fix(core): Fix pairedItem issue with partial manual executions (#8575)

Co-authored-by: Danny Martini <danny@n8n.io>
Co-authored-by: कारतोफ्फेलस्क्रिप्ट™ <aditya@netroy.in>

cypress/e2e/19-execution.cy.ts

@@ -569,4 +569,27 @@ describe('Execution', () => {
 			expect(interception.request.body.runData).to.include.all.keys(expectedRunDataKeys);
 		});
 	});
+
+	it('should successfully execute partial executions with nodes attached to the second output', () => {
+		cy.createFixtureWorkflow(
+			'Test_Workflow_pairedItem_incomplete_manual_bug.json',
+			'My test workflow',
+		);
+
+		cy.intercept('POST', '/rest/workflows/run').as('workflowRun');
+
+		workflowPage.getters.zoomToFitButton().click();
+		workflowPage.getters.executeWorkflowButton().click();
+		workflowPage.getters
+			.canvasNodeByName('Test Expression')
+			.findChildByTestId('execute-node-button')
+			.click({ force: true });
+
+		// Check  toast (works because Cypress waits enough for the element to show after the http request node has finished)
+		// Wait for the execution to return.
+		cy.wait('@workflowRun');
+		// Wait again for the websocket message to arrive and the UI to update.
+		cy.wait(100);
+		workflowPage.getters.errorToast({ timeout: 1 }).should('not.exist');
+	});
 });

cypress/fixtures/Test_Workflow_pairedItem_incomplete_manual_bug.json

@@ -0,0 +1,160 @@
+{
+	"name": "Test Workflow pairedItem incomplete manual bug",
+  "nodes": [
+    {
+      "parameters": {},
+      "id": "f26332f3-c61a-4843-94bd-64a73ad161ff",
+      "name": "When clicking \"Test workflow\"",
+      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.manualTrigger",
+      "typeVersion": 1,
+      "position": [
+        860,
+        340
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "parameters": {
+        "assignments": {
+          "assignments": [
+            {
+              "id": "bd522794-d056-48b8-9204-26f7d68288d9",
+              "name": "test",
+              "value": "a",
+              "type": "string"
+            }
+          ]
+        },
+        "options": {}
+      },
+      "id": "fae0c907-e2bf-4ecf-82be-f9caa209f925",
+      "name": "Init Data",
+      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.set",
+      "typeVersion": 3.3,
+      "position": [
+        1080,
+        340
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "parameters": {
+        "conditions": {
+          "options": {
+            "caseSensitive": true,
+            "leftValue": "",
+            "typeValidation": "strict"
+          },
+          "conditions": [
+            {
+              "id": "8db21b4b-1675-4e63-b092-7fcc45a86547",
+              "leftValue": "={{ $json.test }}",
+              "rightValue": "b",
+              "operator": {
+                "type": "string",
+                "operation": "equals",
+                "name": "filter.operator.equals"
+              }
+            }
+          ],
+          "combinator": "and"
+        },
+        "options": {}
+      },
+      "id": "f7990edd-2c0f-42e6-b3ce-74c7df02b6a4",
+      "name": "If",
+      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.if",
+      "typeVersion": 2,
+      "position": [
+        1300,
+        340
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "parameters": {},
+      "id": "850d48f5-0689-4cab-b30c-30e179577c82",
+      "name": "NoOp1",
+      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.noOp",
+      "typeVersion": 1,
+      "position": [
+        1540,
+        200
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "parameters": {
+        "assignments": {
+          "assignments": [
+            {
+              "id": "bd522794-d056-48b8-9204-26f7d68288d9",
+              "name": "test2",
+              "value": "={{ $('Init Data').item.json.test }}",
+              "type": "string"
+            }
+          ]
+        },
+        "options": {}
+      },
+      "id": "91d93c3a-a557-465e-812b-266d6277b279",
+      "name": "Test Expression",
+      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.set",
+      "typeVersion": 3.3,
+      "position": [
+        1540,
+        440
+      ]
+    }
+  ],
+  "pinData": {},
+  "connections": {
+    "When clicking \"Test workflow\"": {
+      "main": [
+        [
+          {
+            "node": "Init Data",
+            "type": "main",
+            "index": 0
+          }
+        ]
+      ]
+    },
+    "Init Data": {
+      "main": [
+        [
+          {
+            "node": "If",
+            "type": "main",
+            "index": 0
+          }
+        ]
+      ]
+    },
+    "If": {
+      "main": [
+        [
+          {
+            "node": "NoOp1",
+            "type": "main",
+            "index": 0
+          }
+        ],
+        [
+          {
+            "node": "Test Expression",
+            "type": "main",
+            "index": 0
+          }
+        ]
+      ]
+    }
+  },
+  "active": false,
+  "settings": {
+    "executionOrder": "v1"
+  },
+  "versionId": "765a6d9b-d667-4a59-9bd7-b0bc2627b008",
+  "meta": {
+    "templateCredsSetupCompleted": true,
+    "instanceId": "021d3c82ba2d3bc090cbf4fc81c9312668bcc34297e022bb3438c5c88a43a5ff"
+  },
+  "id": "qnGQYw8TD58xs214",
+  "tags": []
+}

