fix(core): Fix issue with not displayed child workflow executions (#3867)

packages/cli/src/WorkflowExecuteAdditionalData.ts

@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import {
 	IWorkflowExecuteAdditionalData,
 	IWorkflowExecuteHooks,
 	IWorkflowHooksOptionalParameters,
+	IWorkflowSettings,
 	LoggerProxy as Logger,
 	Workflow,
 	WorkflowExecuteMode,
@@ -810,6 +811,8 @@ export async function getRunData(
 export async function getWorkflowData(
 	workflowInfo: IExecuteWorkflowInfo,
 	userId: string,
+	parentWorkflowId?: string,
+	parentWorkflowSettings?: IWorkflowSettings,
 ): Promise<IWorkflowBase> {
 	if (workflowInfo.id === undefined && workflowInfo.code === undefined) {
 		throw new Error(
@@ -847,6 +850,14 @@ export async function getWorkflowData(
 		}
 	} else {
 		workflowData = workflowInfo.code;
+		if (workflowData) {
+			if (!workflowData.id) {
+				workflowData.id = parentWorkflowId;
+			}
+			if (!workflowData.settings) {
+				workflowData.settings = parentWorkflowSettings;
+			}
+		}
 	}
 
 	return workflowData!;
@@ -864,10 +875,14 @@ export async function getWorkflowData(
 export async function executeWorkflow(
 	workflowInfo: IExecuteWorkflowInfo,
 	additionalData: IWorkflowExecuteAdditionalData,
-	inputData?: INodeExecutionData[],
-	parentExecutionId?: string,
-	loadedWorkflowData?: IWorkflowBase,
-	loadedRunData?: IWorkflowExecutionDataProcess,
+	options?: {
+		parentWorkflowId?: string;
+		inputData?: INodeExecutionData[];
+		parentExecutionId?: string;
+		loadedWorkflowData?: IWorkflowBase;
+		loadedRunData?: IWorkflowExecutionDataProcess;
+		parentWorkflowSettings?: IWorkflowSettings;
+	},
 ): Promise<Array<INodeExecutionData[] | null> | IWorkflowExecuteProcess> {
 	const externalHooks = ExternalHooks();
 	await externalHooks.init();
@@ -875,30 +890,38 @@ export async function executeWorkflow(
 	const nodeTypes = NodeTypes();
 
 	const workflowData =
-		loadedWorkflowData ?? (await getWorkflowData(workflowInfo, additionalData.userId));
+		options?.loadedWorkflowData ??
+		(await getWorkflowData(
+			workflowInfo,
+			additionalData.userId,
+			options?.parentWorkflowId,
+			options?.parentWorkflowSettings,
+		));
 
 	const workflowName = workflowData ? workflowData.name : undefined;
 	const workflow = new Workflow({
-		id: workflowInfo.id,
+		id: workflowData.id?.toString(),
 		name: workflowName,
 		nodes: workflowData.nodes,
 		connections: workflowData.connections,
 		active: workflowData.active,
 		nodeTypes,
 		staticData: workflowData.staticData,
+		settings: workflowData.settings,
 	});
 
 	const runData =
-		loadedRunData ?? (await getRunData(workflowData, additionalData.userId, inputData));
+		options?.loadedRunData ??
+		(await getRunData(workflowData, additionalData.userId, options?.inputData));
 
 	let executionId;
 
-	if (parentExecutionId !== undefined) {
-		executionId = parentExecutionId;
+	if (options?.parentExecutionId !== undefined) {
+		executionId = options?.parentExecutionId;
 	} else {
 		executionId =
-			parentExecutionId !== undefined
-				? parentExecutionId
+			options?.parentExecutionId !== undefined
+				? options?.parentExecutionId
 				: await ActiveExecutions.getInstance().add(runData);
 	}
 
@@ -946,7 +969,7 @@ export async function executeWorkflow(
 			runData.executionMode,
 			runExecutionData,
 		);
-		if (parentExecutionId !== undefined) {
+		if (options?.parentExecutionId !== undefined) {
 			// Must be changed to become typed
 			return {
 				startedAt: new Date(),

packages/cli/src/WorkflowRunner.ts

@@ -247,6 +247,7 @@ export class WorkflowRunner {
 			active: data.workflowData.active,
 			nodeTypes,
 			staticData: data.workflowData.staticData,
+			settings: data.workflowData.settings,
 		});
 		const additionalData = await WorkflowExecuteAdditionalData.getBase(
 			data.userId,

packages/cli/src/WorkflowRunnerProcess.ts

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import {
 	ITaskData,
 	IWorkflowExecuteAdditionalData,
 	IWorkflowExecuteHooks,
+	IWorkflowSettings,
 	LoggerProxy,
 	Workflow,
 	WorkflowExecuteMode,
@@ -183,6 +184,12 @@ export class WorkflowRunnerProcess {
 			if (Object.keys(node.credentials === undefined ? {} : node.credentials).length > 0) {
 				shouldInitializaDb = true;
 			}
+			if (node.type === 'n8n-nodes-base.executeWorkflow') {
+				// With UM, child workflows from arbitrary JSON
+				// Should be persisted by the child process,
+				// so DB needs to be initialized
+				shouldInitializaDb = true;
+			}
 		});
 
