@smythos/sre 1.5.45 → 1.5.50

package/src/subsystems/AgentManager/Agent.class.ts

@@ -1,1114 +1,1114 @@
-import { Component } from '@sre/Components/Component.class';
-import { AgentLogger } from './AgentLogger.class';
-import { AgentRequest } from './AgentRequest.class';
-import { AgentRuntime } from './AgentRuntime.class';
-import { AgentSettings } from './AgentSettings.class';
-import { OSResourceMonitor } from './OSResourceMonitor';
-import config from '@sre/config';
-import { ControlledPromise, delay, getCurrentFormattedDate, uid } from '@sre/utils/index';
-
-import { Logger } from '@sre/helpers/Log.helper';
-import { TemplateString } from '@sre/helpers/TemplateString.helper';
-import { AgentSSE } from './AgentSSE.class';
-import { IAgent } from '@sre/types/Agent.types';
-import { IModelsProviderRequest, ModelsProviderConnector } from '@sre/LLMManager/ModelsProvider.service/ModelsProviderConnector';
-import { ConnectorService } from '@sre/Core/ConnectorsService';
-import { AccessCandidate } from '@sre/Security/AccessControl/AccessCandidate.class';
-
-const console = Logger('Agent');
-const idPromise = (id) => id;
-const MAX_LATENCY = 50;
-
-export class Agent implements IAgent {
-    public name: any;
-    public data: any;
-    public teamId: any;
-    public components: any;
-    public connections: any;
-    public endpoints: any = {};
-    public sessionId;
-    public sessionTag = '';
-    public callerSessionId;
-    public apiBasePath = '/api';
-    public agentRuntime: AgentRuntime | any;
-
-    public usingTestDomain = false;
-    public domain = '';
-    public debugSessionEnabled = false;
-    public circularLimit = 100; //TODO : make it configurable from agent settings
-    public version = '';
-
-    //public baseUrl = '';
-    public agentVariables: any = {};
-    private _kill = false;
-    //public agentRequest: Request | AgentRequest | any;
-    public async = false;
-    public jobID = '';
-    public planInfo: any = {};
-    public callback: (data: any) => void;
-
-    public agentRequest: AgentRequest;
-    public sse: AgentSSE;
-    public modelsProvider: IModelsProviderRequest;
-
-    private _componentInstance = {};
-
-    public get ComponentInstances() {
-        return this._componentInstance;
-    }
-
-    private _componentInstancesLoader = new ControlledPromise(() => {});
-
-    constructor(
-        public id,
-        agentData,
-        public agentSettings: AgentSettings,
-        agentRequest?: AgentRequest | any //private req: express.Request,
-    ) {
-        //this.agentRequest = new AgentRequest(req);
-        const json = typeof agentData === 'string' ? JSON.parse(agentData) : agentData;
-        this.data = json.connections && json.components ? json : json.data;
-        if (!this.data) this.data = { name: '', connections: [], components: [] };
-        //this.agentVariables = json.data.variables || {};
-
-        this.name = this.data.name;
-        this.version = this.data.agentVersion || ''; //when version is not set we load the latest dev version
-        this.teamId = this.data.teamId;
-        this.connections = this.data.connections;
-        this.debugSessionEnabled = this.data.debugSessionEnabled;
-        this.usingTestDomain = this.data.usingTestDomain;
-
-        this.agentVariables = this.data.variables || {};
-
-        const endpoints = this.data.components.filter((c) => c.name == 'APIEndpoint');
-        for (let endpoint of endpoints) {
-            let method = endpoint.data.method || 'POST';
-            method = method.toUpperCase();
-            if (!this.endpoints[`${this.apiBasePath}/${endpoint.data.endpoint}`])
-                this.endpoints[`${this.apiBasePath}/${endpoint.data.endpoint}`] = {};
-            this.endpoints[`${this.apiBasePath}/${endpoint.data.endpoint}`][method] = endpoint;
-        }
-
-        this.components = {};
-        for (let component of this.data.components) {
-            //FIXME : this does not persist in debug mode, it breaks key value mem logic
-
-            this.components[component.id] = component;
-        }
-
-        for (let connection of this.data.connections) {
-            const sourceComponent = this.components[connection.sourceId];
-            const targetComponent = this.components[connection.targetId];
-
-            //if connections ids passed as names, we convert them to indexes
-            //TODO : harmonize connections formats
-            const sourceIndex =
-                typeof connection.sourceIndex === 'number'
-                    ? connection.sourceIndex
-                    : sourceComponent.outputs.findIndex((o) => o.name == connection.sourceIndex);
-            const targetIndex =
-                typeof connection.targetIndex === 'number'
-                    ? connection.targetIndex
-                    : targetComponent.inputs.findIndex((i) => i.name == connection.targetIndex);
-
-            connection.sourceIndex = sourceIndex;
-            connection.targetIndex = targetIndex;
-
-            const output = sourceComponent.outputs[sourceIndex];
-            output.index = sourceIndex; // legacy ids (numbers)
-
-            const input = targetComponent.inputs[targetIndex];
-            input.index = targetIndex;
-
-            if (!output.next) output.next = [];
-            output.next.push(targetComponent.id);
-
-            if (!input.prev) input.prev = [];
-            input.prev.push(sourceComponent.id);
-        }
-
-        this.tagAsyncComponents();
-
-        if (agentRequest) {
-            this.setRequest(agentRequest);
-        }
-
-        this.sse = new AgentSSE(this);
-        //this.settings = new AgentSettings(this.id);