cypress/pages/workflow.ts

@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ import { BasePage } from './base';
 import { getVisibleSelect } from '../utils';
 import { NodeCreator } from './features/node-creator';
 
+type CyGetOptions = Parameters<(typeof cy)['get']>[1];
+
 const nodeCreator = new NodeCreator();
 export class WorkflowPage extends BasePage {
 	url = '/workflow/new';
@@ -48,7 +50,8 @@ export class WorkflowPage extends BasePage {
 		},
 		successToast: () => cy.get('.el-notification:has(.el-notification--success)'),
 		warningToast: () => cy.get('.el-notification:has(.el-notification--warning)'),
-		errorToast: () => cy.get('.el-notification:has(.el-notification--error)'),
+		errorToast: (options?: CyGetOptions) =>
+			cy.get('.el-notification:has(.el-notification--error)', options),
 		infoToast: () => cy.get('.el-notification:has(.el-notification--info)'),
 		activatorSwitch: () => cy.getByTestId('workflow-activate-switch'),
 		workflowMenu: () => cy.getByTestId('workflow-menu'),

packages/cli/src/Interfaces.ts

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import type {
 	INodeProperties,
 	IUserSettings,
 	IHttpRequestMethods,
+	StartNodeData,
 } from 'n8n-workflow';
 
 import type { ActiveWorkflowRunner } from '@/ActiveWorkflowRunner';
@@ -532,7 +533,7 @@ export interface IWorkflowExecutionDataProcess {
 	pinData?: IPinData;
 	retryOf?: string;
 	sessionId?: string;
-	startNodes?: string[];
+	startNodes?: StartNodeData[];
 	workflowData: IWorkflowBase;
 	userId: string;
 }

packages/cli/src/WorkflowHelpers.ts

@@ -227,9 +227,9 @@ export function getExecutionStartNode(data: IWorkflowExecutionDataProcess, workf
 	let startNode;
 	if (
 		data.startNodes?.length === 1 &&
-		Object.keys(data.pinData ?? {}).includes(data.startNodes[0])
+		Object.keys(data.pinData ?? {}).includes(data.startNodes[0].name)
 	) {
-		startNode = workflow.getNode(data.startNodes[0]) ?? undefined;
+		startNode = workflow.getNode(data.startNodes[0].name) ?? undefined;
 	}
 
 	return startNode;

packages/cli/src/commands/execute.ts

@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ export class Execute extends BaseCommand {
 		const user = await Container.get(OwnershipService).getInstanceOwner();
 		const runData: IWorkflowExecutionDataProcess = {
 			executionMode: 'cli',
-			startNodes: [startingNode.name],
+			startNodes: [{ name: startingNode.name, sourceData: null }],
 			workflowData,
 			userId: user.id,
 		};

packages/cli/src/commands/executeBatch.ts

@@ -620,7 +620,7 @@ export class ExecuteBatch extends BaseCommand {
 
 				const runData: IWorkflowExecutionDataProcess = {
 					executionMode: 'cli',
-					startNodes: [startingNode.name],
+					startNodes: [{ name: startingNode.name, sourceData: null }],
 					workflowData,
 					userId: ExecuteBatch.instanceOwner.id,
 				};