 		// This code has been split into 4 ifs just to make it easier to understand
@@ -271,16 +278,22 @@ export class WorkflowRunnerProcess {
 		additionalData.executeWorkflow = async (
 			workflowInfo: IExecuteWorkflowInfo,
 			additionalData: IWorkflowExecuteAdditionalData,
-			inputData?: INodeExecutionData[] | undefined,
+			options?: {
+				parentWorkflowId?: string;
+				inputData?: INodeExecutionData[];
+				parentWorkflowSettings?: IWorkflowSettings;
+			},
 		): Promise<Array<INodeExecutionData[] | null> | IRun> => {
 			const workflowData = await WorkflowExecuteAdditionalData.getWorkflowData(
 				workflowInfo,
 				userId,
+				options?.parentWorkflowId,
+				options?.parentWorkflowSettings,
 			);
 			const runData = await WorkflowExecuteAdditionalData.getRunData(
 				workflowData,
 				additionalData.userId,
-				inputData,
+				options?.inputData,
 			);
 			await sendToParentProcess('startExecution', { runData });
 			const executionId: string = await new Promise((resolve) => {
@@ -293,10 +306,14 @@ export class WorkflowRunnerProcess {
 				const executeWorkflowFunctionOutput = (await executeWorkflowFunction(
 					workflowInfo,
 					additionalData,
-					inputData,
-					executionId,
-					workflowData,
-					runData,
+					{
+						parentWorkflowId: options?.parentWorkflowId,
+						inputData: options?.inputData,
+						parentExecutionId: executionId,
+						loadedWorkflowData: workflowData,
+						loadedRunData: runData,
+						parentWorkflowSettings: options?.parentWorkflowSettings,
+					},
 				)) as { workflowExecute: WorkflowExecute; workflow: Workflow } as IWorkflowExecuteProcess;
 				const { workflowExecute } = executeWorkflowFunctionOutput;
 				this.childExecutions[executionId] = executeWorkflowFunctionOutput;

packages/core/src/NodeExecuteFunctions.ts

@@ -2199,7 +2199,11 @@ export function getExecuteFunctions(
 				inputData?: INodeExecutionData[],
 			): Promise<any> {
 				return additionalData
-					.executeWorkflow(workflowInfo, additionalData, inputData)
+					.executeWorkflow(workflowInfo, additionalData, {
+						parentWorkflowId: workflow.id?.toString(),
+						inputData,
+						parentWorkflowSettings: workflow.settings,
+					})
 					.then(async (result) =>
 						BinaryDataManager.getInstance().duplicateBinaryData(
 							result,

packages/workflow/src/Interfaces.ts

@@ -1437,10 +1437,14 @@ export interface IWorkflowExecuteAdditionalData {
 	executeWorkflow: (
 		workflowInfo: IExecuteWorkflowInfo,
 		additionalData: IWorkflowExecuteAdditionalData,
-		inputData?: INodeExecutionData[],
-		parentExecutionId?: string,
-		loadedWorkflowData?: IWorkflowBase,
-		loadedRunData?: any,
+		options?: {
+			parentWorkflowId?: string;
+			inputData?: INodeExecutionData[];
+			parentExecutionId?: string;
+			loadedWorkflowData?: IWorkflowBase;
+			loadedRunData?: any;
+			parentWorkflowSettings?: IWorkflowSettings;
+		},
 	) => Promise<any>;
 	// hooks?: IWorkflowExecuteHooks;
 	executionId?: string;

packages/workflow/test/Helpers.ts

@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ export function getExecuteFunctions(
 				workflowInfo: IExecuteWorkflowInfo,
 				inputData?: INodeExecutionData[],
 			): Promise<any> {
-				return additionalData.executeWorkflow(workflowInfo, additionalData, inputData);
+				return additionalData.executeWorkflow(workflowInfo, additionalData, { inputData });
 			},
 			getContext(type: string): IContextObject {
 				return NodeHelpers.getContext(runExecutionData, type, node);