-
-        try {
-            //add hosted components to the available instances
-            //hosted components are custom components that are specific to some SRE instances implementations : e.g Shell component is only available to local SRE
-            const componentConnector = ConnectorService.getComponentConnector();
-            componentConnector
-                .requester(AccessCandidate.agent(id))
-                .getAll()
-                .then((customComponents) => {
-                    this._componentInstance = { ...this._componentInstance, ...customComponents };
-                    this._componentInstancesLoader.resolve(true);
-                });
-        } catch (error) {
-            console.warn('Could not load custom components', AccessCandidate.agent(this.id));
-            this._componentInstancesLoader.reject('Could not load custom components');
-        }
-
-        const modelsProvider: ModelsProviderConnector = ConnectorService.getModelsProviderConnector();
-        if (modelsProvider.valid) {
-            this.modelsProvider = modelsProvider.agent(id);
-        }
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Add a SSE connection to the agent
-     * @param sseSource - The SSE source to add
-     * @param monitorId - The monitor ID to add
-     */
-    public addSSE(sseSource: Response | AgentSSE, monitorId?: string) {
-        if (sseSource instanceof AgentSSE) {
-            for (const [monitorId, res] of sseSource) {
-                this.sse.add(res, monitorId); // add each connection to the new sse
-            }
-        } else {
-            const id = monitorId || Math.random().toString(36).substring(2, 15);
-            this.sse.add(sseSource, id);
-        }
-    }
-    public setRequest(agentRequest: AgentRequest | any) {
-        if (this.agentRequest) return;
-        this.agentRequest = agentRequest;
-        this.agentRequest = agentRequest;
-        const dateTime = getCurrentFormattedDate();
-        this.sessionId = 'rt-' + (this.agentRequest.sessionID || dateTime + '.' + uid());
-
-        const sessionTags = this?.agentRequest?.headers['x-session-tag'];
-        if (sessionTags) this.sessionTag += this.sessionTag ? `,${sessionTags}` : sessionTags;
-
-        var regex = new RegExp(`^\/v[0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)?${this.apiBasePath}\/(.*)`);
-        if (this.agentRequest?.path?.startsWith(`${this.apiBasePath}/`) || this.agentRequest?.path?.match(regex)) {
-            //we only need runtime context for API calls
-            this.agentRuntime = new AgentRuntime(this);
-            this.callerSessionId =
-                this?.agentRequest?.headers['x-caller-session-id']?.substring(0, 256) || this.agentRuntime.workflowReqId || this.sessionId;
-        } else {
-            this.agentRuntime = AgentRuntime.dummy;
-        }
-    }
-    public setCallback(callback: (data: any) => void) {
-        this.callback = callback;
-    }
-
-    public kill() {
-        this._kill = true;
-    }
-    public isKilled() {
-        return this._kill;
-    }
-    private async parseVariables() {
-        //parse vault agent variables
-        if (typeof this.agentVariables === 'object') {
-            for (let key in this.agentVariables) {
-                const value = this.agentVariables[key];
-                if (value.startsWith('{{') && value.endsWith('}}')) {
-                    //this.agentVariables[key] = (await parseKey(value, this.teamId)) || '';
-                    this.agentVariables[key] = await TemplateString(value).parseTeamKeysAsync(this.teamId).asyncResult;
-                }
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    async process(endpointPath, input) {
-        await this.agentRuntime.ready();
-
-        //TODO: replace endpointPath + input params with a single agentRequest object. (This will require intensive regression testing)
-        let result: any;
-        let dbgSession: any = null;
-        let sessionClosed = false;
-
-        const eventId = 'e-' + uid();
-        const startTime = Date.now();
-
-        this.sse.send('agent', {
-            eventId,
-            action: 'callStart',
-            endpointPath,
-            id: this.id,
-            name: this.name,
-            startTime,
-            input,
-        });
-        //this.agentRuntime.checkRuntimeContext();
-        //insert log
-        const logId = AgentLogger.log(this, null, {
-            sourceId: endpointPath,
-            componentId: `AGENT`,
-            domain: this.domain,
-            input,
-            workflowID: this.agentRuntime.workflowReqId,
-            processID: this.agentRuntime.processID,
-            inputTimestamp: new Date().toISOString(),
-            sessionID: this.callerSessionId,
-            tags: this.sessionTag,
-        });
-
-        const method = this.agentRequest.method.toUpperCase();
-        const endpoint = this.endpoints[endpointPath]?.[method];
-
-        //first check if this is a debug session, and return debug result if it's the case
-        if (this.agentRuntime.debug) {
-            if (!endpoint && this.agentRequest.path != '/api/') {
-                if (logId) AgentLogger.log(this, logId, { error: `Endpoint ${method} ${endpointPath} Not Found` });
-
-                throw new Error(`Endpoint ${method} ${endpointPath} Not Found`);
-            }
-            let dbgResult: any;
-            //let dbgResult: any = await this.agentRuntime.readState(true); //is this a debug read reqeust ?
-
-            if (!dbgResult) dbgResult = await this.agentRuntime.runCycle(); //no, is this a step over request ?
