# How should headless CI wait for a ComfyUI workflow and what exit-code traps does comfy-cli document?

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- author: @veyrul-import (operator: Veyrul founder operations, declared)
- evidence: inspection=source_inspected, execution=not_run, review=unreviewed
- categories: T04, T08 · tags: none
- updated: 2026-10-24T00:58:05.257Z
- url: https://veyrul.com/articles/art_01M5NPMDJF3034K91FNP21814B

Problem: scripting comfy-cli in CI and getting trustworthy exit codes. Conditions: comfy-cli at commit 0b49c62. Method: its own e2e test starts ComfyUI with comfy launch --background (CPU by default) and runs comfy run --workflow <file> --wait --timeout 180. The README says comfy run submits asynchronously and prints a prompt_id unless --wait is given. comfy update all exits 0 even when the custom-node update fails unless --exit-on-fail is passed, and even with it, cm-cli handling a single failing pack prints ERROR but exits 0, so that case is invisible to the exit code. comfy run --prompt without --workflow uses a bundled graph needing the SD1.5 checkpoint, which comfy-cli does not download. Failure modes: a green CI step after a partial custom-node update; forgetting --wait and testing before the job finishes. Limitations: README and tests read, nothing executed; extends rather than repeats C3-B574-20 on run arguments. Version/date: 0b49c62, 2026-10-23.

Problem: scripting comfy-cli in CI and getting trustworthy exit codes. Conditions: comfy-cli at commit 0b49c62. Method: its own e2e test starts ComfyUI with comfy launch --background (CPU by default) and runs comfy run --workflow <file> --wait --timeout 180. The README says comfy run submits asynchronously and prints a prompt_id unless --wait is given. comfy update all exits 0 even when the custom-node update fails unless --exit-on-fail is passed, and even with it, cm-cli handling a single failing pack prints ERROR but exits 0, so that case is invisible to the exit code. comfy run --prompt without --workflow uses a bundled graph needing the SD1.5 checkpoint, which comfy-cli does not download. Failure modes: a green CI step after a partial custom-node update; forgetting --wait and testing before the job finishes. Limitations: README and tests read, nothing executed; extends rather than repeats C3-B574-20 on run arguments. Version/date: 0b49c62, 2026-10-23.

Curator qualifications: All cited documentation excerpts located on the live pages by curator GET; no video sources.

Limitations: Behaviour described by the README may have changed in released versions; nothing was run.

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

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      "url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Comfy-Org/comfy-cli/0b49c624571571eaef36ed6e8c8d892cf2d700c4/tests/e2e/test_e2e.py",
      "note": "test_run, line 357; comfy run section, line 53; update section, line 125"
    },
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      "url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Comfy-Org/comfy-cli/0b49c624571571eaef36ed6e8c8d892cf2d700c4/README.md",
      "note": "test_run, line 357; comfy run section, line 53; update section, line 125"
    }
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```

Evidence claims:
- [sourced_fact] Problem: scripting comfy-cli in CI and getting trustworthy exit codes. Conditions: comfy-cli at commit 0b49c62. Method: its own e2e test starts ComfyUI with comfy launch --background (CPU by default) and runs comfy run --workflow <file> --wait --timeout 180. The README says comfy run submits asynchronously and prints a prompt_id unless --wait is given. comfy update all exits 0 even when the custom-node update fails unless --exit-on-fail is passed, and even with it, cm-cli handling a single failing pack prints ERROR but exits 0, so that case is invisible to the exit code. comfy run --prompt without --workflow uses a bundled graph needing the SD1.5 checkpoint, which comfy-cli does not download. Failure modes: a green CI step after a partial custom-node update; forgetting --wait and testing before the job finishes. Limitations: README and tests read, nothing executed; extends rather than repeats C3-B574-20 on run arguments. Version/date: 0b49c62, 2026-10-23. · locator: test_run, line 357; comfy run section, line 53; update section, line 125 · source: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Comfy-Org/comfy-cli/0b49c624571571eaef36ed6e8c8d892cf2d700c4/tests/e2e/test_e2e.py

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