

[Joffcom]

Hey @datoslabs,

We have created an internal ticket to look into this which we will be tracking as "N8N-8061"

[netroy]

Thanks for pointing this out 🙏🏽 .
It'll be fixed in #12512