-
-            // result = dbgResult?.state;
-            // dbgSession = dbgResult?.dbgSession;
-            // sessionClosed = dbgResult?.sessionClosed;
-            if (dbgResult && typeof dbgResult?.state !== 'undefined') {
-                this.agentRuntime.sync();
-                if (dbgResult?.finalResult) {
-                    dbgResult.finalResult = await this.postProcess(dbgResult.finalResult).catch((error) => ({ error }));
-                }
-                return dbgResult;
-            }
-        }
-
-        if (!endpoint) {
-            if (logId) AgentLogger.log(this, logId, { error: `Endpoint ${method} ${endpointPath} Not Found` });
-            const endTime = Date.now();
-            const duration = endTime - startTime;
-            this.sse.send('agent', {
-                eventId,
-                action: 'callStop',
-                endpointPath,
-                id: this.id,
-                name: this.name,
-                startTime,
-                endTime,
-                duration,
-                input,
-                error: `Endpoint ${method} ${endpointPath} Not Found`,
-            });
-            throw new Error(`Endpoint ${method} ${endpointPath} Not Found`);
-        }
-
-        this.agentRuntime.updateComponent(endpoint.id, { active: true, input, sourceId: null });
-
-        let step;
-        do {
-            step = await this.agentRuntime.runCycle();
-
-            //adjust latency based on cpu load
-            const qosLatency = Math.floor(OSResourceMonitor.cpu.load * MAX_LATENCY || 0);
-
-            await delay(10 + qosLatency);
-        } while (!step?.finalResult && !this._kill);
-
-        if (this._kill) {
-            const endTime = Date.now();
-            const duration = endTime - startTime;
-            this.sse.send('agent', {
-                eventId,
-                action: 'callStop',
-                endpointPath,
-                id: this.id,
-                name: this.name,
-                startTime,
-                endTime,
-                duration,
-                input,
-                error: 'Agent killed',
-            });
-            console.warn(`Agent ${this.id} was killed`, AccessCandidate.agent(this.id));
-            return { error: 'Agent killed' };
-        }
-        result = await this.postProcess(step?.finalResult).catch((error) => ({ error }));
-
-        //post process all results
-        if (this.agentRuntime.circularLimitReached) {
-            const circularLimitData = this.agentRuntime.circularLimitReached;
-            result = { error: `Circular Calls Limit Reached on ${circularLimitData}. Current circular limit is ${this.circularLimit}` };
-
-            const endTime = Date.now();
-            const duration = endTime - startTime;
-            this.sse.send('agent', {
-                eventId,
-                action: 'callStop',
-                endpointPath,
-                id: this.id,
-                name: this.name,
-                startTime,
-                endTime,
-                duration,
-                input,
-                error: result.error,
-            });
-
-            throw new Error(`Circular Calls Limit Reached on ${circularLimitData}. Current circular limit is ${this.circularLimit}`);
-        }
-
-        if (logId) AgentLogger.log(this, logId, { outputTimestamp: '' + Date.now(), result });
-
-        this.updateTasksCount(); //Important, don't use await here, we need the call to be non blocking
-
-        const endTime = Date.now();
-        const duration = endTime - startTime;
-        this.sse.send('agent', {
-            eventId,
-            action: 'callStop',
-            endpointPath,
-            id: this.id,
-            name: this.name,
-            startTime,
-            endTime,
-            duration,
-            input,
-            result,
-        });
-
-        //FIXME: does debug call ever reach this point ?
-        return this.agentRuntime.debug ? { state: result, dbgSession, sessionClosed } : result;
-    }
-
-    private async updateTasksCount() {
-        //tasks count update logic
-    }
-
-    public async postProcess(result) {
-        if (Array.isArray(result)) result = result.flat(Infinity);
-        if (!Array.isArray(result)) result = [result];
-
-        //filter out handled errors
-        result = result.filter((r) => !(r?.result?._error && r?.result?._error_handled));
-
-        for (let i = 0; i < result.length; i++) {
-            const _result = result[i];
-            if (!_result) continue;
-            if (_result._debug) delete _result._debug;
-            if (_result._debug_time) delete _result._debug_time;
-            const _componentData = this.components[_result.id];
-            if (!_componentData) continue;
-            const _component: Component = this._componentInstance[_componentData.name];
-            if (!_component) continue;
-            //if (_component.hasPostProcess) {
-            const postProcessResult = await _component.postProcess(_result, _componentData, this).catch((error) => ({ error }));
-
-            result[i] = postProcessResult;
-            //}
-        }
-
-        if (result.length == 1) result = result[0];
-        return result;
-    }
-
-    // public saveRuntimeComponentData(componentId, data) {
-    //     //let runtimeData = { ...this.agentRuntime.getRuntimeData(componentId), ...data };
-    //     //this.agentRuntime.updateComponent(componentId, { runtimeData: data });
-
-    //     this.agentRuntime.saveRuntimeComponentData(componentId, data);
-    // }
-    // private getRuntimeData(componentId) {
-    //     // const componentData = this.agentRuntime.getComponentData(componentId);
-    //     // if (!componentData) return {};
-    //     // const rData = componentData.runtimeData || {};
-
-    //     return this.agentRuntime.getRuntimeData(componentId);
-    // }
-
-    // private clearRuntimeComponentData(componentId) {
-    //     this.agentRuntime.resetComponent(componentId);
-    // }
-
-    private hasLoopAncestor(inputEntry) {
-        if (!inputEntry.prev) return false;
-        for (let prevId of inputEntry.prev) {
-            const prevComponentData = this.components[prevId];
-            if (prevComponentData.name == 'ForEach') return true;
-
-            for (let inputEntry of prevComponentData.inputs) {
-                if (this.hasLoopAncestor(inputEntry)) return true;
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    private clearChildLoopRuntimeComponentData(componentId) {
-        const componentData = this.components[componentId];
-        const runtimeData = this.agentRuntime.getRuntimeData(componentId);
-        if (runtimeData._ChildLoopData) {
-            for (let inputEntry of componentData.inputs) {
-                if (this.hasLoopAncestor(inputEntry)) {
-                    delete runtimeData.input[inputEntry.name];
-                }
-            }
-        }
-    }
-    private getComponentMissingInputs(componentId, _input) {
-        let missingInputs: any = [];
-        const componentData = this.components[componentId];
-        const component: Component = this._componentInstance[componentData.name];
-        if (component.alwaysActive) return missingInputs;
-
-        const readablePredecessors = this.findReadablePredecessors(componentId);
-        const readableInputNames = {};
-        for (let pred of readablePredecessors) {
-            if (pred) {
-                readableInputNames[pred.input.name] = pred;
-            }
-        }
-        //readablePredecessors.map((e) => e.input.name);
-
-        const allInputIndexes = this.connections.filter((c) => c.targetId == componentId).map((e) => e.targetIndex);
-        const allInputs = componentData.inputs.filter((r) => allInputIndexes.includes(r.index));
-
-        if (Array.isArray(allInputs) && allInputs.length > 0) {
-            //if the next component has named inputs
-            for (let input of allInputs) {
-                if (input.optional) continue;
-                if (readableInputNames[input.name]) {
-                    const pred = readableInputNames[input.name];
-                    const component: Component = pred.component;
-                    const predComponentData = this.components[pred.id];
-                    const foundOutput = component.hasOutput(pred.output.name, predComponentData, this);
