Collapsed nodes with string inputs - fields no longer exposed on Subgraph widgets

[altoiddealer]

Prerequisites

• I am running the latest version of ComfyUI
• I have custom nodes enabled

What happened?

Hello, I frequently update my ComfyUI.

I haven't updated in a few days - but I can see that this change just recently occurred.

Within a subgraph, you can link an input to a text field such as the text field in the Clip Text Encode node, or String (multiline) node, etc.

• Until a very recent update, that node within the subgraph could be collapsed and the text field would still be exposed outside the subgraph view, in the Subgraph widget.
• Now, there is no text input if the node is collapsed within the subgraph.
• If the node is expanded within the subgraph, the text box does display in the subgraph widget.

Steps to Reproduce

1. Connect a subgraph input to a Node's text field input
2. Check the subgraph widget - text box is there
3. Go back into the subgraph view and collapse that node
4. Check the subgraph widget - text box is no longer there

How is this affecting you?

Visual/UI issue only

ComfyUI Frontend Version

1.41.20

Browser

Chrome/Chromium

Console Errors

Logs

Additional Context

Issue: Node in Subgraph is Collapsed

Node in Subgraph is Expanded (Should Always Display This Way)

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⚠️ Possible Duplicate Issue(s)

• Promoted text prompt field disappears from subgraph when node is collapsed (v0.17+) #9925

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[dosubot]

Hi @altoiddealer! I'm Dosu and I’m helping the ComfyUI_frontend team.

This appears to be a known issue. There's a very similar bug report in issue #9979 documenting multiple subgraph regressions in recent versions, including text fields not displaying properly when nodes are collapsed within subgraphs.

There was also a previous issue (#4399) specifically about multiline string widgets not showing on the outside of collapsed subgraph nodes, which was reportedly fixed in v1.25.0. However, it seems the behavior has regressed again in recent versions.

Several related fixes were merged in early March 2026:

• PR #9676 - Restored hiding of linked inputs in app mode
• PR #9581 / #9563 - Fixed non-widget inputs on nested subgraphs appearing incorrectly

Workaround: As you've noted, keeping the node expanded within the subgraph will display the text input correctly on the subgraph widget.

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[altoiddealer]

I see this is actually a duplicate.

I'm going to close this and add my context to the other issue