fix: Changes to workflow staticData erroneously updating updatedAt (n…

…8n-io#9790)

packages/cli/src/workflows/workflowStaticData.service.ts

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { type IDataObject, type Workflow, ErrorReporterProxy as ErrorReporter }
 import { Logger } from '@/Logger';
 import { WorkflowRepository } from '@db/repositories/workflow.repository';
 import { isWorkflowIdValid } from '@/utils';
+import config from '@/config';
 
 @Service()
 export class WorkflowStaticDataService {
@@ -43,8 +44,19 @@ export class WorkflowStaticDataService {
 
 	/** Saves the given static data on workflow */
 	async saveStaticDataById(workflowId: string, newStaticData: IDataObject): Promise<void> {
-		await this.workflowRepository.update(workflowId, {
-			staticData: newStaticData,
-		});
+		const qb = this.workflowRepository.createQueryBuilder('workflow');
+		await qb
+			.update()
+			.set({
+				staticData: newStaticData,
+				updatedAt: () => {
+					if (['mysqldb', 'mariadb'].includes(config.getEnv('database.type'))) {
+						return 'updatedAt';
+					}
+					return '"updatedAt"';
+				},
+			})
+			.where('id = :id', { id: workflowId })
+			.execute();
 	}
 }

packages/cli/test/integration/services/workflowStaticData.service.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+import { WorkflowStaticDataService } from '@/workflows/workflowStaticData.service';
+import * as testDb from '@test-integration/testDb';
+import Container from 'typedi';
+import { createWorkflow } from '@test-integration/db/workflows';
+import { Workflow } from 'n8n-workflow';
+import { mockInstance } from '@test/mocking';
+import { NodeTypes } from '@/NodeTypes';
+import { WorkflowRepository } from '@/databases/repositories/workflow.repository';
+
+const nodeTypes = mockInstance(NodeTypes);
+let workflowStaticDataService: WorkflowStaticDataService;
+let workflowRepository: WorkflowRepository;
+
+beforeAll(async () => {
+	await testDb.init();
+
+	workflowStaticDataService = Container.get(WorkflowStaticDataService);
+	workflowRepository = Container.get(WorkflowRepository);
+});
+
+afterAll(async () => {
+	await testDb.terminate();
+});
+
+describe('WorkflowStaticDataService', () => {
+	it('should not change workflow updatedAt when calling saveStaticData', async () => {
+		const workflowEntityOriginal = await createWorkflow();
+
+		const workflow = new Workflow({
+			id: workflowEntityOriginal.id,
+			active: false,
+			connections: {},
+			nodeTypes,
+			nodes: [],
+		});
+
+		workflow.staticData.testValue = 1;
+
+		await workflowStaticDataService.saveStaticData(workflow);
+
+		const workflowEntityNew = await workflowRepository.get({
+			id: workflowEntityOriginal.id,
+		});
+
+		expect(workflowEntityNew?.staticData).toEqual(workflow.staticData);
+		expect(workflowEntityNew?.updatedAt).toEqual(workflowEntityOriginal.updatedAt);
+	});
+
+	it('should not change workflow updatedAt when calling saveStaticDataById', async () => {
+		const workflowEntityOriginal = await createWorkflow();
+		const staticData = { testValue: 1 };
+
+		await workflowStaticDataService.saveStaticDataById(workflowEntityOriginal.id, staticData);
+
+		const workflowEntityNew = await workflowRepository.get({
+			id: workflowEntityOriginal.id,
+		});
+
+		expect(workflowEntityNew?.staticData).toEqual(staticData);
+		expect(workflowEntityNew?.updatedAt).toEqual(workflowEntityOriginal.updatedAt);
+	});
+});