-                    if (foundOutput) continue; //if the input is readable, skip it, because we can read it's value when needed. Readable inputs are non blocking
-                }
-                if (typeof _input[input.name] == 'undefined' /* || _input[input.name] == null*/) {
-                    missingInputs.push(input.name);
-                }
-            }
-        }
-
-        return missingInputs;
-    }
-
-    public findReadablePredecessors(componentId) {
-        const componentData = this.components[componentId];
-        const component: Component = this._componentInstance[componentData.name];
-
-        const connections = this.connections.filter((c) => c.targetId == componentId);
-        const readablePredecessors = connections.map((c) => {
-            //this.components[c.sourceId])
-            const sourceComponentData = this.components[c.sourceId];
-            const sourceComponent: Component = this._componentInstance[sourceComponentData.name];
-            const output = sourceComponentData.outputs[c.sourceIndex];
-            const input = componentData.inputs[c.targetIndex];
-            if (sourceComponent.hasReadOutput) {
-                return { output, input, component: sourceComponent, id: c.sourceId };
-            }
-            return null;
-        });
-
-        return readablePredecessors.filter((e) => e != null);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     *
-     * @param sourceId
-     * @param componentId
-     */
-    private updateStep(sourceId, componentId) {
-        const agentRuntime = this.agentRuntime;
-        const step = agentRuntime.curStep;
-        //const componentData = agentRuntime.getComponentData(componentId);
-
-        // if (!componentData.steps) componentData.steps = {};
-        // if (!componentData.steps[step]) componentData.steps[step] = { sources: [] };
-        // componentData.steps[step].sources.push(sourceId);
-
-        // if (!componentData.stepSources) componentData.stepSources = {};
-        // if (!componentData.stepSources[sourceId]) componentData.stepSources[sourceId] = [];
-        // componentData.stepSources[sourceId].push(step);
-
-        agentRuntime.updateComponent(componentId, { step });
-    }
-
-    async callComponent(sourceId, componentId, input?) {
-        const startTime = Date.now();
-        const agentRuntime = this.agentRuntime;
-        const componentData = this.components[componentId];
-        const component: Component = this._componentInstance[componentData.name];
-
-        const eventId = 'e-' + uid();
-
-        this.sse.send('component', {
-            eventId,
-            action: 'callStart',
-            sourceId,
-            id: componentId,
-            name: componentData.displayName,
-            title: componentData.title,
-            startTime,
-            input,
-        });
-
-        if (this._kill) {
-            console.warn(`Agent ${this.id} was killed, skipping component ${componentData.name}`, AccessCandidate.agent(this.id));
-
-            const output = { id: componentData.id, name: componentData.displayName, result: null, error: 'Agent killed' };
-
-            const endTime = Date.now();
-            const duration = endTime - startTime;
-            this.sse.send('component', {
-                eventId,
-                action: 'callStop',
-                sourceId,
-                id: componentId,
-                name: componentData.displayName,
-                title: componentData.title,
-                startTime,
-                endTime,
-                duration,
-                output,
-            });
-
-            return output;
-        }
-
-        if (!component) {
-            const endTime = Date.now();
-            const duration = endTime - startTime;
-
-            this.sse.send('component', {
-                eventId,
-                action: 'callStop',
-                sourceId,
-                id: componentId,
-                name: componentData.displayName,
-                title: componentData.title,
-                startTime,
-                endTime,
-                duration,
-                output: { error: 'Component not found' },
-            });
-            throw new Error(`Component ${componentData.name} not found`);
-        }
-
-        this.agentRuntime.incTag(componentId);
-        this.agentRuntime.checkCircularLimit();
-        if (this.agentRuntime.circularLimitReached) {
-            const endTime = Date.now();
-            const duration = endTime - startTime;
-            this.sse.send('component', {
-                eventId,
-                action: 'callStop',
-                sourceId,
-                id: componentId,
-                name: componentData.displayName,
-                title: componentData.title,
-                startTime,
-                endTime,
-                duration,
-                output: { error: 'Circular Calls Reached' },
-            });
-
-            return { error: `Circular Calls Reached` };
-        }
-
-        const data = agentRuntime.getComponentData(componentId);
-        if (data?.output?._missing_inputs) {
-            agentRuntime.updateComponent(componentId, { output: {} });
-        }
-
-        const _input = this.prepareComponentInput(componentId, input);
-
-        //insert log
-        const logId = AgentLogger.log(this, null, {
-            sourceId: sourceId || 'AGENT',
-            componentId,
-            domain: this.domain,
-            workflowID: this.agentRuntime.workflowReqId,
-            processID: this.agentRuntime.processID,
-            input:
-                componentData.name == 'APIEndpoint' ? (this.agentRequest.method == 'GET' ? this.agentRequest.query : this.agentRequest.body) : _input,
-            inputTimestamp: new Date().toISOString(),
-            sessionID: this.callerSessionId,
-            tags: this.sessionTag,
-        });
-
-        let output: any = null;
-        let missingInputs: any = [];
-
-        //agentRuntime.updateComponent(componentId, { step: agentRuntime.curStep });
-        this.updateStep(sourceId, componentId);
-
-        //first we check if the debugger is injecting an output, if yes we skip the inputs check
-        if (agentRuntime.debug) {
-            output = await agentRuntime.injectDebugOutput(componentId);
-        }
-
-        if (!output) {
-            missingInputs = this.getComponentMissingInputs(componentId, _input);
-
-            if (missingInputs.length > 0) {
-                agentRuntime.updateComponent(componentId, { active: true, status: 'waiting' });
-                //check if _error output is connected to a component
-                const connections = this.connections.filter((c) => c.sourceId == componentId) || [];
-                let hasErrorHandler = false;
-                for (let connection of connections) {
-                    const outputEndpoint = componentData.outputs[connection.sourceIndex];
-                    if (outputEndpoint.name == '_error') {
-                        hasErrorHandler = true;
-                        break;
-                    }
-                }
-                //if (hasErrorHandler) return { id: componentData.id, name: componentData.name, result: null };
-
-                output = { _error: 'Missing inputs : ' + JSON.stringify(missingInputs), _missing_inputs: missingInputs };
-            }
-
-            if (!output) {
-                //the following case happens when no debugger injection was performed
-                const validationResult = await component.validateConfig(componentData);
-                if (validationResult._error) {
-                    output = validationResult;
-                } else {
-                    try {
-                        await this.parseVariables(); //make sure that any vault variable is loaded before processing the component
-                        //TODO: apply type inference here instead of in the component .process method
-                        output = await component.process({ ...this.agentVariables, ..._input }, { ...componentData, eventId }, this);
-                        console.debug(output, AccessCandidate.agent(this.id));
-                    } catch (error: any) {
-                        //this are fatal errors requiring to cancel the execution of this component.
