Hello Railway team,

I’m currently hosting an n8n instance on Railway using the Hobby plan, and I’ve encountered an issue with the password recovery feature, which relies on SMTP to send reset emails.

I’ve configured Brevo (Sendinblue) as the SMTP provider and verified all environment variables:

N8N_SMTP_HOST=smtp-relay.brevo.com
N8N_SMTP_PORT=587
N8N_SMTP_USER=xxxx
N8N_SMTP_PASS=xxxx

However, the password recovery emails fail to send.

After reviewing your documentation (Outbound Networking), I understand that SMTP traffic is blocked on the Free, Trial, and Hobby plans to prevent spam or abuse.

I fully understand the reason for this restriction, but this limitation is causing unexpected issues for many users.
I run an online course where we teach and recommend Railway as the hosting platform for n8n-based projects we currently have over 2,000 students using Railway as part of our lessons.

Unfortunately, this SMTP restriction has surprised many of them, as it prevents password recovery for the n8n application itself meaning that if a user loses their credentials, they effectively lose access to their hosted instance.

Could you please confirm if upgrading to the Pro plan fully unlocks outbound SMTP, and whether this change takes effect immediately after upgrading?

Additionally, would the Railway team consider allowing limited SMTP use (e.g., for password recovery or transactional emails) on Hobby projects to avoid this problem for educational purposes?

Thank you so much for your attention and support.

Best regards,
Leandro Manes
Founder @ Citizen Developer