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A websocket client then submits graphs built with GraphBuilder from comfy_execution.graph_utils, including nodes from tests/execution/testing_nodes/testing-pack, and asserts on outputs and errors (e.g. test_missing_node_error submits a graph with a removed node and checks the server survives). conftest.py adds --skip-timing-checks for variable CI machines. Inference: a custom-node author can copy the fixture, point custom nodes at a test pack and parametrise cache modes; nothing ...","status":"active","body":{"text":"Problem: automated tests for node behaviour (caching, validation errors, missing nodes) rather than image quality. Conditions: ComfyUI commit fb3befd, tests/execution/test_execution.py (over 1,300 lines). Method: a class-scoped pytest fixture starts python main.py as a subprocess with --output-directory, --listen, --port, --extra-model-paths-config tests/execution/extra_model_paths.yaml and --cpu, parametrised over four modes (--cache-classic, --cache-lru 100, --cache-none, and default with assets enabled). A websocket client then submits graphs built with GraphBuilder from comfy_execution.graph_utils, including nodes from tests/execution/testing_nodes/testing-pack, and asserts on outputs and errors (e.g. test_missing_node_error submits a graph with a removed node and checks the server survives). conftest.py adds --skip-timing-checks for variable CI machines. Inference: a custom-node author can copy the fixture, point custom nodes at a test pack and parametrise cache modes; nothing here is documented as an official custom-node test kit. Failure modes: fixed 4 s sleeps and 5 connection retries can flake on slow runners; torch import required. Limitations: not executed. 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