fix: resolve multiple n8n_update_partial_workflow bugs (#635)

* fix: use correct MCP SDK API for server capabilities in test

getServerVersion() returns Implementation (name/version only), not the
full init result. Use client.getServerCapabilities() instead to access
server capabilities, fixing the CI typecheck failure.

Concieved by Romuald Członkowski - www.aiadvisors.pl/en

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

* fix: resolve multiple n8n_update_partial_workflow bugs (#592, #599, #610, #623, #624, #625, #629, #630, #633)

Phase 1 - Data loss prevention:
- Add missing unary operators (empty, notEmpty, exists, notExists) to sanitizer (#592)
- Preserve positional empty arrays in connections during removeNode/cleanStale (#610)
- Scope sanitization to modified nodes only, preventing unrelated node corruption
- Add empty body {} to activate/deactivate POST calls to fix 415 errors (#633)

Phase 2 - Error handling & response clarity:
- Serialize Zod errors to readable "path: message" strings (#630)
- Add saved:true/false field to all response paths (#625)
- Improve updateNode error hint with correct structure example (#623)
- Track removed node names for better removeConnection errors (#624)

Phase 3 - Connection & type fixes:
- Coerce sourceOutput/targetInput to String() consistently (#629)
- Accept numeric sourceOutput/targetInput at Zod schema level via transform

Phase 4 - Tag operations via dedicated API (#599):
- Track tags as tagsToAdd/tagsToRemove instead of mutating workflow.tags
- Orchestrate tag creation and association via listTags/createTag/updateWorkflowTags
- Reconcile conflicting add/remove for same tag (last operation wins)
- Tag failures produce warnings, not hard errors

Conceived by Romuald Członkowski - www.aiadvisors.pl/en

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

* docs: add v2.37.0 changelog entry

Conceived by Romuald Członkowski - www.aiadvisors.pl/en

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

* fix: resolve pre-existing integration test failures in CI

- Create new MCP Server instance per connection in test helpers (SDK 1.27+
  requires separate Protocol instance per connection)
- Normalize database paths with path.resolve() in shared-database singleton
  to prevent path mismatch errors across test files
- Add no-op catch handler to deferred initialization promise in server.ts
  to prevent unhandled rejection warnings
- Properly call mcpServer.shutdown() in test helper close() to release
  shared database references

Conceived by Romuald Członkowski - www.aiadvisors.pl/en

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

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Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Romuald Członkowski
2026-03-14 17:27:33 +01:00
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parent 248f859c49
commit 9590f751d2
15 changed files with 504 additions and 225 deletions