-                        console.error(
-                            'Error on component process: ',
-                            { componentId, name: componentData.name, input: _input },
-                            error,
-                            AccessCandidate.agent(this.id)
-                        );
-                        if (error?.message) output = { Response: undefined, _error: error.message, _debug: error.message };
-                        else output = { Response: undefined, _error: error.toString(), _debug: error.toString() };
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-        }
-        const runtimeData = this.agentRuntime.getRuntimeData(componentId);
-        agentRuntime.updateComponent(componentId, { output });
-
-        if (output._in_progress) {
-            agentRuntime.updateComponent(componentId, { active: true, status: 'in_progress' });
-        }
-
-        if (output.error || output._error) {
-            //TODO : check if we need to keep loop data while clearing runtime data here
-            //in fact, output._error might be connected to a next component, in which case we need to keep the loop data
-            if (!runtimeData?._ChildLoopData?._in_progress) {
-                //don't reset if we are inside a loop, otherwise ._error branches will break the loop
-
-                this.agentRuntime.resetComponent(componentId);
-            }
-
-            if (logId) {
-                //update log
-                AgentLogger.log(this, logId, { error: output.error || output._error });
-            }
-            if (output.error) {
-                const endTime = Date.now();
-                const duration = endTime - startTime;
-                this.sse.send('component', {
-                    eventId,
-                    action: 'callStop',
-                    sourceId,
-                    id: componentId,
-                    name: componentData.displayName,
-                    title: componentData.title,
-                    startTime,
-                    endTime,
-                    duration,
-                    output: { error: output.error || output._error },
-                });
-
-                return [
-                    {
-                        id: componentData.id,
-                        name: componentData.displayName,
-                        result: null,
-                        error: output.error || output._error,
-                        _debug: output.error || output._error,
-                    },
-                ];
-            }
-        }
-
-        let results: any = [];
-        if (output /*&& !component.hasReadOutput*/ && !output._missing_inputs) {
-            AgentLogger.logTask(this, 1); //log successful task (non blocking call)
-
-            //proceed with the next component(s)
-            results = await this.callNextComponents(componentId, output).catch((error) => ({
-                error,
-                id: componentData.id,
-                name: componentData.displayName,
-            }));
-
-            //TODO : maybe handle the number of branches inside ForEach component
-            if (runtimeData._LoopData && output._in_progress && runtimeData._LoopData.branches == undefined) {
-                //handle loop branching
-                const branches = Array.isArray(results) ? results.length : 1;
-                if (output._in_progress) {
-                    runtimeData._LoopData.branches = branches;
-                    agentRuntime.updateRuntimeData(componentId, { _LoopData: runtimeData._LoopData });
-                }
-            }
-
-            if (results._is_leaf) {
-                //we reached the end of the execution tree, we need to check if this branch is a loop
-                delete results._is_leaf;
-                const _ChildLoopData = runtimeData._ChildLoopData;
-                if (_ChildLoopData && _ChildLoopData.parentId) {
-                    const parentId = _ChildLoopData.parentId;
-                    const _LoopData = this.agentRuntime.getRuntimeData(parentId)._LoopData;
-                    if (_LoopData) {
-                        if (!_LoopData.result) _LoopData.result = [];
-                        //we are in a loop, we need to update loop parent status in order to signal that we can run the next loop cycle
-
-                        let resultsCopy = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(results));
-                        if (results.result) results.result._exclude = true;
-
-                        resultsCopy = await component.postProcess(resultsCopy, componentData, this);
-
-                        _LoopData.result.push(resultsCopy);
-                        _LoopData.branches--;
-
-                        if (_LoopData.branches <= 0) {
-                            agentRuntime.updateComponent(parentId, { active: true, status: '' }); //remove _in_progress status after processing all branches
-                        }
-                        //save the last result so that the loop parent can read it
-                        agentRuntime.updateRuntimeData(parentId, { _LoopData });
-                    }
-                } else {
-                    //leaf but no childLoopData, is this a loop component with no children ?
