fix(editor): Implement dirty nodes for partial executions (#11739)

Co-authored-by: Danny Martini <danny@n8n.io>

packages/cli/src/workflow-runner.ts

@@ -317,8 +317,9 @@ export class WorkflowRunner {
 					workflowExecution = workflowExecute.runPartialWorkflow2(
 						workflow,
 						data.runData,
-						data.destinationNode,
 						data.pinData,
+						data.dirtyNodeNames,
+						data.destinationNode,
 					);
 				} else {
 					workflowExecution = workflowExecute.runPartialWorkflow(

packages/cli/src/workflows/workflow-execution.service.ts

@@ -89,7 +89,13 @@ export class WorkflowExecutionService {
 	}
 
 	async executeManually(
-		{ workflowData, runData, startNodes, destinationNode }: WorkflowRequest.ManualRunPayload,
+		{
+			workflowData,
+			runData,
+			startNodes,
+			destinationNode,
+			dirtyNodeNames,
+		}: WorkflowRequest.ManualRunPayload,
 		user: User,
 		pushRef?: string,
 		partialExecutionVersion?: string,
@@ -137,6 +143,7 @@ export class WorkflowExecutionService {
 			workflowData,
 			userId: user.id,
 			partialExecutionVersion: partialExecutionVersion ?? '0',
+			dirtyNodeNames,
 		};
 
 		const hasRunData = (node: INode) => runData !== undefined && !!runData[node.name];

packages/cli/src/workflows/workflow.request.ts

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ export declare namespace WorkflowRequest {
 		runData: IRunData;
 		startNodes?: StartNodeData[];
 		destinationNode?: string;
+		dirtyNodeNames?: string[];
 	};
 
 	type Create = AuthenticatedRequest<{}, {}, CreateUpdatePayload>;

packages/core/src/PartialExecutionUtils/__tests__/findStartNodes.test.ts

@@ -46,7 +46,13 @@ describe('findStartNodes', () => {
 		const node = createNodeData({ name: 'Basic Node' });
 		const graph = new DirectedGraph().addNode(node);
 
-		const startNodes = findStartNodes({ graph, trigger: node, destination: node });
+		const startNodes = findStartNodes({
+			graph,
+			trigger: node,
+			destination: node,
+			pinData: {},
+			runData: {},
+		});
 
 		expect(startNodes.size).toBe(1);
 		expect(startNodes).toContainEqual(node);
@@ -65,7 +71,13 @@ describe('findStartNodes', () => {
 
 		// if the trigger has no run data
 		{
-			const startNodes = findStartNodes({ graph, trigger, destination });
+			const startNodes = findStartNodes({
+				graph,
+				trigger,
+				destination,
+				pinData: {},
+				runData: {},
+			});
 
 			expect(startNodes.size).toBe(1);
 			expect(startNodes).toContainEqual(trigger);
@@ -77,7 +89,13 @@ describe('findStartNodes', () => {
 				[trigger.name]: [toITaskData([{ data: { value: 1 } }])],
 			};
 
-			const startNodes = findStartNodes({ graph, trigger, destination, runData });
+			const startNodes = findStartNodes({
+				graph,
+				trigger,
+				destination,
+				runData,
+				pinData: {},
+			});
 
 			expect(startNodes.size).toBe(1);
 			expect(startNodes).toContainEqual(destination);
@@ -112,7 +130,13 @@ describe('findStartNodes', () => {
 		};
 
 		// ACT
-		const startNodes = findStartNodes({ graph, trigger, destination: node, runData });
+		const startNodes = findStartNodes({
+			graph,
+			trigger,
+			destination: node,
+			runData,
+			pinData: {},
+		});
 
 		// ASSERT
 		expect(startNodes.size).toBe(1);
@@ -153,7 +177,13 @@ describe('findStartNodes', () => {
 
 		{
 			// ACT
-			const startNodes = findStartNodes({ graph, trigger, destination: node4 });
+			const startNodes = findStartNodes({
+				graph,
+				trigger,
+				destination: node4,
+				pinData: {},
+				runData: {},
+			});
 
 			// ASSERT
 			expect(startNodes.size).toBe(1);
@@ -172,7 +202,13 @@ describe('findStartNodes', () => {
 			};
 
