Workaround · Self-hosting & upgrades · Blocks work
Docker image pulls fail with invalid tar header for versions after 2.3.0
1 source thread · first seen 2026-01
Summary
Pulling any n8n image after 2.3.0 fails during layer extraction, and the only fix found was pinning the older version.
- Affects
- Self-hosters on older Docker
- Workaround
- Use version 2.3.0
Evidence
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“Docker pull for n8n images fails during layer extraction with "archive/tar: invalid tar header" error”