-                    const _LoopData = this.agentRuntime.getRuntimeData(componentId)._LoopData;
-                    if (_LoopData && _LoopData.loopIndex == 1) {
-                        _LoopData._in_progress = false;
-                        output._in_progress = false;
-                        agentRuntime.updateComponent(componentId, { active: true, status: '' });
-                        agentRuntime.updateRuntimeData(componentId, { _LoopData });
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-        }
-
-        //check if the component context is potentially needed in next cycles
-        if (!output._missing_inputs && !output._in_progress) {
-            //we processed the current component, we can now reset the runtime data and active status
-            const inLoop =
-                runtimeData?._ChildLoopData?._in_progress && runtimeData._ChildLoopData?.loopIndex < runtimeData._ChildLoopData?.loopLength;
-            if (inLoop) {
-                // loop children require to keep external runtime data, we only clear the data that was set inside the loop
-                this.clearChildLoopRuntimeComponentData(componentId);
-                agentRuntime.updateComponent(componentId, { active: true, status: 'waiting' });
-            } else {
-                this.agentRuntime.resetComponent(componentId); //also sets active to false
-            }
-        } //if inputs were missing, the output contains error information, not actual component processing output, in this case we keep the runtime data
-
-        //filter out null results
-        if (Array.isArray(results)) results = results.flat(Infinity).filter((r) => r.result != null);
-
-        if (logId) {
-            //update log
-            AgentLogger.log(this, logId, { output, outputTimestamp: '' + Date.now() });
-        }
-
-        //return this.agentRuntime.debug ? [results, { id: componentData.id, name: componentData.name, result: output }] : results;
-
-        const endTime = Date.now();
-        const duration = endTime - startTime;
-        this.sse.send('component', {
-            eventId,
-            action: 'callStop',
-            sourceId,
-            id: componentId,
-            name: componentData.displayName,
-            title: componentData.title,
-            startTime,
-            endTime,
-            duration,
-            output,
-        });
-
-        return [results, { id: componentData.id, name: componentData.displayName, result: output }];
-    }
-    JSONExpression(obj, propertyString) {
-        const properties = propertyString.split(/\.|\[|\]\.|\]\[|\]/).filter(Boolean);
-        let currentProperty = obj;
-
-        for (let property of properties) {
-            if (currentProperty === undefined || currentProperty === null) {
-                return undefined;
-            }
-
-            currentProperty = currentProperty[property];
-        }
-
-        return currentProperty;
-    }
-
-    //
-    async callNextComponents(componentId, output) {
-        const agentRuntime = this.agentRuntime;
-        //agentRuntime.incStep();
-
-        const componentData = this.components[componentId];
-        const component: Component = this._componentInstance[componentData.name];
-
-        //if (component.hasReadOutput) return [];
-
-        //get the list of connections for the current component in order to determine the next component(s) to call
-        let connections = this.connections
-            .filter((c) => c.sourceId == componentId /*|| this.alwaysActiveComponents[c.sourceId]*/)
-            .map((c) => ({ ...c, output, componentData }));
-
-        //also find connections from always active components to components with status 'waiting'
-
-        const waitingComponents = agentRuntime.getWaitingComponents();
-        const waitingComponentIds = waitingComponents.map((e) => e.id);
-        const alwaysActiveIds = Object.keys(this.agentRuntime.alwaysActiveComponents);
-        const alwaysActiveConnections = this.connections
-            .filter((c) => alwaysActiveIds.includes(c.sourceId) && waitingComponentIds.includes(c.targetId))
-            .map((c) => {
-                const output = {};
-                const waitingComponent = waitingComponents.find((e) => e.id == c.targetId);
-                const prevComponentData = this.components[c.sourceId];
-                const prevComponent: Component = this._componentInstance[prevComponentData.name];
-                const outputEndpoint = prevComponentData.outputs[c.sourceIndex];
-                output[outputEndpoint.name] = prevComponent.readOutput(outputEndpoint.name, prevComponentData, this);
-
-                return { ...c, output, componentData: this.components[c.sourceId] };
-            });
-        connections = [...connections, ...alwaysActiveConnections];
-
-        //no more components to call, return the output
-        if (!Array.isArray(connections) || connections.length == 0) {
-            return { id: componentData.id, name: componentData.name, result: output, _is_leaf: true };
-        }
-
-        const targetComponents = //classify connections by objects
-            connections.reduce((acc, obj) => {
-                let key = obj.targetId;
-                if (!acc[key]) {
-                    acc[key] = [];
-                }
-                acc[key].push(obj);
-                return acc;
-            }, {});
-
-        const promises: any = [];
-        for (let targetId in targetComponents) {
-            const targetComponentData = this.components[targetId];
-
-            //if we are not inside an async component, we skip async branches
-            //Note : we exclude Async component from this rule because it's the one that initiates the async job
-            if (!this.async && targetComponentData.async && targetComponentData.name !== 'Async') continue;
-
-            const targetComponent: Component = this._componentInstance[targetComponentData.name];
-            const connections = targetComponents[targetId];
-
-            let _isErrorHandler = false;
-            if (Array.isArray(connections) && connections.length > 0) {
-                const nextInput = {};
-                for (let connection of connections) {
-                    const output = connection.output;
-                    const componentData = connection.componentData;
-                    const outputEndpoint = componentData.outputs[connection.sourceIndex]; //source
-                    const inputEndpoint = targetComponentData.inputs[connection.targetIndex]; //target
-
-                    //outputs can be named (e.g "user:email" or "Req:body:data") in which case they refer to a path in the output object
-                    const outputExpression = outputEndpoint.expression || outputEndpoint.name;
-                    const outputParts = outputExpression.split('.');
-
-                    const defaultOutputs = componentData.outputs.find((c) => c.default);
-                    let value: any = undefined;
-
-                    if (outputEndpoint.name == '_error') _isErrorHandler = true;
-
-                    if (outputEndpoint.default) value = output[outputEndpoint.name] /* || null*/;
-                    else {
-                        if (defaultOutputs /* && output[defaultOutputs.name]?.[outputEndpoint.name]*/) {
-                            value = output[defaultOutputs.name]?.[outputEndpoint.name];
-                        }
-                    }
-                    if (/*value === null || */ value === undefined && outputParts.length >= 1) {
-                        let val = this.JSONExpression(output, outputExpression);
-                        if (val !== undefined) value = val;
-                    }
-
-                    // if (/*value !== null && */ value !== undefined) {
-                    //     nextInput[inputEndpoint.name] = [...new Set([[nextInput[inputEndpoint.name], value]].flat(Infinity))].filter(
-                    //         (e) => e !== undefined /*&& e !== null*/,
-                    //     );
-
-                    //     if (nextInput[inputEndpoint.name].length == 1) nextInput[inputEndpoint.name] = nextInput[inputEndpoint.name][0];
-                    // }
-
-                    //Fix suggested by Sentinel Agent
-                    if (/*value !== null && */ value !== undefined) {
-                        // let combinedInput = [...[nextInput[inputEndpoint.name]].flat(), ...[value].flat()].filter(
-                        //     (e) => e !== undefined /*&& e !== null*/,
-                        // ); // ! Deprecated
-
-                        let combinedInput = _mergeInputs(nextInput[inputEndpoint.name], value).filter((e) => e !== undefined /*&& e !== null*/);
-
-                        nextInput[inputEndpoint.name] = combinedInput.length === 1 ? combinedInput[0] : combinedInput;
-                    }
-                }
-                if (!nextInput || JSON.stringify(nextInput) == '{}') continue;
-
-                const input = this.prepareComponentInput(targetId, nextInput);
-
-                const targetComponent = this.components[targetId];
-
-                if (_isErrorHandler && targetComponent) {
-                    output._error_handled = true;
-                }
-
-                const missingInputs = this.getComponentMissingInputs(targetId, input);
-                const status = missingInputs.length > 0 ? 'waiting' : undefined;
-
-                const sourceRuntimeData = this.agentRuntime.getRuntimeData(componentId); //We read the previous component runtime data
-
-                let _ChildLoopData = sourceRuntimeData._LoopData; //is the source a loop component ?
