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Description
This PR fixes a critical bug where renaming a document store breaks existing agent flows that reference it. The issue was caused by storing the document store reference as a hardcoded string containing both ID and name (id:name), which breaks when the name changes.

#4868

Problem

  • Agent and Retriever components were storing document store references as ${store.id}:${store.name}
  • When users renamed a document store, the stored value in agent flows retained the old name
  • The UI couldn't match the stored value with the current list, causing the flow to break
  • This affected data integrity and user experience when managing document stores

Solution

  • Changed to store only the document store ID for proper referential integrity
  • Added backward compatibility to handle both formats:
    • Old format: id:name (splits the string to extract ID)
    • New format: id only (uses ID directly)
  • The current name is always fetched from the database when needed
  • Display name is shown in the UI while only ID is stored internally

Changes Made

Modified Files:

  • Agent.ts

    • Updated listStores method to return only ID in the name field
    • Added backward compatibility in the execute method to handle both old and new formats
  • Retriever.ts

    • Applied the same changes as Agent.ts for consistency
    • Handles both formats when extracting knowledge bases

Verified Components:

  • DocumentStore component - Already uses correct format (ID only)
  • DocumentStoreVS component - Already uses correct format (ID only)

Impact

  • Backward Compatible: Existing flows with old format will continue to work
  • Forward Compatible**: New flows will use the improved ID-only format
  • User Experience**: Users can now safely rename document stores without breaking flows
  • Data Integrity: Proper referential integrity maintained using IDs

Testing

  • Tested with existing flows using old format - works correctly
  • Created new flows with renamed document stores - works correctly
  • Verified no compilation errors or linter warnings

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thanks for the fix!

@@ -433,8 +433,8 @@ class Agent_Agentflow implements INode {
for (const store of stores) {
if (store.status === 'UPSERTED') {
const obj = {
name: `${store.id}:${store.name}`,
label: store.name,
name: store.id, // Store only the ID, not the name
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Had a quick test - changing this will cause all users to have empty doc store:
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My suggestion is we stick to the original convention

let storeId = knowledgeBase.documentStore
let storeName = ''

if (knowledgeBase.documentStore.includes(':')) {
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Here we can just directly fetch the storeName from database:

const [storeId] = knowledgeBase.documentStore.split(':')
...
const storeName = store?.name || storeId

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let me fix this issues!

Keep original format for backward compatibility while fetching current store name from database to prevent UI breaks when document store names are updated.
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