I don't fully understand how the multiplexer works, any pointers?

[ovizii]

If i have a workflow like this and the first rectangle after the triggers is a multiplexer and the next job in line has 3 targets, will the full workflow (the second big rectangle) be run once for each target or will only the next node be run 3 times followed by the rest of the workflow run once?

[jhuckaby]

My gosh, what OS / browser are you using? I've never seen the fonts so broken before when zoomed out to 50%.

To answer your question, everything in the large box on the right side will run multiple times in parallel, set by the "Targets" field in the very first job node (the one directly wired to the multiplex controller -- I believe the title says "Run dockcheck").

So if Dockcheck's "Targets" field (the one currently set to "D..." in the screenshot) resolves to 4 servers, then 4 Dockcheck jobs will run in parallel.

And since you are using what appears to be the "On Success" condition wired to additional steps after the Dockcheck (i.e. a decision, wait, and another job node), ALL of those will run on each of the parallel tracks started from the multiplex.

If you want to change this so that ONLY the "Run dockcheck" job runs multiple times, and everything else on the right side waits for all the multiplex jobs to complete, and only run once, then you need to change the "On Success" condition to "On Continue".

Full explanation and docs are here: https://docs.xyops.io/#Docs/workflows/continue-after-controllers

[ovizii]

Thanks for the pointer to the right docs page and the explanation. I fully get it now, thanks so much.

As to the "ugly" screenshot: it never struck me as odd. I am using Ubuntu + Gnome and Librewolf. Librewolf is highly privacy focused, but I am sure I made exceptions for all the domains and services I own. Briefly checked with Chrome and it didn't look particularly different.

[jhuckaby]

Thank you for the OS / browser info. It looks like Librewolf has a "minimum font size" that it cannot render anything smaller than, which is why the screenshot looks so "cramped" at 50% zoom.

My workflow editor uses the actual DOM to render nodes (not a canvas), so I'm at the mercy of each browser's DOM rendering engine 😉