 			// ACT
-			const startNodes = findStartNodes({ graph, trigger, destination: node4, runData });
+			const startNodes = findStartNodes({
+				graph,
+				trigger,
+				destination: node4,
+				runData,
+				pinData: {},
+			});
 
 			// ASSERT
 			expect(startNodes.size).toBe(1);
@@ -208,6 +244,7 @@ describe('findStartNodes', () => {
 			runData: {
 				[trigger.name]: [toITaskData([{ data: { value: 1 }, outputIndex: 0 }])],
 			},
+			pinData: {},
 		});
 
 		// ASSERT
@@ -243,6 +280,7 @@ describe('findStartNodes', () => {
 			runData: {
 				[trigger.name]: [toITaskData([{ data: { value: 1 }, outputIndex: 1 }])],
 			},
+			pinData: {},
 		});
 
 		// ASSERT
@@ -283,6 +321,7 @@ describe('findStartNodes', () => {
 					]),
 				],
 			},
+			pinData: {},
 		});
 
 		// ASSERT
@@ -321,6 +360,7 @@ describe('findStartNodes', () => {
 				[node1.name]: [toITaskData([{ data: { value: 1 }, outputIndex: 0 }])],
 				[node2.name]: [toITaskData([{ data: { value: 1 }, outputIndex: 0 }])],
 			},
+			pinData: {},
 		});
 
 		// ASSERT
@@ -357,6 +397,7 @@ describe('findStartNodes', () => {
 				[trigger.name]: [toITaskData([{ data: { value: 1 } }])],
 				[node1.name]: [toITaskData([{ data: { value: 1 }, outputIndex: 1 }])],
 			},
+			pinData: {},
 		});
 
 		// ASSERT
@@ -389,7 +430,13 @@ describe('findStartNodes', () => {
 		const pinData: IPinData = {};
 
 		// ACT
-		const startNodes = findStartNodes({ graph, trigger, destination: node2, runData, pinData });
+		const startNodes = findStartNodes({
+			graph,
+			trigger,
+			destination: node2,
+			runData,
+			pinData,
+		});
 
 		// ASSERT
 		expect(startNodes.size).toBe(1);

packages/core/src/PartialExecutionUtils/findStartNodes.ts

@@ -135,14 +135,14 @@ export function findStartNodes(options: {
 	graph: DirectedGraph;
 	trigger: INode;
 	destination: INode;
-	runData?: IRunData;
-	pinData?: IPinData;
+	pinData: IPinData;
+	runData: IRunData;
 }): Set<INode> {
 	const graph = options.graph;
 	const trigger = options.trigger;
 	const destination = options.destination;
-	const runData = options.runData ?? {};
-	const pinData = options.pinData ?? {};
+	const runData = { ...options.runData };
+	const pinData = options.pinData;
 
 	const startNodes = findStartNodesRecursive(
 		graph,

packages/core/src/WorkflowExecute.ts

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 /* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/prefer-nullish-coalescing */
 import * as assert from 'assert/strict';
 import { setMaxListeners } from 'events';
+import { omit } from 'lodash';
 import get from 'lodash/get';
 import type {
 	ExecutionBaseError,
@@ -319,8 +320,9 @@ export class WorkflowExecute {
 	runPartialWorkflow2(
 		workflow: Workflow,
 		runData: IRunData,
+		pinData: IPinData = {},
+		dirtyNodeNames: string[] = [],
 		destinationNodeName?: string,
-		pinData?: IPinData,
 	): PCancelable<IRun> {
 		// TODO: Refactor the call-site to make `destinationNodeName` a required
 		// after removing the old partial execution flow.
@@ -349,7 +351,8 @@ export class WorkflowExecute {
 		const filteredNodes = subgraph.getNodes();
 
 		// 3. Find the Start Nodes
-		let startNodes = findStartNodes({ graph: subgraph, trigger, destination, runData });
+		runData = omit(runData, dirtyNodeNames);
+		let startNodes = findStartNodes({ graph: subgraph, trigger, destination, runData, pinData });
 
 		// 4. Detect Cycles
 		// 5. Handle Cycles

packages/core/test/WorkflowExecute.test.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import type { IRun, WorkflowTestData } from 'n8n-workflow';
+import type { IPinData, IRun, IRunData, WorkflowTestData } from 'n8n-workflow';
 import {
 	ApplicationError,
 	createDeferredPromise,
@@ -6,17 +6,20 @@ import {
 	Workflow,
 } from 'n8n-workflow';
 
