feat: Implement new partial execution logic for acyclic workflows (no-changelog)

cypress/e2e/19-execution.cy.ts

@@ -503,7 +503,7 @@ describe('Execution', () => {
 
 		workflowPage.getters.clearExecutionDataButton().should('be.visible');
 
-		cy.intercept('POST', '/rest/workflows/**/run').as('workflowRun');
+		cy.intercept('POST', '/rest/workflows/**/run?**').as('workflowRun');
 
 		workflowPage.getters
 			.canvasNodeByName('do something with them')
@@ -525,7 +525,7 @@ describe('Execution', () => {
 
 		workflowPage.getters.zoomToFitButton().click();
 
-		cy.intercept('POST', '/rest/workflows/**/run').as('workflowRun');
+		cy.intercept('POST', '/rest/workflows/**/run?**').as('workflowRun');
 
 		workflowPage.getters
 			.canvasNodeByName('If')
@@ -547,7 +547,7 @@ describe('Execution', () => {
 
 		workflowPage.getters.clearExecutionDataButton().should('be.visible');
 
-		cy.intercept('POST', '/rest/workflows/**/run').as('workflowRun');
+		cy.intercept('POST', '/rest/workflows/**/run?**').as('workflowRun');
 
 		workflowPage.getters
 			.canvasNodeByName('NoOp2')
@@ -576,7 +576,7 @@ describe('Execution', () => {
 	it('should successfully execute partial executions with nodes attached to the second output', () => {
 		cy.createFixtureWorkflow('Test_Workflow_pairedItem_incomplete_manual_bug.json');
 
-		cy.intercept('POST', '/rest/workflows/**/run').as('workflowRun');
+		cy.intercept('POST', '/rest/workflows/**/run?**').as('workflowRun');
 
 		workflowPage.getters.zoomToFitButton().click();
 		workflowPage.getters.executeWorkflowButton().click();
@@ -596,7 +596,7 @@ describe('Execution', () => {
 	it('should execute workflow partially up to the node that has issues', () => {
 		cy.createFixtureWorkflow('Test_workflow_partial_execution_with_missing_credentials.json');
 
-		cy.intercept('POST', '/rest/workflows/**/run').as('workflowRun');
+		cy.intercept('POST', '/rest/workflows/**/run?**').as('workflowRun');
 
 		workflowPage.getters.zoomToFitButton().click();
 		workflowPage.getters.executeWorkflowButton().click();

cypress/e2e/28-debug.cy.ts

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ describe('Debug', () => {
 	it('should be able to debug executions', () => {
 		cy.intercept('GET', '/rest/executions?filter=*').as('getExecutions');
 		cy.intercept('GET', '/rest/executions/*').as('getExecution');
-		cy.intercept('POST', '/rest/workflows/**/run').as('postWorkflowRun');
+		cy.intercept('POST', '/rest/workflows/**/run?**').as('postWorkflowRun');
 
 		cy.signinAsOwner();
 

cypress/e2e/30-editor-after-route-changes.cy.ts

@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ describe('Editor actions should work', () => {
 	it('after switching between Editor and Debug', () => {
 		cy.intercept('GET', '/rest/executions?filter=*').as('getExecutions');
 		cy.intercept('GET', '/rest/executions/*').as('getExecution');
-		cy.intercept('POST', '/rest/workflows/**/run').as('postWorkflowRun');
+		cy.intercept('POST', '/rest/workflows/**/run?**').as('postWorkflowRun');
 
 		editWorkflowAndDeactivate();
 		workflowPage.actions.executeWorkflow();

cypress/pages/workflow-executions-tab.ts

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ export class WorkflowExecutionsTab extends BasePage {
 		},
 		createManualExecutions: (count: number) => {
 			for (let i = 0; i < count; i++) {
-				cy.intercept('POST', '/rest/workflows/**/run').as('workflowExecution');
+				cy.intercept('POST', '/rest/workflows/**/run?**').as('workflowExecution');
 				workflowPage.actions.executeWorkflow();
 				cy.wait('@workflowExecution');
 			}

cypress/utils/executions.ts

@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ export function runMockWorkflowExecution({
 }) {
 	const executionId = nanoid(8);
 
