feat: implement comprehensive workflow validation (v2.5.0)

Major Features:
- Add ExpressionValidator for n8n expression syntax validation
- Add WorkflowValidator for complete workflow structure validation
- Add three new MCP tools: validate_workflow, validate_workflow_connections, validate_workflow_expressions

Validation Capabilities:
-  Detects workflow cycles (infinite loops)
-  Validates n8n expressions with syntax checking
-  Checks node references in expressions
-  Identifies orphaned nodes and missing connections
-  Supports multiple node type formats (n8n-nodes-base, @n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain)
-  Provides actionable error messages and suggestions

Testing & Analysis:
- Add test scripts for workflow validation
- Add template validation testing
- Add validation summary analysis tool
- Fixed expression validation false positives
- Handle node type normalization correctly

Results from testing 50 real n8n templates:
- 70.9% of errors are from informal sticky notes
- Expression validation catches real syntax issues
- Cycle detection prevents runtime infinite loops
- Successfully validates both core and LangChain nodes

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Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
This commit is contained in:
czlonkowski
2025-06-24 14:45:36 +02:00
parent 42a24278db
commit 533b1acc20
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#!/usr/bin/env node
/**
* Test validation of a single workflow
*/
import { existsSync, readFileSync } from 'fs';
import path from 'path';
import { NodeRepository } from '../database/node-repository';
import { createDatabaseAdapter } from '../database/database-adapter';
import { WorkflowValidator } from '../services/workflow-validator';
import { EnhancedConfigValidator } from '../services/enhanced-config-validator';
import { Logger } from '../utils/logger';
const logger = new Logger({ prefix: '[test-single-workflow]' });
async function testSingleWorkflow() {
// Read the workflow file
const workflowPath = process.argv[2];
if (!workflowPath) {
logger.error('Please provide a workflow file path');
process.exit(1);
}
if (!existsSync(workflowPath)) {
logger.error(`Workflow file not found: ${workflowPath}`);
process.exit(1);
}
logger.info(`Testing workflow: ${workflowPath}\n`);
// Initialize database
const dbPath = path.join(process.cwd(), 'data', 'nodes.db');
if (!existsSync(dbPath)) {
logger.error('Database not found. Run npm run rebuild first.');
process.exit(1);
}
const db = await createDatabaseAdapter(dbPath);
const repository = new NodeRepository(db);
const validator = new WorkflowValidator(
repository,
EnhancedConfigValidator
);
try {
// Read and parse workflow
const workflowJson = JSON.parse(readFileSync(workflowPath, 'utf8'));
logger.info(`Workflow: ${workflowJson.name || 'Unnamed'}`);
logger.info(`Nodes: ${workflowJson.nodes?.length || 0}`);
logger.info(`Connections: ${Object.keys(workflowJson.connections || {}).length}`);
// List all node types in the workflow
logger.info('\nNode types in workflow:');
workflowJson.nodes?.forEach((node: any) => {
logger.info(` - ${node.name}: ${node.type}`);
});
// Check what these node types are in our database
logger.info('\nChecking node types in database:');
for (const node of workflowJson.nodes || []) {
const dbNode = repository.getNode(node.type);
if (dbNode) {
logger.info(`${node.type} found in database`);
} else {
// Try normalization patterns
let shortType = node.type;
if (node.type.startsWith('n8n-nodes-base.')) {
shortType = node.type.replace('n8n-nodes-base.', 'nodes-base.');
} else if (node.type.startsWith('@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.')) {
shortType = node.type.replace('@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.', 'nodes-langchain.');
