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Follow-up to #14587, which fixed the timeout on the flow-persistence barrier. This removes the reload that made the barrier expensive in the first place.

Why

configureLoopbackOpenAI patched the persisted flow behind the running editor, then reloaded the page so the editor would pick the change up. Playwright serves the app from a Vite dev server, so that reload replays ~3,500 unbundled module requests — 19-35s on Windows CI, once per test, across 38 call sites.

Nothing forces the configuration to arrive out of band. useAddFlow posts the starter template the browser fetched from /api/v1/flows/basic_examples/, so serving that catalog already pointed at the loopback fixture makes the flow born configured: the editor and the database never diverge, and there is nothing to reload for.

How

  • seedLoopbackProvider(page) rewrites the starter-template catalog response. It must run before the first navigation, since React Query caches the catalog for the session — called too late, it throws rather than silently doing nothing.
  • configureLoopbackOpenAI takes a fast path when the flow it reads is already configured, and keeps patch-and-reload otherwise. A spec that does not seed, or builds its flow from a blank canvas, is unaffected. The fallback console.warns rather than staying silent, so the optimization cannot rot unnoticed across the seeded specs.
  • Mount refresh. The one thing that can still write these nodes without a reload is the model refresh useApplyFlowToCanvas fires on mount, so the fast path waits for it. Refreshes carry no flow in their URL — buildRefreshPayload stamps _frontend_node_flow_id onto the template — so modelRefreshFlowId attributes them, and the tracker is armed before navigation so the wait can never be retroactive.
  • loopback-provider-policy.mjs holds the shared mutation and predicates, next to the existing flow-editor-persistence-policy.mjs — pure and unit tested, so the route seeder and the patch path cannot drift apart.

Scope

Opt-in per spec rather than folded into openStarterProject: live/llm-provider-smoke.spec.ts uses that helper and must reach a real provider. Seeding it would let the "live" check pass without touching a real provider — exactly the failure mode #14540 fixed for the live config.

Not rolled out to decisionFlow, similarity, or Youtube Analysis, which build from a blank canvas where seeding the catalog does nothing.

Measured

Local macOS, bulk-delete-sessions.spec.ts, 8 tests, 2 workers:

result wall clock
before 8 passed 2.8m
after 8 passed 1.6m

A DEBUG=pw:api run confirms zero page.reload calls on the seeded path. macOS reloads are far cheaper than the 19-35s measured on Windows, so the CI saving should be larger there.

Also verified locally: all three call shapes (openStarterProject + withEventDeliveryModes, the raw all-templates click, and selectStarterTemplate) pass with no fallback warnings, and npm run test:e2e-utilities is green at 63 tests.

Test plan

  • Windows shards covering the 25 seeded specs green, and measurably faster
  • Linux shards green
  • No was not seeded with the loopback provider warnings in the shard logs

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Tests
    • Improved automated coverage for chat, integrations, regressions, session management, and image-upload scenarios.
    • Test setup now consistently provides a configured local model provider before application flows run.
    • Added validation for provider configuration, starter templates, model refresh behavior, malformed inputs, and data immutability.
    • Expanded end-to-end test execution to include provider-policy checks.

…d of reloading

`configureLoopbackOpenAI` patched the persisted flow behind the running editor
and then reloaded the page so the editor would pick the change up. Playwright
serves the app from a Vite dev server, so that reload replays ~3.5k unbundled
module requests: 19-35s on Windows CI, and it happens once per test across 38
call sites.

Nothing forces the configuration to arrive out of band. `useAddFlow` posts the
starter template the browser fetched from `/api/v1/flows/basic_examples/`, so
serving that catalog already pointed at the loopback fixture makes the flow
*born* configured — the editor and the database never diverge and there is
nothing to reload for.

`seedLoopbackProvider(page)` installs that route and must run before the first
navigation, since React Query caches the catalog for the session.
`configureLoopbackOpenAI` then takes a fast path when the flow it reads is
already configured, and keeps the patch-and-reload path otherwise, so a spec
that does not seed (or builds its flow from a blank canvas) is unaffected. The
fallback warns rather than staying silent, so the optimization cannot rot
unnoticed across the seeded specs.

The one thing that can still write these nodes without a reload is the model
refresh `useApplyFlowToCanvas` fires on mount, so the fast path waits for it.
Refreshes carry no flow in their URL — `buildRefreshPayload` stamps
`_frontend_node_flow_id` onto the template — so `modelRefreshFlowId` attributes
them, and the tracker is armed before navigation to avoid a retroactive wait.

The shared mutation and predicates move into `loopback-provider-policy.mjs`
alongside the existing `flow-editor-persistence-policy.mjs`, pure and unit
tested, so the route seeder and the patch path cannot drift apart.

Not rolled out to specs that build from a blank canvas (`decisionFlow`,
`similarity`, `Youtube Analysis`) — seeding the template catalog does nothing
for them. Deliberately opt-in rather than folded into `openStarterProject`:
`live/llm-provider-smoke.spec.ts` uses that helper and must reach a real
provider, which is exactly the failure mode #14540 fixed for the live config.

Measured locally on macOS, bulk-delete-sessions.spec.ts (8 tests, 2 workers):
2.8m before, 1.6m after, all passing both ways. macOS reloads are far cheaper
than the 19-35s measured on Windows, so the CI saving should be larger.
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The PR adds shared loopback-provider policy and seeding utilities. It updates loopback configuration to support pre-seeded flows and adds seeding setup to frontend feature, integration, and regression tests.

