Agent v2 sandbox works in Workflow but not in Chatflow — is this expected in 1.16.1?General Discussion

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I believe the sandbox environment and skills capabilities are equally necessary for Agent nodes in Chatflow. Why does the current 1.16.1 design keep Chatflow's Agent node unchanged while only enabling sandbox + skills for Workflow's Agent node? Is this a temporary limitation or an intentional design decision?

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This appears to be a temporary rollout limitation rather than a permanent design decision. The architecture already supports Agent V2 in both Workflow and Chatflow modes — internal documentation describes Agent V2 as powering Agent nodes in "Workflows and Chatflows" [1]. The restriction you're seeing in 1.16.1 is on the frontend/node palette side, not a backend constraint.

Here's what's happening:

• When NEXT_PUBLIC_ENABLE_AGENT_V2=true (the default since v1.16.0), the frontend replaces the legacy Agent node with Agent V2 in the node palette. However, Agent V2 only appears in Workflow mode, leaving Chatflow without any Agent node [2] [3].
• The backend still supports both Agent V1 and V2 simultaneously — this is purely a frontend availability issue.
• This same gap was reported in #39209, where community members confirmed the root cause and shared workarounds [2].

Workarounds for now:

1. Set NEXT_PUBLIC_ENABLE_AGENT_V2=false in your environment to restore the legacy Agent node in Chatflows.
2. A community member in Update Dify 1.16.0 Publish app error #39209 shared a minor frontend code modification to make both Agent V1 and V2 available simultaneously, since the backend already supports both versions.

That said, there's no public timeline for when Agent V2 with sandbox and skills will be officially available in Chatflow. It does look like this is part of a phased rollout rather than an intentional permanent limitation.

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