}
const dbNodeShort = repository.getNode(shortType);
if (dbNodeShort) {
logger.info(`${shortType} found in database (normalized)`);
} else {
logger.error(`${node.type} NOT found in database`);
}
}
}
logger.info('\n' + '='.repeat(80));
logger.info('VALIDATION RESULTS');
logger.info('='.repeat(80) + '\n');
// Validate the workflow
const result = await validator.validateWorkflow(workflowJson);
console.log(`Valid: ${result.valid ? '✅ YES' : '❌ NO'}`);
if (result.errors.length > 0) {
console.log('\nErrors:');
result.errors.forEach((error: any) => {
console.log(` - ${error.nodeName || 'workflow'}: ${error.message}`);
});
}
if (result.warnings.length > 0) {
console.log('\nWarnings:');
result.warnings.forEach((warning: any) => {
const msg = typeof warning.message === 'string'
? warning.message
: JSON.stringify(warning.message);
console.log(` - ${warning.nodeName || 'workflow'}: ${msg}`);
});
}
if (result.suggestions?.length > 0) {
console.log('\nSuggestions:');
result.suggestions.forEach((suggestion: string) => {
console.log(` - ${suggestion}`);
});
}
console.log('\nStatistics:');
console.log(` - Total nodes: ${result.statistics.totalNodes}`);
console.log(` - Enabled nodes: ${result.statistics.enabledNodes}`);
console.log(` - Trigger nodes: ${result.statistics.triggerNodes}`);
console.log(` - Valid connections: ${result.statistics.validConnections}`);
console.log(` - Invalid connections: ${result.statistics.invalidConnections}`);
console.log(` - Expressions validated: ${result.statistics.expressionsValidated}`);
} catch (error) {
logger.error('Failed to validate workflow:', error);
process.exit(1);
} finally {
db.close();
}
}
// Run test
testSingleWorkflow().catch(error => {
logger.error('Test failed:', error);
process.exit(1);
});

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#!/usr/bin/env node
/**
* Test workflow validation on actual n8n templates from the database
*/
import { existsSync } from 'fs';
import path from 'path';
import { NodeRepository } from '../database/node-repository';
import { createDatabaseAdapter } from '../database/database-adapter';
import { WorkflowValidator } from '../services/workflow-validator';
import { EnhancedConfigValidator } from '../services/enhanced-config-validator';
import { TemplateRepository } from '../templates/template-repository';
import { Logger } from '../utils/logger';
const logger = new Logger({ prefix: '[test-template-validation]' });
async function testTemplateValidation() {
logger.info('Starting template validation tests...\n');
// Initialize database
const dbPath = path.join(process.cwd(), 'data', 'nodes.db');
if (!existsSync(dbPath)) {
logger.error('Database not found. Run npm run rebuild first.');
process.exit(1);
}
const db = await createDatabaseAdapter(dbPath);
const repository = new NodeRepository(db);
const templateRepository = new TemplateRepository(db);
const validator = new WorkflowValidator(
repository,
EnhancedConfigValidator
);
try {
// Get some templates to test
const templates = await templateRepository.getAllTemplates(20);
if (templates.length === 0) {
logger.warn('No templates found in database. Run npm run fetch:templates first.');
process.exit(0);
}
logger.info(`Found ${templates.length} templates to validate\n`);
const results = {
total: templates.length,
valid: 0,
invalid: 0,
withErrors: 0,
withWarnings: 0,
errorTypes: new Map<string, number>(),
warningTypes: new Map<string, number>()
};
// Validate each template
for (const template of templates) {
logger.info(`\n${'='.repeat(80)}`);
logger.info(`Validating: ${template.name} (ID: ${template.id})`);
logger.info(`Author: ${template.author_name} (@${template.author_username})`);
logger.info(`Views: ${template.views}`);
logger.info(`${'='.repeat(80)}\n`);
try {