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Loopback provider infrastructure

Layer / File(s) Summary
Loopback policy utilities
src/frontend/tests/utils/loopback-provider-policy.*
Adds loopback constants, typed structures, target detection, immutable node and flow rewriting, validation, and starter-catalog example transformation.
Refresh tracking and provider seeding
src/frontend/tests/utils/flow-editor-persistence-policy.*, src/frontend/tests/utils/seed-loopback-provider.ts
Adds model-refresh flow-ID extraction, catalog interception, refresh tracking, seeding-state checks, and mount-refresh waiting.
Loopback configuration integration
src/frontend/tests/utils/configure-loopback-openai.ts
Uses the shared policy, supports already-seeded flows, waits for mount refreshes, and verifies configured nodes.
Frontend test migration
src/frontend/package.json, src/frontend/tests/core/**/*.spec.ts, src/frontend/tests/extended/**/*.spec.ts
Seeds the loopback provider before navigation or bootstrap across affected tests and runs the new policy test suite.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to 23c79

This PR seeds loopback provider settings into starter templates to avoid expensive page reloads. A localized test-wait timing issue could cause occasional misattribution of model refresh completion, but the bounded impact is limited to test reliability and no merge-blocking risk remains after normal review.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant PlaywrightPage
  participant StarterCatalog
  participant LangflowApp
  participant ModelRefreshAPI
  PlaywrightPage->>StarterCatalog: intercept starter-template catalog
  StarterCatalog-->>PlaywrightPage: return loopback-configured examples
  PlaywrightPage->>LangflowApp: navigate after seeding
  LangflowApp->>ModelRefreshAPI: submit stamped model refresh
  ModelRefreshAPI-->>PlaywrightPage: record refresh by flow ID
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src/frontend/tests/utils/configure-loopback-openai.ts (1)

79-92: 🩺 Stability & Availability | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Track a per-mount refresh baseline.

waitForMountModelRefresh compares the cumulative completedByFlow count with expectedRefreshes. Earlier refreshes for the same flowId can satisfy the condition before the current refresh completes. Pass the count captured immediately before the current mount, or reset the counter per mount.

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In `@src/frontend/tests/utils/configure-loopback-openai.ts` around lines 79 - 92,
Update the mount-refresh flow around waitForMountModelRefresh to capture the
flow’s completed refresh count immediately before the current mount and pass
that baseline into the wait, so only refreshes completed after this mount
satisfy expectedRefreshes. Ensure waitForMountModelRefresh compares the current
cumulative completedByFlow count against baseline plus the expected refresh
count, without changing the existing autosave flush behavior.
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In `@src/frontend/tests/utils/configure-loopback-openai.ts`:
- Around line 79-92: Update the mount-refresh flow around
waitForMountModelRefresh to capture the flow’s completed refresh count
immediately before the current mount and pass that baseline into the wait, so
only refreshes completed after this mount satisfy expectedRefreshes. Ensure
waitForMountModelRefresh compares the current cumulative completedByFlow count
against baseline plus the expected refresh count, without changing the existing
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…d of reloading (release-1.12.0) (#14593)

perf(tests): seed the loopback provider into starter templates instead of reloading (#14589)

`configureLoopbackOpenAI` patched the persisted flow behind the running editor
and then reloaded the page so the editor would pick the change up. Playwright
serves the app from a Vite dev server, so that reload replays ~3.5k unbundled
module requests: 19-35s on Windows CI, and it happens once per test across 38
call sites.

Nothing forces the configuration to arrive out of band. `useAddFlow` posts the
starter template the browser fetched from `/api/v1/flows/basic_examples/`, so
serving that catalog already pointed at the loopback fixture makes the flow
*born* configured — the editor and the database never diverge and there is
nothing to reload for.

`seedLoopbackProvider(page)` installs that route and must run before the first
navigation, since React Query caches the catalog for the session.
`configureLoopbackOpenAI` then takes a fast path when the flow it reads is
already configured, and keeps the patch-and-reload path otherwise, so a spec
that does not seed (or builds its flow from a blank canvas) is unaffected. The
fallback warns rather than staying silent, so the optimization cannot rot
unnoticed across the seeded specs.

The one thing that can still write these nodes without a reload is the model
refresh `useApplyFlowToCanvas` fires on mount, so the fast path waits for it.
Refreshes carry no flow in their URL — `buildRefreshPayload` stamps
`_frontend_node_flow_id` onto the template — so `modelRefreshFlowId` attributes
them, and the tracker is armed before navigation to avoid a retroactive wait.

The shared mutation and predicates move into `loopback-provider-policy.mjs`
alongside the existing `flow-editor-persistence-policy.mjs`, pure and unit
tested, so the route seeder and the patch path cannot drift apart.

Not rolled out to specs that build from a blank canvas (`decisionFlow`,
`similarity`, `Youtube Analysis`) — seeding the template catalog does nothing
for them. Deliberately opt-in rather than folded into `openStarterProject`:
`live/llm-provider-smoke.spec.ts` uses that helper and must reach a real
provider, which is exactly the failure mode #14540 fixed for the live config.

Measured locally on macOS, bulk-delete-sessions.spec.ts (8 tests, 2 workers):
2.8m before, 1.6m after, all passing both ways. macOS reloads are far cheaper
than the 19-35s measured on Windows, so the CI saving should be larger.

(cherry picked from commit b40b405)
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