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Adding an input to an existing node breaks every API-format prompt already saved for it: validation rejects a new required input with required_input_missing, and an optional input the entry function has no default for passes validation and then raises TypeError. This adds a PR check that snapshots every node's input surface, diffs it against the base branch, and fails on a new required input, an optional input turning required, a dropped accepted type, or a removed combo option. It also checks that optional inputs with no schema default carry one in the entry function. Type comparison is set-based so widening does not trip it, and breaking-node-change on a PR skips the job. Related: #11833.

The 12 nullable inputs that fail the rule today are allowlisted; the allowlist is a ratchet, so a fixed entry left behind also fails.

The schema-default half of the rule depends on #15740, which fills those inputs in at execution. Until that lands, the 75 optional inputs with a schema default and no default in the entry function still raise TypeError and this check does not flag them.

Caught a deliberate break in CI (run), adding a required trim_result to RegexReplace:

1 breaking node input change(s):
  RegexReplace.trim_result: new required input on an existing node

Stored API-format prompts do not have these inputs and will be rejected.
Add the input to 'optional' with a Python default instead, or register a new node.

Backtested against a three-month-old base, 11 real breaks and no false positives:

$ python .github/scripts/node_input_compat.py diff base.json head.json
11 breaking node input change(s):
  ChromaRadianceOptions.force_sequential_txt_ids: new required input on an existing node
  ContextWindowsManual.latent_retain_index_list: new required input on an existing node
  LoadTrainingDataset.folder_name: no longer accepts STRING
  ResolutionSelector.multiple: new required input on an existing node
  SDPoseDrawKeypoints.draw_head: new required input on an existing node
  SaveImageDataSetToFolder.mode: new required input on an existing node
  SaveImageTextDataSetToFolder.mode: new required input on an existing node
  WanContextWindowsManual.retain_first_frame: new required input on an existing node
  WanContextWindowsManual.split_conds_to_windows: new required input on an existing node
  WanSCAILToVideo.previous_frame_count: new required input on an existing node
  WanSCAILToVideo.video_frame_offset: new required input on an existing node

Also pytest tests-unit/utils/node_input_compat_test.py, 14 cases over the diff and allowlist rules.

Adding a required input to an existing node makes validation reject every
saved API-format prompt for that node. An optional input is safe to leave out
two ways: with a default in its schema it does not have to be provided, and
with no default it is a nullable value whose entry function has to carry the
default for the not-connected case.

The workflow snapshots every node's input surface on the PR and on the base
branch and fails on new required inputs, optional inputs turning required,
dropped accepted types, and removed combo options. The 12 nullable inputs
that no node can currently run without are allowlisted.
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The PR adds a Python CLI that snapshots node input schemas, compares snapshots for breaking changes, and detects unsafe optional inputs. It adds an allowlist for known exceptions, unit tests for compatibility rules, and a GitHub Actions workflow for pull-request checks. Repository guidance documents required input placement, defaults, and validation rules.

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