Use util.inspect instead of JSON.parse

packages/@n8n/task-runner/src/js-task-runner/__tests__/js-task-runner.test.ts

@@ -190,6 +190,27 @@ describe('JsTaskRunner', () => {
 				}),
 			).resolves.toBeDefined();
 		});
+
+		it('should log the context object as [[ExecutionContext]]', async () => {
+			const rpcCallSpy = jest.spyOn(defaultTaskRunner, 'makeRpcCall').mockResolvedValue(undefined);
+
+			const task = newTaskWithSettings({
+				code: `
+					console.log(this);
+					return {json: {}}
+				`,
+				nodeMode: 'runOnceForAllItems',
+			});
+
+			await execTaskWithParams({
+				task,
+				taskData: newDataRequestResponse([wrapIntoJson({})]),
+			});
+
+			expect(rpcCallSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(task.taskId, 'logNodeOutput', [
+				'[[ExecutionContext]]',
+			]);
+		});
 	});
 
 	describe('built-in methods and variables available in the context', () => {

packages/@n8n/task-runner/src/js-task-runner/js-task-runner.ts

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import type {
 	IWorkflowDataProxyData,
 } from 'n8n-workflow';
 import * as a from 'node:assert';
+import { inspect } from 'node:util';
 import { runInNewContext, type Context } from 'node:vm';
 
 import type { MainConfig } from '@/config/main-config';
@@ -438,7 +439,7 @@ export class JsTaskRunner extends TaskRunner {
 	private buildCustomConsole(taskId: string): CustomConsole {
 		const stringifyArg = (arg: unknown) => {
 			try {
-				return typeof arg === 'object' && arg !== null ? JSON.stringify(arg) : arg;
+				return typeof arg === 'object' && arg !== null ? inspect(arg) : arg;
 			} catch (e) {
 				const error = ensureError(e);
 				console.warn('Failed to stringify console.log argument:', error.message);
@@ -479,6 +480,7 @@ export class JsTaskRunner extends TaskRunner {
 		additionalProperties: Record<string, unknown> = {},
 	): Context {
 		const context: Context = {
+			[inspect.custom]: () => '[[ExecutionContext]]',
 			require: this.requireResolver,
 			module: {},
 			console: this.buildCustomConsole(taskId),