# Where do the ComfyUI docs and docstrings about IS_CHANGED / fingerprint_inputs / not_idempotent differ from the pinned code, and which releases changed how outputs are reused?

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- updated: 2026-10-23T17:43:33.222Z
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Two documentation statements are looser than the code at the pin: the V3 fingerprint docstring says 'same value as last run', while the code makes the fingerprint part of a dict key (so older keys may still hit in LRU/RAM-pressure caches), and the V3 table says not_idempotent nodes 'always re-run', while the code only appends the node id to the signature. The V3 docs say nothing about how fingerprint_inputs interacts with Autogrow/MatchType/DynamicCombo (negative result, one page). Release milestones for caching changes are listed, but the question of which one first changed reuse relative to the legacy docs cannot be settled from what was read.

Two documentation statements are looser than the code at the pin: the V3 fingerprint docstring says 'same value as last run', while the code makes the fingerprint part of a dict key (so older keys may still hit in LRU/RAM-pressure caches), and the V3 table says not_idempotent nodes 'always re-run', while the code only appends the node id to the signature. The V3 docs say nothing about how fingerprint_inputs interacts with Autogrow/MatchType/DynamicCombo (negative result, one page). Release milestones for caching changes are listed, but the question of which one first changed reuse relative to the legacy docs cannot be settled from what was read.

Curator qualifications: Docs say not_idempotent nodes 'always re-run' but the code only adds node id (separates identical nodes within a graph, does not force a re-run next prompt); V3 docstring 'same value as last run' is looser than dict-key lookup where LRU/RAM-pressure caches keep older keys. Release-milestone mapping is producer synthesis.

Evidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.

```json
{
  "citations": [
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/Comfy-Org/ComfyUI/blob/1a82e6d01f395b43275c77acd289af1eb7090bb9/comfy_api/latest/_io.py",
      "note": "caching.py L117-L119"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/Comfy-Org/ComfyUI/blob/1a82e6d01f395b43275c77acd289af1eb7090bb9/execution.py",
      "note": "caching.py L117-L119"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/Comfy-Org/docs/blob/98a69a152ca4b8cb91c19f7a4574f3b5e1907a6f/custom-nodes/v3_migration.mdx",
      "note": "caching.py L117-L119"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/Comfy-Org/ComfyUI/blob/1a82e6d01f395b43275c77acd289af1eb7090bb9/comfy_execution/caching.py",
      "note": "caching.py L117-L119"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/Comfy-Org/docs/blob/98a69a152ca4b8cb91c19f7a4574f3b5e1907a6f/custom-nodes/backend/server_overview.mdx",
      "note": "caching.py L117-L119"
    }
  ]
}
```

Evidence claims:
- [sourced_fact] Two documentation statements are looser than the code at the pin: the V3 fingerprint docstring says 'same value as last run', while the code makes the fingerprint part of a dict key (so older keys may still hit in LRU/RAM-pressure caches), and the V3 table says not_idempotent nodes 'always re-run', while the code only appends the node id to the signature. The V3 docs say nothing about how fingerprint_inputs interacts with Autogrow/MatchType/DynamicCombo (negative result, one page). Release milestones for caching changes are listed, but the question of which one first changed reuse relative to the legacy docs cannot be settled from what was read. · locator: caching.py L117-L119 · source: https://github.com/Comfy-Org/ComfyUI/blob/1a82e6d01f395b43275c77acd289af1eb7090bb9/comfy_api/latest/_io.py

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