+import { DirectedGraph } from '@/PartialExecutionUtils';
+import { createNodeData, toITaskData } from '@/PartialExecutionUtils/__tests__/helpers';
 import { WorkflowExecute } from '@/WorkflowExecute';
 
 import * as Helpers from './helpers';
 import { legacyWorkflowExecuteTests, v1WorkflowExecuteTests } from './helpers/constants';
 
+const nodeTypes = Helpers.NodeTypes();
+
 describe('WorkflowExecute', () => {
 	describe('v0 execution order', () => {
 		const tests: WorkflowTestData[] = legacyWorkflowExecuteTests;
 
 		const executionMode = 'manual';
-		const nodeTypes = Helpers.NodeTypes();
 
 		for (const testData of tests) {
 			test(testData.description, async () => {
@@ -217,4 +220,49 @@ describe('WorkflowExecute', () => {
 		expect(nodeExecutionOutput[0][0].json.data).toEqual(123);
 		expect(nodeExecutionOutput.getHints()[0].message).toEqual('TEXT HINT');
 	});
+
+	describe('runPartialWorkflow2', () => {
+		//                Dirty         ►
+		// ┌───────┐1     ┌─────┐1     ┌─────┐
+		// │trigger├──────►node1├──────►node2│
+		// └───────┘      └─────┘      └─────┘
+		test("deletes dirty nodes' run data", async () => {
+			// ARRANGE
+			const waitPromise = createDeferredPromise<IRun>();
+			const nodeExecutionOrder: string[] = [];
+			const additionalData = Helpers.WorkflowExecuteAdditionalData(waitPromise, nodeExecutionOrder);
+			const workflowExecute = new WorkflowExecute(additionalData, 'manual');
+
+			const trigger = createNodeData({ name: 'trigger', type: 'n8n-nodes-base.manualTrigger' });
+			const node1 = createNodeData({ name: 'node1' });
+			const node2 = createNodeData({ name: 'node2' });
+			const workflow = new DirectedGraph()
+				.addNodes(trigger, node1, node2)
+				.addConnections({ from: trigger, to: node1 }, { from: node1, to: node2 })
+				.toWorkflow({ name: '', active: false, nodeTypes });
+			const pinData: IPinData = {};
+			const runData: IRunData = {
+				[trigger.name]: [toITaskData([{ data: { name: trigger.name } }])],
+				[node1.name]: [toITaskData([{ data: { name: node1.name } }])],
+				[node2.name]: [toITaskData([{ data: { name: node2.name } }])],
+			};
+			const dirtyNodeNames = [node1.name];
+
+			jest.spyOn(workflowExecute, 'processRunExecutionData').mockImplementationOnce(jest.fn());
+
+			// ACT
+			await workflowExecute.runPartialWorkflow2(
+				workflow,
+				runData,
+				pinData,
+				dirtyNodeNames,
+				'node2',
+			);
+
+			// ASSERT
+			const fullRunData = workflowExecute.getFullRunData(new Date());
+			expect(fullRunData.data.resultData.runData).toHaveProperty(trigger.name);
+			expect(fullRunData.data.resultData.runData).not.toHaveProperty(node1.name);
+		});
+	});
 });

packages/core/test/helpers/constants.ts

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import type {
 import { NodeConnectionType } from 'n8n-workflow';
 
 import { If } from '../../../nodes-base/dist/nodes/If/If.node';
+import { ManualTrigger } from '../../../nodes-base/dist/nodes/ManualTrigger/ManualTrigger.node';
 import { Merge } from '../../../nodes-base/dist/nodes/Merge/Merge.node';
 import { NoOp } from '../../../nodes-base/dist/nodes/NoOp/NoOp.node';
 import { Set } from '../../../nodes-base/dist/nodes/Set/Set.node';
@@ -33,6 +34,10 @@ export const predefinedNodesTypes: INodeTypeData = {
 		type: new Start(),
 		sourcePath: '',
 	},
+	'n8n-nodes-base.manualTrigger': {
+		type: new ManualTrigger(),
+		sourcePath: '',
+	},
 	'n8n-nodes-base.versionTest': {
 		sourcePath: '',
 		type: {

