Merge is not merging

[Chrisyk]

I’m trying to combine two inputs; however, the merge node only outputs one of them. I am sure that they both contain data because I pinned them. I also know the data is being passed because if I take away one of them, the other one (the one that doesn’t merge) is the only output. I assumed it might have been because one of them contained a JSON list, but after filtering it with JavaScript, the issue persists. I asked the AI assistant multiple times but it only says it’s unexpected behavior and to re-check the same things.

Any clue what it may be?

[jabbson]

Hey @Chrisyk hope all is well. Welcome to the community.

Try to change the mode to Combine (by all possible combinations) and see if that helps.

[Chrisyk]

Hi @jabbson,
When I do that I get no output unfortunately.

[jabbson]

Would you like to pin the data and share the input and the merge node with us, so we can try to help?

[Chrisyk]

Sure, could you teach me how to do that? Sorry I’m new.

[jabbson]

No worries at all,

this is how you can pin data and this is how you can share the workflow.

[jabbson]

basically, execute the workflow, right click on both input nodes and select Pin.
Then select all the workflow and ctrl-c / ctrl-v it here (preferably between two triple backticks - ``` ).

[Chrisyk]

I had to change the contents of the Input 1 node because it has some personal information. Node 2 is an extension.

[Chrisyk]

Okay, I added some redundancy so you can actually see the data.

[jabbson]

When I run your example, I do see merged output

[Chrisyk]

This is strange, could it be the input 1 that I changed? I tried it again and it didn’t work on my end.

[jabbson]

Try to copy and paste my workflow back to your canvas and click on Execute Workflow in front of the first (manual trigger) node.

[Chrisyk]

Okay, it works when the input 1 is changed to just “Chrisyk” but not with my original text… let me try changing some sensitive text on the original.

[Chrisyk]

I figured it out. Apparently, I needed to run a trigger through both nodes, even though the data is pinned. I was running it on the Merge node by itself the whole time. Sorry for the inconvenience, I’ll close the thread now.