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fix(remap): derive numeric group ids for insert_workflow - #264

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Problem

ComfyUI_frontend validates every workflow it loads, and its schema declares a group's id as z.number().optional(), both at the root and inside definitions.subgraphs[].groups. A string id refuses the whole workflow:

Invalid workflow against zod schema: Expected number, received string at "definitions.subgraphs[0].groups[0].id"

remap.ts gave groups the string derivedId (insert:<opId>:<scope>:group:<original>) that nodes get, so any insert_workflow carrying groups (at the root or in a subgraph definition) projected a workflow the frontend rejects. The canvas then keeps its own copy of the graph and stops taking the document's projection. Every later edit lands in the document but never reaches the canvas, and the next time the canvas pushes its state the two copies merge. That is how an old graph "comes back" and fresh edits look lost or duplicated.

Links hit the same frontend constraint before (ComfyUI_frontend#18458) and were fixed with a numeric derivation (ADR-033). Groups were missed.

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  • remap.ts: groups take the links' numeric derivation: sha256 of the same string seed, folded into [1, Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER]. It is a pure function of the op's own content (no document state), so replicas agree regardless of arrival order. The fold is shared as numericId(), and link ids are byte-for-byte unchanged.
  • project.ts: a document that already stores the old string id projects it through the same fold, so it reads back as the exact number a fresh insert of that op now derives. Numeric and absent ids are untouched, so project → mint → project stays a fixed point and ordinary workflows are unaffected.

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New test/insert-workflow-numeric-group-ids.regression.test.ts:

test main this PR
root + subgraph-definition groups project numeric ids ✗ expected 'string' to be 'number' ✓
stored legacy string id projects as the number a fresh insert derives ✗ expected 'string' to be 'number' ✓
distinct groups stay distinct in one op ✓ ✓
same op → same ids on independent documents ✓ ✓
project → mint → project unchanged ✓ ✓
a workflow's own numeric group ids untouched ✓ ✓

test/insert-workflow.test.ts's pinned vectors for the raw group id now expect numbers. They were recomputed independently with a plain node -e + sha256 one-liner (in the test comment), without importing the remapper.

Typecheck, eslint, check:imports (23 modules / 74 deps, 0 violations), check:purity and check:pins pass. The full suite has the same failures as main in my local checkout (environment-dependent stateless / portable-harness / check-stateless / purity npm ls).

Residual risk

The same as links (ADR-033 / the KA-5 row in EXCEPTIONS.md): two derived ids can coincide with ~2⁻⁵³-scale probability. Groups are matched by content, not id, in the applier's group merge, so a collision would at worst show two groups sharing an id on the canvas.

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  • Bug Fixes
    • Projected workflow groups now receive numeric, deterministic IDs, including groups loaded from workflows with legacy string IDs.
    • Group IDs stay consistent across documents and through project–mint–project round trips.
    • Root and subgraph groups receive distinct positive integer IDs. Workflows with no inserted groups continue to project without adding group IDs.
    • Existing workflow-owned numeric IDs and unrelated string IDs remain unchanged.

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Group IDs produced during remapping are now numeric. Projection converts matching derived-form string group IDs to numeric IDs for groups in definitions and root workflow metadata. Tests cover inserted groups, round trips, and legacy string IDs.

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Group ID handling

Layer / File(s) Summary
Numeric ID derivation and remapping
src/remap.ts, test/insert-workflow.test.ts
numericId derives numeric IDs from a seed. Link ID derivation uses this helper, and remapped group IDs are numeric. Tests assert fixed numeric results.
Group ID projection and regression coverage
src/project.ts, test/insert-workflow-numeric-group-ids.regression.test.ts, docs/decisions/EXCEPTIONS.md
Projection converts matching derived-form string IDs in definition and root workflow groups. Other group values and IDs remain unchanged. Regression tests cover inserted groups, ID stability, round trips, and legacy IDs. The exception record describes numeric derivation and collision behavior.

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Numeric group IDs address the workflow-loading mismatch, but the required approval for this deviation remains outstanding. Record the maintainer’s decision before merging.