const workflow = JSON.parse(template.workflow_json);
// Log workflow summary
logger.info(`Workflow summary:`);
logger.info(`- Nodes: ${workflow.nodes?.length || 0}`);
logger.info(`- Connections: ${Object.keys(workflow.connections || {}).length}`);
// Validate the workflow
const validationResult = await validator.validateWorkflow(workflow);
// Update statistics
if (validationResult.valid) {
results.valid++;
console.log('✅ VALID');
} else {
results.invalid++;
console.log('❌ INVALID');
}
if (validationResult.errors.length > 0) {
results.withErrors++;
console.log('\nErrors:');
validationResult.errors.forEach((error: any) => {
const errorMsg = typeof error.message === 'string' ? error.message : JSON.stringify(error.message);
const errorKey = errorMsg.substring(0, 50);
results.errorTypes.set(errorKey, (results.errorTypes.get(errorKey) || 0) + 1);
console.log(` - ${error.nodeName || 'workflow'}: ${errorMsg}`);
});
}
if (validationResult.warnings.length > 0) {
results.withWarnings++;
console.log('\nWarnings:');
validationResult.warnings.forEach((warning: any) => {
const warningKey = typeof warning.message === 'string'
? warning.message.substring(0, 50)
: JSON.stringify(warning.message).substring(0, 50);
results.warningTypes.set(warningKey, (results.warningTypes.get(warningKey) || 0) + 1);
console.log(` - ${warning.nodeName || 'workflow'}: ${
typeof warning.message === 'string' ? warning.message : JSON.stringify(warning.message)
}`);
});
}
if (validationResult.suggestions?.length > 0) {
console.log('\nSuggestions:');
validationResult.suggestions.forEach((suggestion: string) => {
console.log(` - ${suggestion}`);
});
}
console.log('\nStatistics:');
console.log(` - Total nodes: ${validationResult.statistics.totalNodes}`);
console.log(` - Enabled nodes: ${validationResult.statistics.enabledNodes}`);
console.log(` - Trigger nodes: ${validationResult.statistics.triggerNodes}`);
console.log(` - Valid connections: ${validationResult.statistics.validConnections}`);
console.log(` - Invalid connections: ${validationResult.statistics.invalidConnections}`);
console.log(` - Expressions validated: ${validationResult.statistics.expressionsValidated}`);
} catch (error) {
logger.error(`Failed to validate template ${template.id}:`, error);
results.invalid++;
}
}
// Print summary
console.log('\n' + '='.repeat(80));
console.log('VALIDATION SUMMARY');
console.log('='.repeat(80));
console.log(`Total templates tested: ${results.total}`);
console.log(`Valid workflows: ${results.valid} (${((results.valid / results.total) * 100).toFixed(1)}%)`);
console.log(`Invalid workflows: ${results.invalid} (${((results.invalid / results.total) * 100).toFixed(1)}%)`);
console.log(`Workflows with errors: ${results.withErrors}`);
console.log(`Workflows with warnings: ${results.withWarnings}`);
if (results.errorTypes.size > 0) {
console.log('\nMost common errors:');
const sortedErrors = Array.from(results.errorTypes.entries())
.sort((a, b) => b[1] - a[1])
.slice(0, 5);
sortedErrors.forEach(([error, count]) => {
console.log(` - "${error}..." (${count} times)`);
});
}
if (results.warningTypes.size > 0) {
console.log('\nMost common warnings:');
const sortedWarnings = Array.from(results.warningTypes.entries())
.sort((a, b) => b[1] - a[1])
.slice(0, 5);
sortedWarnings.forEach(([warning, count]) => {
console.log(` - "${warning}..." (${count} times)`);
});
}
} catch (error) {
logger.error('Failed to run template validation:', error);
process.exit(1);
} finally {
db.close();
}
}
// Run tests
testTemplateValidation().catch(error => {
logger.error('Test failed:', error);
process.exit(1);
});

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#!/usr/bin/env node
/**
* Test script for workflow validation features
* Tests the new workflow validation tools with various scenarios
*/
