FlowiseAI/Flowise · error · Error

Execute Flow node name is required!

Error message

Execute Flow node name is required!

What it means

Each Execute Flow sequential node requires a display name; the name is slugified (lowercased, spaces to underscores) into the LangGraph node identifier. Thrown at init when inputs.seqExecuteFlowName is empty.

Source

Thrown at packages/components/nodes/sequentialagents/ExecuteFlow/ExecuteFlow.ts:154

            const searchOptions = options.searchOptions || {}
            const chatflows = await appDataSource.getRepository(databaseEntities['ChatFlow']).findBy(searchOptions)

            for (let i = 0; i < chatflows.length; i += 1) {
                const data = {
                    label: chatflows[i].name,
                    name: chatflows[i].id
                } as INodeOptionsValue
                returnData.push(data)
            }
            return returnData
        }
    }

    async init(nodeData: INodeData, input: string, options: ICommonObject): Promise<any> {
        const selectedFlowId = nodeData.inputs?.selectedFlow as string
        const _seqExecuteFlowName = nodeData.inputs?.seqExecuteFlowName as string
        if (!_seqExecuteFlowName) throw new Error('Execute Flow node name is required!')
        const seqExecuteFlowName = _seqExecuteFlowName.toLowerCase().replace(/\s/g, '_').trim()
        const startNewSession = nodeData.inputs?.startNewSession as boolean
        const appDataSource = options.appDataSource as DataSource
        const databaseEntities = options.databaseEntities as IDatabaseEntity
        const sequentialNodes = nodeData.inputs?.sequentialNode as ISeqAgentNode[]
        const seqExecuteFlowInput = nodeData.inputs?.seqExecuteFlowInput as string
        const overrideConfig =
            typeof nodeData.inputs?.overrideConfig === 'string' &&
            nodeData.inputs.overrideConfig.startsWith('{') &&
            nodeData.inputs.overrideConfig.endsWith('}')
                ? JSON.parse(nodeData.inputs.overrideConfig)
                : nodeData.inputs?.overrideConfig

        if (!sequentialNodes || !sequentialNodes.length) throw new Error('Execute Flow must have a predecessor!')

        const baseURL = (nodeData.inputs?.baseURL as string) || (options.baseURL as string)
        const returnValueAs = nodeData.inputs?.returnValueAs as string

View on GitHub (pinned to abe4a8601a)

Solutions

1. Enter a unique, non-empty name in the 'Execute Flow Node Name' field.
2. Avoid duplicating another sequential node's name in the same flow (the slugified id collides in the graph).

const name = (nodeData.inputs?.seqExecuteFlowName ?? '').trim()
if (!name) throw new Error('Provide an Execute Flow Node Name before init')

When it happens

Trigger: The 'Execute Flow Node Name' parameter was left blank when the node was added or edited.

Common situations: Newly added node saved before naming; name field cleared during an edit; programmatic chatflow build omitting the field.

Related errors

• Execute Flow must have a predecessor!
• LLM Node name is required!
• Custom function must have a predecessor!
• End must have a predecessor!
• Invalid flow ID: must be a valid UUID

AI-assisted analysis of FlowiseAI/Flowise@abe4a8601a (2026-08-12). Data as JSON: /api/errors/45e96e2737e7f61c. Report an issue: GitHub.