packages/editor-ui/src/Interface.ts

@@ -200,6 +200,7 @@ export interface IStartRunData {
 	startNodes?: StartNodeData[];
 	destinationNode?: string;
 	runData?: IRunData;
+	dirtyNodeNames?: string[];
 }
 
 export interface ITableData {

packages/editor-ui/src/composables/useRunWorkflow.test.ts

@@ -2,7 +2,13 @@ import { setActivePinia } from 'pinia';
 import { createTestingPinia } from '@pinia/testing';
 import { useRouter } from 'vue-router';
 import type router from 'vue-router';
-import { ExpressionError, type IPinData, type IRunData, type Workflow } from 'n8n-workflow';
+import {
+	ExpressionError,
+	type IPinData,
+	type IRunData,
+	type Workflow,
+	type IExecuteData,
+} from 'n8n-workflow';
 
 import { useRootStore } from '@/stores/root.store';
 import { useRunWorkflow } from '@/composables/useRunWorkflow';
@@ -28,6 +34,8 @@ vi.mock('@/stores/workflows.store', () => ({
 		getNodeByName: vi.fn(),
 		getExecution: vi.fn(),
 		nodeIssuesExit: vi.fn(),
+		checkIfNodeHasChatParent: vi.fn(),
+		getParametersLastUpdate: vi.fn(),
 	}),
 }));
 
@@ -69,6 +77,7 @@ vi.mock('@/composables/useWorkflowHelpers', () => ({
 		saveCurrentWorkflow: vi.fn(),
 		getWorkflowDataToSave: vi.fn(),
 		setDocumentTitle: vi.fn(),
+		executeData: vi.fn(),
 	}),
 }));
 
@@ -262,6 +271,60 @@ describe('useRunWorkflow({ router })', () => {
 			expect(result).toEqual(mockExecutionResponse);
 		});
 
+		it('should send dirty nodes for partial executions', async () => {
+			vi.mocked(useLocalStorage).mockReturnValueOnce(ref(1));
+			const composable = useRunWorkflow({ router });
+			const parentName = 'When clicking';
+			const executeName = 'Code';
+			vi.mocked(workflowsStore).getWorkflowRunData = {
+				[parentName]: [
+					{
+						startTime: 1,
+						executionTime: 0,
+						source: [],
+					},
+				],
+				[executeName]: [
+					{
+						startTime: 1,
+						executionTime: 8,
+						source: [
+							{
+								previousNode: parentName,
+							},
+						],
+					},
+				],
+			};
+			vi.mocked(workflowHelpers).getCurrentWorkflow.mockReturnValue({
+				name: 'Test Workflow',
+				getParentNodes: () => [parentName],
+				nodes: { [parentName]: {} },
+			} as unknown as Workflow);
+			vi.mocked(workflowHelpers).getWorkflowDataToSave.mockResolvedValue({
+				nodes: [],
+			} as unknown as IWorkflowData);
+			vi.mocked(workflowHelpers).executeData.mockResolvedValue({
+				data: {},
+				node: {},
+				source: null,
+			} as IExecuteData);
+
+			vi.mocked(workflowsStore).checkIfNodeHasChatParent.mockReturnValue(false);
+			vi.mocked(workflowsStore).getParametersLastUpdate.mockImplementation((name: string) => {
+				if (name === executeName) return 2;
+				return undefined;
+			});
+
+			const { runWorkflow } = composable;
+
+			await runWorkflow({ destinationNode: 'Code 1', source: 'Node.executeNode' });
+
+			expect(workflowsStore.runWorkflow).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+				expect.objectContaining({ dirtyNodeNames: [executeName] }),
+			);
+		});
+
 		it('does not use the original run data if `PartialExecution.version` is set to 0', async () => {
 			// ARRANGE
 			const mockExecutionResponse = { executionId: '123' };

packages/editor-ui/src/composables/useRunWorkflow.ts

@@ -37,6 +37,25 @@ import { get } from 'lodash-es';
 import { useExecutionsStore } from '@/stores/executions.store';
 import { useLocalStorage } from '@vueuse/core';
 
