# n8n 2.43 and 2.44: Browser Use for Everyone, Agent Budgets and a Setup Checklist for Agents

> n8n 2.43 (Oct 6, 2026) opened Browser Use in the n8n Assistant to all users and added agent budgets; 2.44 (Oct 13) added an agent setup checklist.

Source: https://learn.ynteractive.com/news/2026-10-20-n8n-2-43-2-44-agent-updates · Updated 2026-10-20 · Free from Stepthrough (https://learn.ynteractive.com)

By [Robert Breen](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/about) · Published October 20, 2026 · n8n news

Building an AI agent in n8n got safer and easier this month: you can set usage and budget limits, and a checklist tells you what is left to set up.

## What happened

n8n released version 2.43 on October 6, 2026, with 25 features; its release notes say Browser Use in the n8n Assistant is now available to all users, and agents get usage and budget settings. Version 2.43 also adds a deployment dropdown to the Azure OpenAI Chat Model node, a Job resource on the Databricks node and OAuth2 credentials for the Supabase node. n8n 2.44 followed on October 13, 2026, with 19 features: the agent builder adds a "Finish setup" checklist, and each input of an agent’s workflow tool can be AI-filled, fixed or an expression. Version 2.44 also adds Google Vertex AI credentials with a project picker and a connection test, and relabels the Azure OpenAI nodes as Microsoft Foundry, with the old names still searchable. On October 14, at its In The Loop conference, n8n also introduced a new logo, typeface and color system. Source: [n8n Docs: Release notes](https://docs.n8n.io/changelog/release-notes) (October 13, 2026).

## Who gets it, and what it costs

- **n8n Cloud:** the features arrive with these versions; check which version your instance runs.
- **Self-hosted:** update your instance to 2.43 or 2.44 (later patch releases are out too).
- **Agent budgets and the setup checklist:** in the agent builder, once you are on these versions.

No price change is listed in the release notes. The features come with the n8n versions above on your current plan.

## What it means for an office team

The basic case is the AI agent an office team builds to book calls or answer questions from a sheet. The worry is always cost and loose ends: the new usage and budget settings give you a place to control what the agent uses, and the "Finish setup" checklist shows what is still missing before you switch it on.

Fixed tool inputs matter too. If your agent writes to a Google Sheet, set the sheet and tab as fixed inputs so the AI only fills in the values it should, not where they go.

## Try it: the stepthrough

Practice the building block these releases improve: an n8n AI agent with tools that checks Google Calendar, books the slot and logs it.

[Start the 36-step practice](https://learn.ynteractive.com/modules/n8n-agent-tools)

**n8n AI Agent with Tools: Check Google Calendar, Book It and Log It**, about 11 minutes. You do each step yourself in a practice copy; nothing touches your real accounts. [Open full screen](https://learn.ynteractive.com/modules/n8n-agent-tools) · [Read the steps](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/n8n-ai-agent-tools-google-calendar-booking)

### The 36 steps

1. Open the AI Agent
2. Write the booking rules
3. Back to the canvas
4. Add a tool
5. Search for "calendar"
6. Add the Google Calendar Tool
7. Change the resource
8. Choose Calendar
9. Pick the calendar
10. Grooming appointments
11. Let the model set the start
12. And the end
13. Back to the canvas
14. Add a tool
15. Search for "calendar"
16. Another Google Calendar Tool
17. Pick the calendar
18. Grooming appointments
19. Let the model set the start
20. And the end
21. Add a title
22. Summary
23. Let the model write the title
24. Back to the canvas
25. Add a tool
26. Search for "sheets"
27. Add the Google Sheets Tool
28. Change the operation
29. Append Row
30. Choose the spreadsheet
31. Grooming bookings
32. Choose the tab
33. Sheet1
34. Customer
35. Booking
36. Back to the canvas

## Related lessons and courses

- [n8n AI Agent with Tools: Check Google Calendar, Book It and Log It](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/n8n-ai-agent-tools-google-calendar-booking) (the practice on this page)
- [n8n AI Agent with Tools: Check Google Calendar, Book It and Log It](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/n8n-ai-agent-tools-google-calendar-booking)
- [Guardian: Make Your n8n AI Agent Ask Before It Emails a Customer](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/guardian-n8n-ai-agent-approval-before-sending-email)
- [n8n: What Is n8n? Build Your First Workflow](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/n8n-tutorial-for-beginners-first-workflow)
- [Get Alerted When an n8n Automation Fails and Let It Retry by Itself](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/n8n-error-handling-retry-on-fail-error-workflow)

## Sources

- [n8n Docs: Release notes](https://docs.n8n.io/changelog/release-notes) (October 13, 2026)
- [n8n Blog: Why we refreshed the n8n brand](https://blog.n8n.io/n8n-brand-refresh-2026/) (October 14, 2026)

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