-
-                if (!_ChildLoopData || !_ChildLoopData._in_progress) {
-                    //if it's a loop component we need to check if the loop is still in progress
-
-                    _ChildLoopData = sourceRuntimeData._ChildLoopData; // if the loop is completed, check if the loop component is a nested loop, in which case we pass the parent context to the following component
-                }
-
-                agentRuntime.updateComponent(targetId, { active: true, input: nextInput, sourceId: componentId, status });
-                agentRuntime.updateRuntimeData(targetId, { _ChildLoopData, _LoopData: null });
-                promises.push(idPromise({ id: targetId, name: targetComponent.name, inputs: nextInput }));
-
-                if (status) {
-                    //if status is set, track the component status update
-                    //if not set, it means that the component is active and will be logged upon execution
-                    //this can be considered as a fake log step that help us keep track of the execution tree
-                    const logId = AgentLogger.log(this, null, {
-                        sourceId: componentId,
-                        componentId: targetId,
-                        step: this.agentRuntime.curStep + 1, //we force to next step because the current step order is updated in the next runCycle()
-                        domain: this.domain,
-                        workflowID: this.agentRuntime.workflowReqId,
-                        processID: this.agentRuntime.processID,
-                        input: { __action: 'status_update', __status: status, data: nextInput },
-                        inputTimestamp: new Date().toISOString(),
-                        sessionID: this.callerSessionId,
-                        tags: this.sessionTag,
-                    });
-                }
-            }
-        }
-
-        if (promises.length == 0) {
-            return { id: componentData.id, name: componentData.name, result: output, _is_leaf: true };
-        }
-        const results = await Promise.all(promises);
-
-        //TODO : exclusive components handling
-        //in order to run exclusive components first, we need to run them in current cycle
-        //then we signal to the caller component that one more run cycle is needed
-        return results.length == 1 ? results[0] : results;
-    }
-    private prepareComponentInput(targetId, inputs) {
-        const rData: any = this.agentRuntime.getRuntimeData(targetId);
-        const componentData = this.components[targetId];
-        const rDataInput = rData?.input || {};
-
-        let _input = { ...rDataInput };
-        if (inputs) {
-            // for (let key in inputs) {
-            //     let value = inputs[key];
-            //     //_input[key] = mergeJsonData(_input[key], value);
-
-            //     _input[key] = [...new Set([[rDataInput[key]], [value]].flat(Infinity))].filter((e) => e !== undefined /* && e !== null*/);
-            //     if (_input[key].length == 1) _input[key] = _input[key][0];
-            // }
-
-            //Fix suggested by Sentinel Agent
-            for (let key in inputs) {
-                let value = inputs[key];
-                // Concatenate the existing value with the new input, without using Set to preserve duplicates
-                // _input[key] = [rDataInput[key], value].flat(Infinity).filter((e) => e !== undefined); // ! Deprecated
-                _input[key] = _mergeInputs(rDataInput[key], value).filter((e) => e !== undefined);
-
-                // Simplify the array to a single value if there is only one element after flattening
-                if (_input[key].length == 1) _input[key] = _input[key][0];
-            }
-        }
-
-        const readablePredecessors = this.findReadablePredecessors(targetId);
-        for (let c of readablePredecessors) {
-            if (c) {
-                const predComponentData = this.components[c.id];
-                const value = c.component.readOutput(c.output.name, predComponentData, this);
-                if (value && c.input?.name) {
-                    if (!_input) _input = {};
-                    _input[c.input.name] = value;
-                }
-            }
-        }
-
-        //this.saveRuntimeComponentData(targetId, { input: _input }); //TODO : check if we can use this.agentRuntime.updateRuntimeData instead (need to be carefully tested)
-        this.agentRuntime.updateRuntimeData(targetId, { input: _input });
-
-        for (let input of componentData.inputs) {
-            if (input.defaultVal && _input[input.name] === undefined) {
-                _input[input.name] = TemplateString(input.defaultVal).parse(this.agentVariables).result;
-                //parseTemplate(input.defaultVal, this.agentVariables, { escapeString: false, processUnmatched: false });
-            }
-        }
-        return _input;
-    }
-
-    public getConnectionSource(connection) {
-        return this.components[connection.sourceId].inputs.find((e) => e.index === connection.sourceIndex);
-    }
-
-    public getConnectionTarget(connection) {
-        return this.components[connection.targetId].inputs.find((e) => e.index === connection.targetIndex);
-    }
-
-    private recursiveTagAsyncComponents(component) {
-        const agent = this;
-        for (let output of component.outputs) {
-            if (component.name == 'Async' && output.name === 'JobID') continue; //'JobID' is a special output
-            const connected = agent.connections.filter((c) => c.sourceId === component.id && c.sourceIndex === output.index);
-            if (!connected) continue;
-            for (let con of connected) {
-                const targetComponent = agent.components[con.targetId];
-                if (!targetComponent) continue;
