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jaeone94 b4d209b5f6 feat: refresh missing models through pipeline (#11661)
## Summary

Follow-up to the closed earlier attempt in #11646. This PR keeps the
same user-facing goal, but changes the implementation to reuse the
existing missing model pipeline for refresh instead of maintaining a
separate candidate-only recheck path.

Adds a missing model refresh action in the Errors tab by reusing the
existing missing model pipeline, so users can re-check models after
downloading or manually placing files without reloading the workflow.

## Changes

- **What**:
- Adds `app.refreshMissingModels()` as a reusable refresh entry point
for the current root graph.
- Splits node definition reloading into `app.reloadNodeDefs()` so
missing-model refresh can pull fresh `object_info` without showing the
generic combo refresh success flow.
- Reuses the existing missing model pipeline instead of adding a
separate candidate-only checker. The refresh path serializes the current
graph, reuses active workflow model metadata when available, falls back
to current missing-model metadata, and then reruns the same candidate
discovery/enrichment/surfacing flow used during workflow load.
- Adds missing model refresh state and error handling to
`missingModelStore`.
- Adds a Refresh button next to Download all in the missing model card
action bar.
- Moves Download all from the Errors tab header into the missing model
card, so the Download all and Refresh actions render or hide together.
- Changes Download all visibility from “more than one downloadable
model” to “at least one downloadable model.”
- Keeps the action bar hidden when there are no downloadable missing
models; Cloud still does not render this action area.
- Normalizes active workflow `pendingWarnings` updates so resolved
missing model warnings do not get revived by stale empty warning
objects.
- Adds test IDs and coverage for the new action bar, refresh state,
refresh delegation, pending warning sync, and E2E refresh behavior.
- **Breaking**: None.
- **Dependencies**: None.

## Review Focus

The main design choice is intentionally reusing the missing model
pipeline for refresh instead of implementing a smaller candidate-only
recheck.

The earlier candidate-only approach was cheaper, but it created a
separate source of truth for missing-model resolution and made edge
cases harder to reason about. In particular, it could diverge from the
behavior used when a workflow is loaded, and it did not naturally handle
the case where a model becomes missing after the workflow is already
open. This version pays the cost of refreshing node definitions and
rerunning the missing-model scan for the current graph, but keeps the
refresh behavior aligned with workflow load semantics.

Expected behavior by environment:

- OSS browser:
- The action bar appears when at least one missing model has a
downloadable URL and directory.
  - Download all uses the existing browser download path.
- Refresh reloads `object_info`, refreshes node definitions/combo
values, reruns missing-model detection for the current graph, and clears
the error if the selected model is now available.
- OSS desktop:
- The same action bar appears under the same downloadable-model
condition.
  - Download all uses the existing Electron DownloadManager path.
- Refresh uses the same missing-model pipeline as browser, so manually
placed files or desktop-downloaded files can be rechecked without
reloading the workflow.
- Cloud:
- The action bar remains hidden because model download/import is not
supported in this section for Cloud.

A few boundaries are intentional:

- This PR does not add automatic filesystem watching. Browser OSS cannot
reliably observe local model folder changes, so the user-triggered
Refresh button remains the cross-environment mechanism.
- This PR does not redesign the public `refreshComboInNodes` API beyond
extracting `reloadNodeDefs()` for reuse. Further cleanup of toast
behavior or a more explicit object-info reload API can be follow-up
work.
- This PR keeps refresh scoped to missing-model validation; missing
media and missing nodes continue to use their existing flows.

Linear: FE-417

## Screenshots (if applicable)


https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/2e02799f-1374-4377-b7b3-172241517772


## Validation

- `pnpm format`
- `pnpm lint` (passes; existing unrelated warning remains in
`src/platform/workspace/composables/useWorkspaceBilling.test.ts`)
- `pnpm typecheck`
- `pnpm test:unit`
- `pnpm test:browser:local -- --project=chromium
browser_tests/tests/propertiesPanel/errorsTabMissingModels.spec.ts`
- `pnpm build`
- `NX_SKIP_NX_CACHE=true DISTRIBUTION=desktop USE_PROD_CONFIG=true
NODE_OPTIONS='--max-old-space-size=8192' pnpm exec nx build`
- Manual desktop verification through `~/Projects/desktop` after copying
the desktop build into `assets/ComfyUI/web_custom_versions/desktop_app`:
  - confirmed the FE bundle is built with `DISTRIBUTION = "desktop"`
- confirmed missing model Download uses the desktop download path
instead of browser download
- confirmed Refresh can clear the missing model error after the model is
available
- Push hook: `pnpm knip --cache`

┆Issue is synchronized with this [Notion
page](https://www.notion.so/PR-11661-feat-refresh-missing-models-through-pipeline-34f6d73d3650811488defee54a7a6667)
by [Unito](https://www.unito.io)
2026-04-27 18:53:50 +00:00
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