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@@ -38,11 +38,22 @@ import { isActivatableTrigger } from '../utils/node-type-utils';
const logger = new Logger({ prefix: '[WorkflowDiffEngine]' });
/**
* Not safe for concurrent use — create a new instance per request.
* Instance state is reset at the start of each applyDiff() call.
*/
export class WorkflowDiffEngine {
// Track node name changes during operations for connection reference updates
private renameMap: Map<string, string> = new Map();
// Track warnings during operation processing
private warnings: WorkflowDiffValidationError[] = [];
// Track which nodes were added/updated so sanitization only runs on them
private modifiedNodeIds = new Set<string>();
// Track removed node names for better error messages
private removedNodeNames = new Set<string>();
// Track tag operations for dedicated API calls
private tagsToAdd: string[] = [];
private tagsToRemove: string[] = [];
/**
* Apply diff operations to a workflow
@@ -55,6 +66,10 @@ export class WorkflowDiffEngine {
// Reset tracking for this diff operation
this.renameMap.clear();
this.warnings = [];
this.modifiedNodeIds.clear();
this.removedNodeNames.clear();
this.tagsToAdd = [];
this.tagsToRemove = [];
// Clone workflow to avoid modifying original
const workflowCopy = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(workflow));
@@ -135,7 +150,9 @@ export class WorkflowDiffEngine {
errors: errors.length > 0 ? errors : undefined,
warnings: this.warnings.length > 0 ? this.warnings : undefined,
applied: appliedIndices,
failed: failedIndices
failed: failedIndices,
tagsToAdd: this.tagsToAdd.length > 0 ? this.tagsToAdd : undefined,
tagsToRemove: this.tagsToRemove.length > 0 ? this.tagsToRemove : undefined
};
} else {
// Atomic mode: all operations must succeed
@@ -201,12 +218,16 @@ export class WorkflowDiffEngine {
}
}
// Sanitize ALL nodes in the workflow after operations are applied
// This ensures existing invalid nodes (e.g., binary operators with singleValue: true)
// are fixed automatically when any update is made to the workflow
workflowCopy.nodes = workflowCopy.nodes.map((node: WorkflowNode) => sanitizeNode(node));
logger.debug('Applied full-workflow sanitization to all nodes');
// Sanitize only modified nodes to avoid breaking unrelated nodes (#592)
if (this.modifiedNodeIds.size > 0) {
workflowCopy.nodes = workflowCopy.nodes.map((node: WorkflowNode) => {
if (this.modifiedNodeIds.has(node.id)) {
return sanitizeNode(node);
}
return node;
});
logger.debug(`Sanitized ${this.modifiedNodeIds.size} modified nodes`);
}
// If validateOnly flag is set, return success without applying
if (request.validateOnly) {
@@ -233,7 +254,9 @@ export class WorkflowDiffEngine {
message: `Successfully applied ${operationsApplied} operations (${nodeOperations.length} node ops, ${otherOperations.length} other ops)`,
warnings: this.warnings.length > 0 ? this.warnings : undefined,
shouldActivate: shouldActivate || undefined,
shouldDeactivate: shouldDeactivate || undefined
shouldDeactivate: shouldDeactivate || undefined,
tagsToAdd: this.tagsToAdd.length > 0 ? this.tagsToAdd : undefined,
tagsToRemove: this.tagsToRemove.length > 0 ? this.tagsToRemove : undefined
};
}
} catch (error) {
@@ -248,7 +271,6 @@ export class WorkflowDiffEngine {
}
}
/**
* Validate a single operation
*/
@@ -405,7 +427,7 @@ export class WorkflowDiffEngine {
// Check for missing required parameter
if (!operation.updates) {
return `Missing required parameter 'updates'. The updateNode operation requires an 'updates' object containing properties to modify. Example: {type: "updateNode", nodeId: "abc", updates: {name: "New Name"}}`;
return `Missing required parameter 'updates'. The updateNode operation requires an 'updates' object. Correct structure: {type: "updateNode", nodeId: "abc-123" OR nodeName: "My Node", updates: {name: "New Name", "parameters.url": "https://example.com"}}`;
}
const node = this.findNode(workflow, operation.nodeId, operation.nodeName);
@@ -510,12 +532,18 @@ export class WorkflowDiffEngine {
const targetNode = this.findNode(workflow, operation.target, operation.target);
if (!sourceNode) {
if (this.removedNodeNames.has(operation.source)) {
return `Source node "${operation.source}" was already removed by a prior removeNode operation. Its connections were automatically cleaned up — no separate removeConnection needed.`;
}
const availableNodes = workflow.nodes
.map(n => `"${n.name}" (id: ${n.id.substring(0, 8)}...)`)
.join(', ');
return `Source node not found: "${operation.source}". Available nodes: ${availableNodes}. Tip: Use node ID for names with special characters.`;
}
if (!targetNode) {
if (this.removedNodeNames.has(operation.target)) {
return `Target node "${operation.target}" was already removed by a prior removeNode operation. Its connections were automatically cleaned up — no separate removeConnection needed.`;
}
const availableNodes = workflow.nodes
.map(n => `"${n.name}" (id: ${n.id.substring(0, 8)}...)`)
.join(', ');
@@ -614,13 +642,16 @@ export class WorkflowDiffEngine {
// Sanitize node to ensure complete metadata (filter options, operator structure, etc.)
const sanitizedNode = sanitizeNode(newNode);
this.modifiedNodeIds.add(sanitizedNode.id);
workflow.nodes.push(sanitizedNode);
}
private applyRemoveNode(workflow: Workflow, operation: RemoveNodeOperation): void {
const node = this.findNode(workflow, operation.nodeId, operation.nodeName);