import { existsSync } from 'fs';
import path from 'path';
import { fileURLToPath } from 'url';
import { dirname } from 'path';
import { NodeRepository } from '../database/node-repository';
import { createDatabaseAdapter } from '../database/database-adapter';
import { WorkflowValidator } from '../services/workflow-validator';
import { EnhancedConfigValidator } from '../services/enhanced-config-validator';
import { Logger } from '../utils/logger';
const logger = new Logger({ prefix: '[test-workflow-validation]' });
// Test workflows
const VALID_WORKFLOW = {
name: 'Test Valid Workflow',
nodes: [
{
id: '1',
name: 'Schedule Trigger',
type: 'nodes-base.scheduleTrigger',
position: [250, 300] as [number, number],
parameters: {
rule: {
interval: [{ field: 'hours', hoursInterval: 1 }]
}
}
},
{
id: '2',
name: 'HTTP Request',
type: 'nodes-base.httpRequest',
position: [450, 300] as [number, number],
parameters: {
url: 'https://api.example.com/data',
method: 'GET'
}
},
{
id: '3',
name: 'Set',
type: 'nodes-base.set',
position: [650, 300] as [number, number],
parameters: {
values: {
string: [
{
name: 'status',
value: '={{ $json.status }}'
}
]
}
}
}
],
connections: {
'Schedule Trigger': {
main: [[{ node: 'HTTP Request', type: 'main', index: 0 }]]
},
'HTTP Request': {
main: [[{ node: 'Set', type: 'main', index: 0 }]]
}
}
};
const WORKFLOW_WITH_CYCLE = {
name: 'Workflow with Cycle',
nodes: [
{
id: '1',
name: 'Start',
type: 'nodes-base.start',
position: [250, 300] as [number, number],
parameters: {}
},
{
id: '2',
name: 'Node A',
type: 'nodes-base.set',
position: [450, 300] as [number, number],
parameters: { values: { string: [] } }
},
{
id: '3',
name: 'Node B',
type: 'nodes-base.set',
position: [650, 300] as [number, number],
parameters: { values: { string: [] } }
}
],
connections: {
'Start': {
main: [[{ node: 'Node A', type: 'main', index: 0 }]]
},
'Node A': {
main: [[{ node: 'Node B', type: 'main', index: 0 }]]
},
'Node B': {
main: [[{ node: 'Node A', type: 'main', index: 0 }]] // Creates cycle
}
}
};
const WORKFLOW_WITH_INVALID_EXPRESSION = {
name: 'Workflow with Invalid Expression',
nodes: [
{
id: '1',
name: 'Webhook',
type: 'nodes-base.webhook',
position: [250, 300] as [number, number],
parameters: {
path: 'test-webhook'
}
},
{
id: '2',
name: 'Set Data',
type: 'nodes-base.set',
position: [450, 300] as [number, number],
parameters: {
values: {
string: [
{
name: 'invalidExpression',
value: '={{ json.field }}' // Missing $ prefix
},
{
name: 'nestedExpression',
value: '={{ {{ $json.field }} }}' // Nested expressions not allowed
},
{
name: 'nodeReference',
value: '={{ $node["Non Existent Node"].json.data }}'
}
]
}
}
}
],
connections: {
'Webhook': {
main: [[{ node: 'Set Data', type: 'main', index: 0 }]]
}
}
};
const WORKFLOW_WITH_ORPHANED_NODE = {
name: 'Workflow with Orphaned Node',
nodes: [
{
id: '1',
name: 'Schedule Trigger',
type: 'nodes-base.scheduleTrigger',
position: [250, 300] as [number, number],
parameters: {
rule: { interval: [{ field: 'hours', hoursInterval: 1 }] }
}
},
{
id: '2',
name: 'HTTP Request',
type: 'nodes-base.httpRequest',
position: [450, 300] as [number, number],
parameters: {
url: 'https://api.example.com',
method: 'GET'
}
},
{
id: '3',
name: 'Orphaned Node',
type: 'nodes-base.set',
position: [450, 500] as [number, number],
parameters: {
values: { string: [] }
}
}
],
connections: {
'Schedule Trigger': {
main: [[{ node: 'HTTP Request', type: 'main', index: 0 }]]
}
// Orphaned Node has no connections
}
};
async function testWorkflowValidation() {
logger.info('Starting workflow validation tests...\n');
// Initialize database
const dbPath = path.join(process.cwd(), 'data', 'nodes.db');
if (!existsSync(dbPath)) {
logger.error('Database not found. Run npm run rebuild first.');
process.exit(1);
}