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test/insert-workflow-numeric-group-ids.regression.test.ts (1)

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Compare the legacy definition-group ID with a fresh insert.

The current assertion checks only that the projected definition-group ID is a positive safe integer. A wrong definition scope or numeric mapping can pass. Use the definition scope from remap.ts and compare the projected legacy ID with the ID from a fresh insert of the same definition group.

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-    const fresh = mint({ nodes: [], links: [] }, catalog);
+    const fresh = mint(
+      {
+        nodes: [{ id: 1, type: "Src" }, { id: 2, type: DEF }],
+        links: [],
+        groups: [group(3, "g")],
+        definitions: {
+          subgraphs: [
+            { id: DEF, name: "Inner", inputs: [], outputs: [], nodes: [], links: [], groups: [group("inner", "inner")] },
+          ],
+        },
+      } as unknown as WorkflowJSON,
+      catalog,
+    );
     applyOps(fresh, [insert({ nodes: [{ id: 1, type: "Src" }], links: [], groups: [group(3, "g")] }, opId)], catalog);
-    const expected = rootGroups(project(fresh, catalog))[0]!.id;
+    const freshWorkflow = project(fresh, catalog);
+    const expected = rootGroups(freshWorkflow)[0]!.id;
+    const expectedDefinition = definitionGroups(freshWorkflow)[0]!.id;
 
-    const legacyId = `insert:${opId}:root:group:${encodeURIComponent(JSON.stringify(3))}`;
+    const legacyId = `insert:${opId}:root:group:${encodeURIComponent(JSON.stringify(3))}`;
+    const definitionScope = `root/definition:${encodeURIComponent(JSON.stringify(DEF))}`;
+    const legacyDefinitionId = `insert:${opId}:${definitionScope}:group:${encodeURIComponent(JSON.stringify("inner"))}`;
     const legacy = mint(
@@
-            { id: DEF, name: "Inner", inputs: [], outputs: [], nodes: [], links: [], groups: [group(`${legacyId}:inner`, "inner")] },
+            { id: DEF, name: "Inner", inputs: [], outputs: [], nodes: [], links: [], groups: [group(legacyDefinitionId, "inner")] },
@@
     const wf = project(legacy, catalog);
     expect(rootGroups(wf)[0]!.id).toBe(expected);
-    expectFrontendGroupIds(definitionGroups(wf));
+    expect(definitionGroups(wf)[0]!.id).toBe(expectedDefinition);
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Update the regression test to compare the projected legacy definition-group ID
against a fresh insert of the same definition group, rather than only checking
that it is a positive safe integer. Use the definition scope format from
remap.ts when constructing the legacy ID, and assert equality using
definitionGroups on both projected workflows.

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Review comments at @test/insert-workflow-numeric-group-ids.regression.test.ts:
- Around line 101-108: Expand the regression test around `withGroups()` to cover
two group-bearing insert operations applied in both arrival orders, asserting
that their projected groups are identical. Also apply one operation twice and
verify the second application is a no-op that leaves projected groups unchanged.

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Review comments at @test/insert-workflow-numeric-group-ids.regression.test.ts:
- Line 140: Update the regression test to compare the projected legacy
definition-group ID against a fresh insert of the same definition group, rather
than only checking that it is a positive safe integer. Use the definition scope
format from remap.ts when constructing the legacy ID, and assert equality using
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ComfyUI_frontend's workflow schema declares groups[].id as z.number(), at
the root and inside definitions.subgraphs[].groups, and refuses the whole
workflow when one is a string:

  Invalid workflow against zod schema: Expected number, received string at
  "definitions.subgraphs[0].groups[0].id"

remap.ts gave groups the string derivedId every other kind gets, so any
insert_workflow that carried groups projected a workflow the frontend
rejects. The canvas then keeps its own copy of the graph and stops taking
the document's projection, so later edits land in the document but never
reach the canvas.

Groups now take the links' numeric derivation (ADR-033): sha256 of the same
string seed folded into [1, Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER], a pure function of the
op's own content. The fold is shared as numericId(); link ids are unchanged.

