fix(API): Do not add starting node on workflow creation (#6686)

* fix(API): Do not add starting node on workflow creation

* chore: Remove comment

packages/cli/src/ActiveWorkflowRunner.ts

@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ import { WorkflowRunner } from '@/WorkflowRunner';
 import { ExternalHooks } from '@/ExternalHooks';
 import { whereClause } from './UserManagement/UserManagementHelper';
 import { WorkflowsService } from './workflows/workflows.services';
-import { START_NODES } from './constants';
+import { STARTING_NODES } from './constants';
 import { webhookNotFoundErrorMessage } from './utils';
 import { In } from 'typeorm';
 
@@ -793,7 +793,7 @@ export class ActiveWorkflowRunner {
 				settings: workflowData.settings,
 			});
 
-			const canBeActivated = workflowInstance.checkIfWorkflowCanBeActivated(START_NODES);
+			const canBeActivated = workflowInstance.checkIfWorkflowCanBeActivated(STARTING_NODES);
 			if (!canBeActivated) {
 				Logger.error(`Unable to activate workflow "${workflowData.name}"`);
 				throw new Error(

packages/cli/src/PublicApi/v1/handlers/workflows/workflows.handler.ts

@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@ import {
 	setWorkflowAsActive,
 	setWorkflowAsInactive,
 	updateWorkflow,
-	hasStartNode,
-	getStartNode,
 	getSharedWorkflows,
 	createWorkflow,
 	getWorkflowIdsViaTags,
@@ -37,10 +35,6 @@ export = {
 
 			workflow.active = false;
 
-			if (!hasStartNode(workflow)) {
-				workflow.nodes.push(getStartNode());
-			}
-
 			await replaceInvalidCredentials(workflow);
 
 			addNodeIds(workflow);
@@ -164,10 +158,6 @@ export = {
 				return res.status(404).json({ message: 'Not Found' });
 			}
 
-			if (!hasStartNode(updateData)) {
-				updateData.nodes.push(getStartNode());
-			}
-
 			await replaceInvalidCredentials(updateData);
 			addNodeIds(updateData);
 

packages/cli/src/PublicApi/v1/handlers/workflows/workflows.service.ts

@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 import type { FindManyOptions, UpdateResult } from 'typeorm';
 import { In } from 'typeorm';
 import intersection from 'lodash/intersection';
-import type { INode } from 'n8n-workflow';
-import { v4 as uuid } from 'uuid';
 
 import * as Db from '@/Db';
 import type { User } from '@db/entities/User';
@@ -10,7 +8,6 @@ import { WorkflowEntity } from '@db/entities/WorkflowEntity';
 import { SharedWorkflow } from '@db/entities/SharedWorkflow';
 import type { Role } from '@db/entities/Role';
 import config from '@/config';
-import { START_NODES } from '@/constants';
 
 function insertIf(condition: boolean, elements: string[]): string[] {
 	return condition ? elements : [];
@@ -122,25 +119,6 @@ export async function updateWorkflow(
 	return Db.collections.Workflow.update(workflowId, updateData);
 }
 
-export function hasStartNode(workflow: WorkflowEntity): boolean {
-	if (!workflow.nodes.length) return false;
-
-	const found = workflow.nodes.find((node) => START_NODES.includes(node.type));
-
-	return Boolean(found);
-}
-
-export function getStartNode(): INode {
-	return {
-		id: uuid(),
-		parameters: {},
-		name: 'Start',
-		type: 'n8n-nodes-base.start',
-		typeVersion: 1,
-		position: [240, 300],
-	};
-}
-
 export function parseTagNames(tags: string): string[] {
 	return tags.split(',').map((tag) => tag.trim());
 }

packages/cli/src/PublicApi/v1/openapi.yml

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ info:
   license:
     name: Sustainable Use License
     url: https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/blob/master/packages/cli/LICENSE.md
-  version: 1.1.0
+  version: 1.1.1
 externalDocs:
   description: n8n API documentation
   url: https://docs.n8n.io/api/

packages/cli/src/constants.ts

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ export function getN8nPackageJson() {
 	return jsonParse<n8n.PackageJson>(readFileSync(join(CLI_DIR, 'package.json'), 'utf8'));
 }
 
-export const START_NODES = ['n8n-nodes-base.start', 'n8n-nodes-base.manualTrigger'];
+export const STARTING_NODES = ['n8n-nodes-base.start', 'n8n-nodes-base.manualTrigger'];
 
 export const N8N_VERSION = getN8nPackageJson().version;
 

packages/cli/src/utils.ts

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-assignment */
 import { CliWorkflowOperationError, SubworkflowOperationError } from 'n8n-workflow';
 import type { INode } from 'n8n-workflow';
-import { START_NODES } from './constants';
+import { STARTING_NODES } from './constants';
 
 /**
  * Returns if the given id is a valid workflow id
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ function findWorkflowStart(executionMode: 'integrated' | 'cli') {
 
 		if (executeWorkflowTriggerNode) return executeWorkflowTriggerNode;
 
-		const startNode = nodes.find((node) => START_NODES.includes(node.type));
+		const startNode = nodes.find((node) => STARTING_NODES.includes(node.type));
 
 		if (startNode) return startNode;
 

packages/cli/test/integration/publicApi/workflows.test.ts

@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ import type { ActiveWorkflowRunner } from '@/ActiveWorkflowRunner';
 import { randomApiKey } from '../shared/random';
 import * as utils from '../shared/utils/';
 import * as testDb from '../shared/testDb';
+import type { INode } from 'n8n-workflow';
+import { STARTING_NODES } from '@/constants';
 
 let workflowOwnerRole: Role;
 let owner: User;
@@ -676,6 +678,35 @@ describe('POST /workflows', () => {
 		expect(sharedWorkflow?.workflow.createdAt.toISOString()).toBe(createdAt);
 		expect(sharedWorkflow?.role).toEqual(workflowOwnerRole);
 	});
+
+	test('should not add a starting node if the payload has no starting nodes', async () => {
+		const response = await authMemberAgent.post('/workflows').send({
+			name: 'testing',
+			nodes: [
+				{
+					id: 'uuid-1234',
+					parameters: {},
+					name: 'Hacker News',
+					type: 'n8n-nodes-base.hackerNews',
+					typeVersion: 1,
+					position: [240, 300],
+				},
+			],
+			connections: {},
+			settings: {
+				saveExecutionProgress: true,
+				saveManualExecutions: true,
+				saveDataErrorExecution: 'all',
+				saveDataSuccessExecution: 'all',
+				executionTimeout: 3600,
+				timezone: 'America/New_York',
+			},
+		});
+
+		const found = response.body.nodes.find((node: INode) => STARTING_NODES.includes(node.type));
+
+		expect(found).toBeUndefined();
+	});
 });
 
 describe('PUT /workflows/:id', () => {