From 1d4f92a6575a7af6dbd4f03b61202cb56badf6a1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Iv=C3=A1n=20Ovejero?= <ivov.src@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2022 15:27:04 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix(cli): Fix excessive instantiation type error for
 flattened execution (#3921)

* :blue_book: Fix excessive instantiation error

* :recycle: Simplify interface for TypeORM
---
 packages/cli/src/Interfaces.ts                |  2 +-
 .../src/databases/entities/WorkflowEntity.ts  | 23 +++++++++++++++++--
 2 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/cli/src/Interfaces.ts b/packages/cli/src/Interfaces.ts
index 3794ada3e2..f25cea743f 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/Interfaces.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/Interfaces.ts
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ export interface IExecutionFlattedDb extends IExecutionBase {
 	id: number | string;
 	data: string;
 	waitTill?: Date | null;
-	workflowData: IWorkflowBase;
+	workflowData: Omit<IWorkflowBase, 'pinData'>;
 }
 
 export interface IExecutionFlattedResponse extends IExecutionFlatted {
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/databases/entities/WorkflowEntity.ts b/packages/cli/src/databases/entities/WorkflowEntity.ts
index d37decc15d..cbc7c5269d 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/databases/entities/WorkflowEntity.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/databases/entities/WorkflowEntity.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,14 @@
 /* eslint-disable import/no-cycle */
 import { Length } from 'class-validator';
 
-import { IConnections, IDataObject, INode, IPinData, IWorkflowSettings } from 'n8n-workflow';
+import {
+	IBinaryKeyData,
+	IConnections,
+	IDataObject,
+	INode,
+	IPairedItemData,
+	IWorkflowSettings,
+} from 'n8n-workflow';
 
 import {
 	BeforeUpdate,
@@ -122,10 +129,22 @@ export class WorkflowEntity implements IWorkflowDb {
 		nullable: true,
 		transformer: sqlite.jsonColumn,
 	})
-	pinData: IPinData;
+	pinData: ISimplifiedPinData;
 
 	@BeforeUpdate()
 	setUpdateDate() {
 		this.updatedAt = new Date();
 	}
 }
+
+/**
+ * Simplified to prevent excessively deep type instantiation error from
+ * `INodeExecutionData` in `IPinData` in a TypeORM entity field.
+ */
+export interface ISimplifiedPinData {
+	[nodeName: string]: Array<{
+		json: IDataObject;
+		binary?: IBinaryKeyData;
+		pairedItem?: IPairedItemData | IPairedItemData[] | number;
+	}>;
+}