const db = await createDatabaseAdapter(dbPath);
const repository = new NodeRepository(db);
const validator = new WorkflowValidator(
repository,
EnhancedConfigValidator
);
// Test 1: Valid workflow
logger.info('Test 1: Validating a valid workflow');
const validResult = await validator.validateWorkflow(VALID_WORKFLOW);
console.log('Valid workflow result:', JSON.stringify(validResult, null, 2));
console.log('---\n');
// Test 2: Workflow with cycle
logger.info('Test 2: Validating workflow with cycle');
const cycleResult = await validator.validateWorkflow(WORKFLOW_WITH_CYCLE);
console.log('Cycle workflow result:', JSON.stringify(cycleResult, null, 2));
console.log('---\n');
// Test 3: Workflow with invalid expressions
logger.info('Test 3: Validating workflow with invalid expressions');
const expressionResult = await validator.validateWorkflow(WORKFLOW_WITH_INVALID_EXPRESSION);
console.log('Invalid expression result:', JSON.stringify(expressionResult, null, 2));
console.log('---\n');
// Test 4: Workflow with orphaned node
logger.info('Test 4: Validating workflow with orphaned node');
const orphanedResult = await validator.validateWorkflow(WORKFLOW_WITH_ORPHANED_NODE);
console.log('Orphaned node result:', JSON.stringify(orphanedResult, null, 2));
console.log('---\n');
// Test 5: Connection-only validation
logger.info('Test 5: Testing connection-only validation');
const connectionOnlyResult = await validator.validateWorkflow(WORKFLOW_WITH_CYCLE, {
validateNodes: false,
validateConnections: true,
validateExpressions: false
});
console.log('Connection-only result:', JSON.stringify(connectionOnlyResult, null, 2));
console.log('---\n');
// Test 6: Expression-only validation
logger.info('Test 6: Testing expression-only validation');
const expressionOnlyResult = await validator.validateWorkflow(WORKFLOW_WITH_INVALID_EXPRESSION, {
validateNodes: false,
validateConnections: false,
validateExpressions: true
});
console.log('Expression-only result:', JSON.stringify(expressionOnlyResult, null, 2));
console.log('---\n');
// Test summary
logger.info('Test Summary:');
console.log('✓ Valid workflow:', validResult.valid ? 'PASSED' : 'FAILED');
console.log('✓ Cycle detection:', !cycleResult.valid ? 'PASSED' : 'FAILED');
console.log('✓ Expression validation:', !expressionResult.valid ? 'PASSED' : 'FAILED');
console.log('✓ Orphaned node detection:', orphanedResult.warnings.length > 0 ? 'PASSED' : 'FAILED');
console.log('✓ Connection-only validation:', connectionOnlyResult.errors.length > 0 ? 'PASSED' : 'FAILED');
console.log('✓ Expression-only validation:', expressionOnlyResult.errors.length > 0 ? 'PASSED' : 'FAILED');
// Close database
db.close();
}
// Run tests
testWorkflowValidation().catch(error => {
logger.error('Test failed:', error);
process.exit(1);
});

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#!/usr/bin/env node
/**
* Run validation on templates and provide a clean summary
*/
import { existsSync } from 'fs';
import path from 'path';
import { NodeRepository } from '../database/node-repository';
import { createDatabaseAdapter } from '../database/database-adapter';
import { WorkflowValidator } from '../services/workflow-validator';
import { EnhancedConfigValidator } from '../services/enhanced-config-validator';
import { TemplateRepository } from '../templates/template-repository';
import { Logger } from '../utils/logger';
const logger = new Logger({ prefix: '[validation-summary]' });
async function runValidationSummary() {
const dbPath = path.join(process.cwd(), 'data', 'nodes.db');
if (!existsSync(dbPath)) {
logger.error('Database not found. Run npm run rebuild first.');
process.exit(1);
}
const db = await createDatabaseAdapter(dbPath);
const repository = new NodeRepository(db);
const templateRepository = new TemplateRepository(db);