A document that already stores the string form reads back through the same
fold in project(), so it projects the number a fresh insert of that op
derives, and project -> mint -> project stays a fixed point. Numeric and
absent group ids are untouched.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
…replay

Two group-bearing insert_workflow ops applied in either order project the same
groups, with the same original id in each op kept distinct, and re-applying an
insert is a no-op that leaves the projected groups unchanged.

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Reviewed the numeric group-id derivation. The core approach (mirroring the existing link-id hashing for insert_workflow groups) is sound and the test vectors check out.

One finding that needs a fix before merge:

src/project.ts:330 — projectGroups() coerces any string-typed group id to a hashed number, not just ids matching this package's own insert:<opId>:<scope>:group:<original> derived format. Repro:

mint({ nodes: [...], links: [], groups: [{ id: "my-custom-group", title: "g", bounding: [0,0,1,1] }] })
project(doc, catalog) // group id silently becomes e.g. 3293296965306295

Any workflow with a plain string group id that never went through insert_workflow gets its id silently replaced on every projection — breaks the project(mint(wf)) == wf round-trip for ordinary workflows. Suggest scoping the coercion to ids actually matching the derived-id pattern, same as the link path does.

Smaller note: the PR description draws a direct parallel to the KA-5 link-collision exception for this new group-collision risk, but docs/decisions/EXCEPTIONS.md isn't updated with a corresponding row + sunset date — worth adding alongside the fix above.

…id exception

projectGroups hashed every string group id, so a workflow's own string id
("my-custom-group") was replaced on every projection and project(mint(wf))
no longer round-tripped. Only the derived insert:<opId>:<scope>:group:<original>
form is coerced now. The legacy-id test now uses a realistic definition-scope
id, and EXCEPTIONS.md gets a PROPOSED KA-5 row for the group-id collision risk.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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@christian-byrne Both points are addressed in b712fd1.

1. projectGroups() coerced any string group id. You're right, it broke project(mint(wf)) == wf for ordinary workflows. It now coerces only ids matching the derived form, DERIVED_GROUP_ID = /^insert:[^:]+:.+:group:[^:]*$/. The scope may contain : (root/definition:...), and the encoded <original> never does. Every other string id is left unchanged.

  • Regression test: leaves a plain string group id that insert_workflow never derived unchanged covers "my-custom-group" and a near-miss "insert:not-derived" at the root, plus a definition group. It failed before the fix (expected [ 1744633233830261, 7729317508842581 ] to deeply equal [ 'my-custom-group', … ]) and passes after.
  • The legacy-id test had used an artificial <derived>:inner id for the definition group. It now uses the real definition-scope form, so it still proves that legacy derived ids map to the same number.

2. docs/decisions/EXCEPTIONS.md. I added a PROPOSED row next to KA-5 with the residual probability (the KA-5 ≈ k²/2^54 bound). It says plainly that, unlike links, a realized group-id collision is not detected: the applier merges groups by canonical JSON, not by id. The sunset is the same as KA-5's: retire it if the frontend widens group id to string | number. Per that file's convention, the owner and approval are left for you to ratify.

Lint, typecheck and check:purity pass. The full vitest run has 7 failures that also happen without this change on my macOS checkout (/var vs /private/var path mismatches and timing in stateless/portable-harness/check-stateless); CI is the authoritative signal.

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Re-reviewed after the fix. Both issues are resolved:

  1. Main regression fixed. projectGroups now only coerces a string group id when it matches DERIVED_GROUP_ID (insert:<opId>:<scope>:group:<original>), which I confirmed matches remap.ts's actual derivation format exactly, including scopes containing colons. Verified the original repro directly: DERIVED_GROUP_ID.test("my-custom-group") is now false (left alone), while real derived ids still match and get coerced. Also backed by a new convergence test (group ids converge across arrival order and on exact replay).

  2. EXCEPTIONS.md updated. New KA-5 row for the group-id collision risk, mirroring the existing link-id row — and it goes further than I asked by honestly flagging that unlike links, a realized group-id collision on groups is not detected at all today (merged by content, not id), which is a useful disclosure for whoever picks this up later.

CI is green. Looks good to merge.

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