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

@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
 import type { IWorkflowDb } from '@/Interfaces';
 import type { AuthenticatedRequest } from '@/requests';
-import type { INode, IConnections, IWorkflowSettings, IRunData, IPinData } from 'n8n-workflow';
+import type {
+	INode,
+	IConnections,
+	IWorkflowSettings,
+	IRunData,
+	IPinData,
+	StartNodeData,
+} from 'n8n-workflow';
 
 export declare namespace WorkflowRequest {
 	type CreateUpdatePayload = Partial<{
@@ -19,7 +26,7 @@ export declare namespace WorkflowRequest {
 		workflowData: IWorkflowDb;
 		runData: IRunData;
 		pinData: IPinData;
-		startNodes?: string[];
+		startNodes?: StartNodeData[];
 		destinationNode?: string;
 	};
 

packages/cli/src/workflows/workflowExecution.service.ts

@@ -101,7 +101,11 @@ export class WorkflowExecutionService {
 		user: User,
 		sessionId?: string,
 	) {
-		const pinnedTrigger = this.selectPinnedActivatorStarter(workflowData, startNodes, pinData);
+		const pinnedTrigger = this.selectPinnedActivatorStarter(
+			workflowData,
+			startNodes?.map((nodeData) => nodeData.name),
+			pinData,
+		);
 
 		// If webhooks nodes exist and are active we have to wait for till we receive a call
 		if (
@@ -143,7 +147,7 @@ export class WorkflowExecutionService {
 		const hasRunData = (node: INode) => runData !== undefined && !!runData[node.name];
 
 		if (pinnedTrigger && !hasRunData(pinnedTrigger)) {
-			data.startNodes = [pinnedTrigger.name];
+			data.startNodes = [{ name: pinnedTrigger.name, sourceData: null }];
 		}
 
 		const executionId = await this.workflowRunner.run(data);

packages/cli/test/unit/WorkflowHelpers.test.ts

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ describe('WorkflowHelpers', () => {
 					node1: {},
 					node2: {},
 				},
-				startNodes: ['node2'],
+				startNodes: [{ name: 'node2' }],
 			} as unknown as IWorkflowExecutionDataProcess;
 			const workflow = {
 				getNode(nodeName: string) {

packages/core/src/WorkflowExecute.ts

@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import type {
 	IWorkflowExecuteAdditionalData,
 	WorkflowExecuteMode,
 	CloseFunction,
+	StartNodeData,
 } from 'n8n-workflow';
 import {
 	LoggerProxy as Logger,
@@ -157,7 +158,7 @@ export class WorkflowExecute {
 	runPartialWorkflow(
 		workflow: Workflow,
 		runData: IRunData,
-		startNodes: string[],
+		startNodes: StartNodeData[],
 		destinationNode?: string,
 		pinData?: IPinData,
 	): PCancelable<IRun> {
@@ -175,7 +176,7 @@ export class WorkflowExecute {
 		const waitingExecution: IWaitingForExecution = {};
 		const waitingExecutionSource: IWaitingForExecutionSource = {};
 		for (const startNode of startNodes) {
-			incomingNodeConnections = workflow.connectionsByDestinationNode[startNode];
+			incomingNodeConnections = workflow.connectionsByDestinationNode[startNode.name];
 
 			const incomingData: INodeExecutionData[][] = [];
 			let incomingSourceData: ITaskDataConnectionsSource | null = null;
@@ -210,15 +211,13 @@ export class WorkflowExecute {
 							}
 						}
 
-						incomingSourceData.main.push({
-							previousNode: connection.node,
-						});
+						incomingSourceData.main.push(startNode.sourceData);
 					}
 				}
 			}
 
 			const executeData: IExecuteData = {
-				node: workflow.getNode(startNode) as INode,
+				node: workflow.getNode(startNode.name) as INode,
 				data: {
 					main: incomingData,
 				},

packages/editor-ui/src/Interface.ts

@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ import {
 	type INodeProperties,
 	type NodeConnectionType,
 	type INodeCredentialsDetails,
+	type StartNodeData,
 } from 'n8n-workflow';
 import type { BulkCommand, Undoable } from '@/models/history';
 import type { PartialBy, TupleToUnion } from '@/utils/typeHelpers';
@@ -188,7 +189,7 @@ export interface IAiData {
 