-	cy.intercept('POST', '/rest/workflows/**/run', {
+	cy.intercept('POST', '/rest/workflows/**/run?**', {
 		statusCode: 201,
 		body: {
 			data: {

packages/cli/src/config/schema.ts

@@ -640,4 +640,13 @@ export const schema = {
 		env: 'N8N_PROXY_HOPS',
 		doc: 'Number of reverse-proxies n8n is running behind',
 	},
+
+	featureFlags: {
+		partialExecutionVersionDefault: {
+			format: String,
+			default: '0',
+			env: 'PARTIAL_EXECUTION_VERSION_DEFAULT',
+			doc: 'Set this to 1 to enable the new partial execution logic by default.',
+		},
+	},
 };

packages/cli/src/workflow-runner.ts

@@ -109,7 +109,9 @@ export class WorkflowRunner {
 		}
 	}
 
-	/** Run the workflow */
+	/** Run the workflow
+	 * @param realtime This is used in queue mode to change the priority of an execution, making sure they are picked up quicker.
+	 */
 	async run(
 		data: IWorkflowExecutionDataProcess,
 		loadStaticData?: boolean,
@@ -278,6 +280,7 @@ export class WorkflowRunner {
 				data.startNodes === undefined ||
 				data.startNodes.length === 0
 			) {
+				// Full Execution
 				this.logger.debug(`Execution ID ${executionId} will run executing all nodes.`, {
 					executionId,
 				});
@@ -294,16 +297,27 @@ export class WorkflowRunner {
 					data.pinData,
 				);
 			} else {
+				// Partial Execution
 				this.logger.debug(`Execution ID ${executionId} is a partial execution.`, { executionId });
 				// Execute only the nodes between start and destination nodes
 				const workflowExecute = new WorkflowExecute(additionalData, data.executionMode);
-				workflowExecution = workflowExecute.runPartialWorkflow(
-					workflow,
-					data.runData,
-					data.startNodes,
-					data.destinationNode,
-					data.pinData,
-				);
+
+				if (data.partialExecutionVersion === '1') {
+					workflowExecution = workflowExecute.runPartialWorkflow2(
+						workflow,
+						data.runData,
+						data.destinationNode,
+						data.pinData,
+					);
+				} else {
+					workflowExecution = workflowExecute.runPartialWorkflow(
+						workflow,
+						data.runData,
+						data.startNodes,
+						data.destinationNode,
+						data.pinData,
+					);
+				}
 			}
 
 			this.activeExecutions.attachWorkflowExecution(executionId, workflowExecution);

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

@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ export class WorkflowExecutionService {
 		{ workflowData, runData, startNodes, destinationNode }: WorkflowRequest.ManualRunPayload,
 		user: User,
 		pushRef?: string,
+		partialExecutionVersion?: string,
 	) {
 		const pinData = workflowData.pinData;
 		const pinnedTrigger = this.selectPinnedActivatorStarter(
@@ -135,6 +136,7 @@ export class WorkflowExecutionService {
 			startNodes,
 			workflowData,
 			userId: user.id,
+			partialExecutionVersion: partialExecutionVersion ?? '0',
 		};
 
 		const hasRunData = (node: INode) => runData !== undefined && !!runData[node.name];

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

@@ -43,7 +43,12 @@ export declare namespace WorkflowRequest {
 
 	type NewName = AuthenticatedRequest<{}, {}, {}, { name?: string }>;
 
-	type ManualRun = AuthenticatedRequest<{ workflowId: string }, {}, ManualRunPayload>;
+	type ManualRun = AuthenticatedRequest<
+		{ workflowId: string },
+		{},
+		ManualRunPayload,
+		{ partialExecutionVersion?: string }
+	>;
 
 	type Share = AuthenticatedRequest<{ workflowId: string }, {}, { shareWithIds: string[] }>;
 

packages/cli/src/workflows/workflows.controller.ts

@@ -405,6 +405,9 @@ export class WorkflowsController {
 			req.body,
 			req.user,
 			req.headers['push-ref'] as string,
+			req.query.partialExecutionVersion === '-1'
+				? config.getEnv('featureFlags.partialExecutionVersionDefault')
+				: req.query.partialExecutionVersion,
 		);
 	}