refactor(core): Prevent a server from starting if it's configured to use S3, but the license does not allow it (#13532)

packages/core/src/binary-data/object-store/__tests__/object-store.service.test.ts

@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import { mock } from 'jest-mock-extended';
 import { Readable } from 'stream';
 
 import { ObjectStoreService } from '@/binary-data/object-store/object-store.service.ee';
-import { writeBlockedMessage } from '@/binary-data/object-store/utils';
 
 jest.mock('axios');
 
@@ -128,23 +127,6 @@ describe('put()', () => {
 		});
 	});
 
-	it('should block if read-only', async () => {
-		objectStoreService.setReadonly(true);
-
-		const metadata = { fileName: 'file.txt', mimeType: 'text/plain' };
-
-		const promise = objectStoreService.put(fileId, mockBuffer, metadata);
-
-		await expect(promise).resolves.not.toThrow();
-
-		const result = await promise;
-
-		expect(result.status).toBe(403);
-		expect(result.statusText).toBe('Forbidden');
-
-		expect(result.data).toBe(writeBlockedMessage(fileId));
-	});
-
 	it('should throw an error on request failure', async () => {
 		const metadata = { fileName: 'file.txt', mimeType: 'text/plain' };
 

packages/core/src/binary-data/object-store/object-store.service.ee.ts

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { Service } from '@n8n/di';
 import { sign } from 'aws4';
 import type { Request as Aws4Options } from 'aws4';
 import axios from 'axios';
-import type { AxiosRequestConfig, AxiosResponse, InternalAxiosRequestConfig, Method } from 'axios';
+import type { AxiosRequestConfig, Method } from 'axios';
 import { ApplicationError } from 'n8n-workflow';
 import { createHash } from 'node:crypto';
 import type { Readable } from 'stream';
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import type { Readable } from 'stream';
 import { Logger } from '@/logging/logger';
 
 import type { ListPage, MetadataResponseHeaders, RawListPage, RequestOptions } from './types';
-import { isStream, parseXml, writeBlockedMessage } from './utils';
+import { isStream, parseXml } from './utils';
 import type { BinaryData } from '../types';
 
 @Service()
@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@ export class ObjectStoreService {
 
 	private isReady = false;
 
-	private isReadOnly = false;
-
 	constructor(
 		private readonly logger: Logger,
 		private readonly s3Config: S3Config,
@@ -48,10 +46,6 @@ export class ObjectStoreService {
 		this.setReady(true);
 	}
 
-	setReadonly(newState: boolean) {
-		this.isReadOnly = newState;
-	}
-
 	setReady(newState: boolean) {
 		this.isReady = newState;
 	}
@@ -73,8 +67,6 @@ export class ObjectStoreService {
 	 * @doc https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/API/API_PutObject.html
 	 */
 	async put(filename: string, buffer: Buffer, metadata: BinaryData.PreWriteMetadata = {}) {
-		if (this.isReadOnly) return await this.blockWrite(filename);
-
 		const headers: Record<string, string | number> = {
 			'Content-Length': buffer.length,
 			'Content-MD5': createHash('md5').update(buffer).digest('base64'),
@@ -204,20 +196,6 @@ export class ObjectStoreService {
 		return page as ListPage;
 	}
 
-	private async blockWrite(filename: string): Promise<AxiosResponse> {
-		const logMessage = writeBlockedMessage(filename);
-
-		this.logger.warn(logMessage);
-
-		return {
-			status: 403,
-			statusText: 'Forbidden',
-			data: logMessage,
-			headers: {},
-			config: {} as InternalAxiosRequestConfig,
-		};
-	}
-
 	private async request<T>(
 		method: Method,
 		rawPath = '',

packages/core/src/binary-data/object-store/utils.ts

@@ -14,7 +14,3 @@ export async function parseXml<T>(xml: string): Promise<T> {
 		valueProcessors: [parseNumbers, parseBooleans],
 	}) as Promise<T>);
 }
-
-export function writeBlockedMessage(filename: string) {
-	return `Request to write file "${filename}" to object storage was blocked because S3 storage is not available with your current license. Please upgrade to a license that supports this feature, or set N8N_DEFAULT_BINARY_DATA_MODE to an option other than "s3".`;
-}