+const getDirtyNodeNames = (
+	runData: IRunData,
+	getParametersLastUpdate: (nodeName: string) => number | undefined,
+): string[] | undefined => {
+	const dirtyNodeNames = Object.entries(runData).reduce<string[]>((acc, [nodeName, tasks]) => {
+		if (!tasks.length) return acc;
+
+		const updatedAt = getParametersLastUpdate(nodeName) ?? 0;
+
+		if (updatedAt > tasks[0].startTime) {
+			acc.push(nodeName);
+		}
+
+		return acc;
+	}, []);
+
+	return dirtyNodeNames.length ? dirtyNodeNames : undefined;
+};
+
 export function useRunWorkflow(useRunWorkflowOpts: { router: ReturnType<typeof useRouter> }) {
 	const nodeHelpers = useNodeHelpers();
 	const workflowHelpers = useWorkflowHelpers({ router: useRunWorkflowOpts.router });
@@ -244,6 +263,13 @@ export function useRunWorkflow(useRunWorkflowOpts: { router: ReturnType<typeof u
 				startRunData.destinationNode = options.destinationNode;
 			}
 
+			if (startRunData.runData) {
+				startRunData.dirtyNodeNames = getDirtyNodeNames(
+					startRunData.runData,
+					workflowsStore.getParametersLastUpdate,
+				);
+			}
+
 			// Init the execution data to represent the start of the execution
 			// that data which gets reused is already set and data of newly executed
 			// nodes can be added as it gets pushed in

packages/editor-ui/src/stores/workflows.store.test.ts

@@ -618,6 +618,51 @@ describe('useWorkflowsStore', () => {
 			});
 		});
 	});
+
+	describe('setNodeValue()', () => {
+		it('should update a node', () => {
+			const nodeName = 'Edit Fields';
+			workflowsStore.addNode({
+				parameters: {},
+				id: '554c7ff4-7ee2-407c-8931-e34234c5056a',
+				name: nodeName,
+				type: 'n8n-nodes-base.set',
+				position: [680, 180],
+				typeVersion: 3.4,
+			});
+
+			expect(workflowsStore.nodeMetadata[nodeName].parametersLastUpdatedAt).toBe(undefined);
+
+			workflowsStore.setNodeValue({ name: 'Edit Fields', key: 'executeOnce', value: true });
+
+			expect(workflowsStore.workflow.nodes[0].executeOnce).toBe(true);
+			expect(workflowsStore.nodeMetadata[nodeName].parametersLastUpdatedAt).toEqual(
+				expect.any(Number),
+			);
+		});
+	});
+
+	describe('setNodePositionById()', () => {
+		it('should NOT update parametersLastUpdatedAt', () => {
+			const nodeName = 'Edit Fields';
+			const nodeId = '554c7ff4-7ee2-407c-8931-e34234c5056a';
+			workflowsStore.addNode({
+				parameters: {},
+				id: nodeId,
+				name: nodeName,
+				type: 'n8n-nodes-base.set',
+				position: [680, 180],
+				typeVersion: 3.4,
+			});
+
+			expect(workflowsStore.nodeMetadata[nodeName].parametersLastUpdatedAt).toBe(undefined);
+
+			workflowsStore.setNodePositionById(nodeId, [0, 0]);
+
+			expect(workflowsStore.workflow.nodes[0].position).toStrictEqual([0, 0]);
+			expect(workflowsStore.nodeMetadata[nodeName].parametersLastUpdatedAt).toBe(undefined);
+		});
+	});
 });
 
 function getMockEditFieldsNode() {

packages/editor-ui/src/stores/workflows.store.ts

@@ -1200,6 +1200,10 @@ export const useWorkflowsStore = defineStore(STORES.WORKFLOWS, () => {
 		updateNodeAtIndex(nodeIndex, {
 			[updateInformation.key]: updateInformation.value,
 		});
+
+		if (updateInformation.key !== 'position') {
+			nodeMetadata.value[workflow.value.nodes[nodeIndex].name].parametersLastUpdatedAt = Date.now();
+		}
 	}
 
 	function setNodeParameters(updateInformation: IUpdateInformation, append?: boolean): void {

packages/workflow/src/Interfaces.ts

@@ -2274,6 +2274,7 @@ export interface IWorkflowExecutionDataProcess {
 	 *      PARTIAL_EXECUTION_VERSION_DEFAULT
 	 */
 	partialExecutionVersion?: string;
+	dirtyNodeNames?: string[];
 }
 
 export interface ExecuteWorkflowOptions {