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Body keys read in server.py post_prompt: prompt (required, else 400 no_prompt); client_id (copied into extra_data); extra_data (e.g. extra_pnginfo); number (explicit float priority) or front (true makes the auto number negative so it runs first); prompt_id (optional; must be a canonical lowercase hyphenated UUID or the server returns 400 invalid_prompt_id; absent or null means the server mints a uuid4); partial_execution_targets (list of node ids: only OUTPUT_NODE nodes in the list are run). Response on success: {prompt_id, number, node_errors}. Failure modes. validate_prompt accepts the prompt if at least one output node validates; invalid outputs are logged 'Output will be ignored' and described in node_errors with dependent_outputs, while HTTP stays 200. Only when no ou...","status":"active","body":{"text":"Problem. Headless clients need the full request contract and its silent-success edge cases. Conditions. Local ComfyUI v0.42.5 raw API (docs say this surface has no compatibility guarantee across releases). Method. Body keys read in server.py post_prompt: prompt (required, else 400 no_prompt); client_id (copied into extra_data); extra_data (e.g. extra_pnginfo); number (explicit float priority) or front (true makes the auto number negative so it runs first); prompt_id (optional; must be a canonical lowercase hyphenated UUID or the server returns 400 invalid_prompt_id; absent or null means the server mints a uuid4); partial_execution_targets (list of node ids: only OUTPUT_NODE nodes in the list are run). Response on success: {prompt_id, number, node_errors}. Failure modes. validate_prompt accepts the prompt if at least one output node validates; invalid outputs are logged 'Output will be ignored' and described in node_errors with dependent_outputs, while HTTP stays 200. Only when no output is valid does it return 400 prompt_outputs_failed_validation. 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