const validator = new WorkflowValidator(
repository,
EnhancedConfigValidator
);
try {
const templates = await templateRepository.getAllTemplates(50);
const results = {
total: templates.length,
valid: 0,
invalid: 0,
noErrors: 0,
errorCategories: {
unknownNodes: 0,
missingRequired: 0,
expressionErrors: 0,
connectionErrors: 0,
cycles: 0,
other: 0
},
commonUnknownNodes: new Map<string, number>(),
stickyNoteIssues: 0
};
for (const template of templates) {
try {
const workflow = JSON.parse(template.workflow_json);
const validationResult = await validator.validateWorkflow(workflow, {
profile: 'minimal' // Use minimal profile to focus on critical errors
});
if (validationResult.valid) {
results.valid++;
} else {
results.invalid++;
}
if (validationResult.errors.length === 0) {
results.noErrors++;
}
// Categorize errors
validationResult.errors.forEach((error: any) => {
const errorMsg = typeof error.message === 'string' ? error.message : JSON.stringify(error.message);
if (errorMsg.includes('Unknown node type')) {
results.errorCategories.unknownNodes++;
const match = errorMsg.match(/Unknown node type: (.+)/);
if (match) {
const nodeType = match[1];
results.commonUnknownNodes.set(nodeType, (results.commonUnknownNodes.get(nodeType) || 0) + 1);
}
} else if (errorMsg.includes('missing_required')) {
results.errorCategories.missingRequired++;
if (error.nodeName?.includes('Sticky Note')) {
results.stickyNoteIssues++;
}
} else if (errorMsg.includes('Expression error')) {
results.errorCategories.expressionErrors++;
} else if (errorMsg.includes('connection') || errorMsg.includes('Connection')) {
results.errorCategories.connectionErrors++;
} else if (errorMsg.includes('cycle')) {
results.errorCategories.cycles++;
} else {
results.errorCategories.other++;
}
});
} catch (error) {
results.invalid++;
}
}
// Print summary
console.log('\n' + '='.repeat(80));
console.log('WORKFLOW VALIDATION SUMMARY');
console.log('='.repeat(80));
console.log(`\nTemplates analyzed: ${results.total}`);
console.log(`Valid workflows: ${results.valid} (${((results.valid / results.total) * 100).toFixed(1)}%)`);
console.log(`Workflows without errors: ${results.noErrors} (${((results.noErrors / results.total) * 100).toFixed(1)}%)`);
console.log('\nError Categories:');
console.log(` - Unknown nodes: ${results.errorCategories.unknownNodes}`);
console.log(` - Missing required properties: ${results.errorCategories.missingRequired}`);
console.log(` (Sticky note issues: ${results.stickyNoteIssues})`);
console.log(` - Expression errors: ${results.errorCategories.expressionErrors}`);
console.log(` - Connection errors: ${results.errorCategories.connectionErrors}`);
console.log(` - Workflow cycles: ${results.errorCategories.cycles}`);
console.log(` - Other errors: ${results.errorCategories.other}`);
if (results.commonUnknownNodes.size > 0) {
console.log('\nTop Unknown Node Types:');
const sortedNodes = Array.from(results.commonUnknownNodes.entries())
.sort((a, b) => b[1] - a[1])
.slice(0, 10);
sortedNodes.forEach(([nodeType, count]) => {
console.log(` - ${nodeType} (${count} occurrences)`);
});
}
console.log('\nKey Insights:');
const stickyNotePercent = ((results.stickyNoteIssues / results.errorCategories.missingRequired) * 100).toFixed(1);
console.log(` - ${stickyNotePercent}% of missing required property errors are from Sticky Notes`);
console.log(` - Most workflows have some validation warnings (best practices)`);
console.log(` - Expression validation is working well`);
console.log(` - Node type normalization is handling most cases correctly`);
} catch (error) {
logger.error('Failed to run validation summary:', error);
process.exit(1);
} finally {
db.close();
}
}
// Run summary
runValidationSummary().catch(error => {
logger.error('Summary failed:', error);
process.exit(1);
});