 export interface IStartRunData {
 	workflowData: IWorkflowData;
-	startNodes?: string[];
+	startNodes?: StartNodeData[];
 	destinationNode?: string;
 	runData?: IRunData;
 	pinData?: IPinData;

packages/editor-ui/src/mixins/workflowRun.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import type { IExecutionPushResponse, IExecutionResponse, IStartRunData } from '@/Interface';
 import { mapStores } from 'pinia';
 import { defineComponent } from 'vue';
+import { get } from 'lodash-es';
 
 import type {
 	IDataObject,
@@ -10,6 +11,7 @@ import type {
 	IPinData,
 	IWorkflowBase,
 	Workflow,
+	StartNodeData,
 } from 'n8n-workflow';
 import {
 	NodeHelpers,
@@ -37,8 +39,8 @@ export const consolidateRunDataAndStartNodes = (
 	runData: IRunData | null,
 	pinData: IPinData | undefined,
 	workflow: Workflow,
-): { runData: IRunData | undefined; startNodes: string[] } => {
-	const startNodes: string[] = [];
+): { runData: IRunData | undefined; startNodeNames: string[] } => {
+	const startNodeNames: string[] = [];
 	let newRunData: IRunData | undefined;
 
 	if (runData !== null && Object.keys(runData).length !== 0) {
@@ -59,7 +61,7 @@ export const consolidateRunDataAndStartNodes = (
 					// When we hit a node which has no data we stop and set it
 					// as a start node the execution from and then go on with other
 					// direct input nodes
-					startNodes.push(parentNode);
+					startNodeNames.push(parentNode);
 					break;
 				}
 				if (runData[parentNode]) {
@@ -75,7 +77,7 @@ export const consolidateRunDataAndStartNodes = (
 		}
 	}
 
-	return { runData: newRunData, startNodes };
+	return { runData: newRunData, startNodeNames };
 };
 
 export const workflowRun = defineComponent({
@@ -243,18 +245,18 @@ export const workflowRun = defineComponent({
 					workflow,
 				);
 
-				const { startNodes } = consolidatedData;
+				const { startNodeNames } = consolidatedData;
 				let { runData: newRunData } = consolidatedData;
 				let executedNode: string | undefined;
 				if (
-					startNodes.length === 0 &&
+					startNodeNames.length === 0 &&
 					'destinationNode' in options &&
 					options.destinationNode !== undefined
 				) {
 					executedNode = options.destinationNode;
-					startNodes.push(options.destinationNode);
+					startNodeNames.push(options.destinationNode);
 				} else if ('triggerNode' in options && 'nodeData' in options) {
-					startNodes.push(
+					startNodeNames.push(
 						...workflow.getChildNodes(options.triggerNode, NodeConnectionType.Main, 1),
 					);
 					newRunData = {
@@ -263,6 +265,25 @@ export const workflowRun = defineComponent({
 					executedNode = options.triggerNode;
 				}
 
+				const startNodes: StartNodeData[] = startNodeNames.map((name) => {
+					// Find for each start node the source data
+					let sourceData = get(runData, [name, 0, 'source', 0], null);
+					if (sourceData === null) {
+						const parentNodes = workflow.getParentNodes(name, NodeConnectionType.Main, 1);
+						const executeData = this.workflowHelpers.executeData(
+							parentNodes,
+							name,
+							NodeConnectionType.Main,
+							0,
+						);
+						sourceData = get(executeData, ['source', NodeConnectionType.Main, 0], null);
+					}
+					return {
+						name,
+						sourceData,
+					};
+				});
+
 				const startRunData: IStartRunData = {
 					workflowData,
 					runData: newRunData,
@@ -288,7 +309,6 @@ export const workflowRun = defineComponent({
 						resultData: {
 							runData: newRunData || {},
 							pinData: workflowData.pinData,
-							startNodes,
 							workflowData,
 						},
 					} as IRunExecutionData,

packages/workflow/src/Interfaces.ts

@@ -1943,6 +1943,11 @@ export interface ISourceData {
 	previousNodeRun?: number; // If undefined "0" gets used
 }
 
+export interface StartNodeData {
+	name: string;
+	sourceData: ISourceData | null;
+}
+
 // The data for all the different kind of connections (like main) and all the indexes
 export interface ITaskDataConnections {
 	// Key for each input type and because there can be multiple inputs of the same type it is an array