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>

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);