if (!node) return;
this.removedNodeNames.add(node.name);
// Remove node from array
const index = workflow.nodes.findIndex(n => n.id === node.id);
if (index !== -1) {
@@ -631,30 +662,36 @@ export class WorkflowDiffEngine {
delete workflow.connections[node.name];
// Remove all connections to this node
Object.keys(workflow.connections).forEach(sourceName => {
const sourceConnections = workflow.connections[sourceName];
Object.keys(sourceConnections).forEach(outputName => {
sourceConnections[outputName] = sourceConnections[outputName].map(connections =>
for (const [sourceName, sourceConnections] of Object.entries(workflow.connections)) {
for (const [outputName, outputConns] of Object.entries(sourceConnections)) {
sourceConnections[outputName] = outputConns.map(connections =>
connections.filter(conn => conn.node !== node.name)
).filter(connections => connections.length > 0);
// Clean up empty arrays
if (sourceConnections[outputName].length === 0) {
);
// Trim trailing empty arrays only (preserve intermediate empty arrays for positional indices)
const trimmed = sourceConnections[outputName];
while (trimmed.length > 0 && trimmed[trimmed.length - 1].length === 0) {
trimmed.pop();
}
if (trimmed.length === 0) {
delete sourceConnections[outputName];
}
});
}
// Clean up empty connection objects
if (Object.keys(sourceConnections).length === 0) {
delete workflow.connections[sourceName];
}
});
}
}
private applyUpdateNode(workflow: Workflow, operation: UpdateNodeOperation): void {
const node = this.findNode(workflow, operation.nodeId, operation.nodeName);
if (!node) return;
this.modifiedNodeIds.add(node.id);
// Track node renames for connection reference updates
if (operation.updates.name && operation.updates.name !== node.name) {
const oldName = node.name;
@@ -706,8 +743,8 @@ export class WorkflowDiffEngine {
): { sourceOutput: string; sourceIndex: number } {
const sourceNode = this.findNode(workflow, operation.source, operation.source);
// Start with explicit values or defaults
let sourceOutput = operation.sourceOutput ?? 'main';
// Start with explicit values or defaults, coercing to correct types
let sourceOutput = String(operation.sourceOutput ?? 'main');
let sourceIndex = operation.sourceIndex ?? 0;
// Smart parameter: branch (for IF nodes)
@@ -758,7 +795,8 @@ export class WorkflowDiffEngine {
// Use nullish coalescing to properly handle explicit 0 values
// Default targetInput to sourceOutput to preserve connection type for AI connections (ai_tool, ai_memory, etc.)
const targetInput = operation.targetInput ?? sourceOutput;
// Coerce to string to handle numeric values passed as sourceOutput/targetInput
const targetInput = String(operation.targetInput ?? sourceOutput);
const targetIndex = operation.targetIndex ?? 0;
// Initialize source node connections object
@@ -795,18 +833,14 @@ export class WorkflowDiffEngine {
private applyRemoveConnection(workflow: Workflow, operation: RemoveConnectionOperation): void {
const sourceNode = this.findNode(workflow, operation.source, operation.source);
const targetNode = this.findNode(workflow, operation.target, operation.target);
// If ignoreErrors is true, silently succeed even if nodes don't exist
if (!sourceNode || !targetNode) {
if (operation.ignoreErrors) {
return; // Gracefully handle missing nodes
}
return; // Should never reach here if validation passed, but safety check
return;
}
const sourceOutput = operation.sourceOutput || 'main';
const sourceOutput = String(operation.sourceOutput ?? 'main');
const connections = workflow.connections[sourceNode.name]?.[sourceOutput];
if (!connections) return;
// Remove connection from all indices
workflow.connections[sourceNode.name][sourceOutput] = connections.map(conns =>
conns.filter(conn => conn.node !== targetNode.name)
@@ -877,20 +911,26 @@ export class WorkflowDiffEngine {
}
private applyAddTag(workflow: Workflow, operation: AddTagOperation): void {
if (!workflow.tags) {
workflow.tags = [];
// Track for dedicated API call instead of modifying workflow.tags directly
// Reconcile: if previously marked for removal, cancel the removal instead
const removeIdx = this.tagsToRemove.indexOf(operation.tag);
if (removeIdx !== -1) {
this.tagsToRemove.splice(removeIdx, 1);
}
if (!workflow.tags.includes(operation.tag)) {
workflow.tags.push(operation.tag);
if (!this.tagsToAdd.includes(operation.tag)) {
this.tagsToAdd.push(operation.tag);
}
}
private applyRemoveTag(workflow: Workflow, operation: RemoveTagOperation): void {
if (!workflow.tags) return;
const index = workflow.tags.indexOf(operation.tag);
if (index !== -1) {
workflow.tags.splice(index, 1);
// Track for dedicated API call instead of modifying workflow.tags directly
// Reconcile: if previously marked for addition, cancel the addition instead
const addIdx = this.tagsToAdd.indexOf(operation.tag);
if (addIdx !== -1) {
this.tagsToAdd.splice(addIdx, 1);
}
if (!this.tagsToRemove.includes(operation.tag)) {
this.tagsToRemove.push(operation.tag);
}
}
@@ -1015,7 +1055,12 @@ export class WorkflowDiffEngine {
}
return true;
})
).filter(conns => conns.length > 0);
);
// Trim trailing empty arrays only (preserve intermediate for positional indices)
while (filteredConnections.length > 0 && filteredConnections[filteredConnections.length - 1].length === 0) {
filteredConnections.pop();
}
if (filteredConnections.length === 0) {
delete outputs[outputName];