-                targetComponent.async = true;
-                this.recursiveTagAsyncComponents(targetComponent);
-            }
-        }
-    }
-    private tagAsyncComponents() {
-        const agent = this;
-        const componentsList: any[] = Object.values(agent.components);
-        const AsyncComponents: any[] = componentsList.filter((c) => c.name === 'Async');
-        if (!AsyncComponents || AsyncComponents.length == 0) return;
-        for (let AsyncComponent of AsyncComponents) {
-            AsyncComponent.async = true;
-            this.recursiveTagAsyncComponents(AsyncComponent);
-        }
-
-        //AsyncComponents.async = true;
-
-        //this.recursiveTagAsyncComponents(AsyncComponent, agent);
-    }
-}
-
-function _mergeInputs(existing, newValue) {
-    if (existing === undefined) {
-        return [newValue];
-    }
-
-    if (!Array.isArray(existing)) {
-        existing = [existing];
-    }
-
-    return [...existing, newValue];
-}
+import { Component } from '@sre/Components/Component.class';
+import { AgentLogger } from './AgentLogger.class';
+import { AgentRequest } from './AgentRequest.class';
+import { AgentRuntime } from './AgentRuntime.class';
+import { AgentSettings } from './AgentSettings.class';
+import { OSResourceMonitor } from './OSResourceMonitor';
+import config from '@sre/config';
+import { ControlledPromise, delay, getCurrentFormattedDate, uid } from '@sre/utils/index';
+
+import { Logger } from '@sre/helpers/Log.helper';
+import { TemplateString } from '@sre/helpers/TemplateString.helper';
+import { AgentSSE } from './AgentSSE.class';
+import { IAgent } from '@sre/types/Agent.types';
+import { IModelsProviderRequest, ModelsProviderConnector } from '@sre/LLMManager/ModelsProvider.service/ModelsProviderConnector';
+import { ConnectorService } from '@sre/Core/ConnectorsService';
+import { AccessCandidate } from '@sre/Security/AccessControl/AccessCandidate.class';
+
+const console = Logger('Agent');
+const idPromise = (id) => id;
+const MAX_LATENCY = 50;
+
+export class Agent implements IAgent {
+    public name: any;
+    public data: any;
+    public teamId: any;
+    public components: any;
+    public connections: any;
+    public endpoints: any = {};
+    public sessionId;
+    public sessionTag = '';
+    public callerSessionId;
+    public apiBasePath = '/api';
+    public agentRuntime: AgentRuntime | any;
+
+    public usingTestDomain = false;
+    public domain = '';
+    public debugSessionEnabled = false;
+    public circularLimit = 100; //TODO : make it configurable from agent settings
+    public version = '';
+
+    //public baseUrl = '';
+    public agentVariables: any = {};
+    private _kill = false;
+    //public agentRequest: Request | AgentRequest | any;
+    public async = false;
+    public jobID = '';
+    public planInfo: any = {};
+    public callback: (data: any) => void;
+
+    public agentRequest: AgentRequest;
+    public sse: AgentSSE;
+    public modelsProvider: IModelsProviderRequest;
+
+    private _componentInstance = {};
+
+    public get ComponentInstances() {
+        return this._componentInstance;
+    }
+
+    private _componentInstancesLoader = new ControlledPromise(() => {});
+
+    constructor(
+        public id,
+        agentData,
+        public agentSettings: AgentSettings,
+        agentRequest?: AgentRequest | any //private req: express.Request,
+    ) {
+        //this.agentRequest = new AgentRequest(req);
+        const json = typeof agentData === 'string' ? JSON.parse(agentData) : agentData;
+        this.data = json.connections && json.components ? json : json.data;
+        if (!this.data) this.data = { name: '', connections: [], components: [] };
+        //this.agentVariables = json.data.variables || {};
+
+        this.name = this.data.name;
+        this.version = this.data.agentVersion || ''; //when version is not set we load the latest dev version
+        this.teamId = this.data.teamId;
+        this.connections = this.data.connections;
+        this.debugSessionEnabled = this.data.debugSessionEnabled;
+        this.usingTestDomain = this.data.usingTestDomain;
+
+        this.agentVariables = this.data.variables || {};
+
+        const endpoints = this.data.components.filter((c) => c.name == 'APIEndpoint');
+        for (let endpoint of endpoints) {
+            let method = endpoint.data.method || 'POST';
+            method = method.toUpperCase();
+            if (!this.endpoints[`${this.apiBasePath}/${endpoint.data.endpoint}`])
+                this.endpoints[`${this.apiBasePath}/${endpoint.data.endpoint}`] = {};
+            this.endpoints[`${this.apiBasePath}/${endpoint.data.endpoint}`][method] = endpoint;
+        }
+
+        this.components = {};
+        for (let component of this.data.components) {
+            //FIXME : this does not persist in debug mode, it breaks key value mem logic
+
+            this.components[component.id] = component;
+        }
+
+        for (let connection of this.data.connections) {
+            const sourceComponent = this.components[connection.sourceId];
+            const targetComponent = this.components[connection.targetId];
+
+            //if connections ids passed as names, we convert them to indexes
+            //TODO : harmonize connections formats
+            const sourceIndex =
+                typeof connection.sourceIndex === 'number'
+                    ? connection.sourceIndex
+                    : sourceComponent.outputs.findIndex((o) => o.name == connection.sourceIndex);
+            const targetIndex =
+                typeof connection.targetIndex === 'number'
+                    ? connection.targetIndex
+                    : targetComponent.inputs.findIndex((i) => i.name == connection.targetIndex);
+
+            connection.sourceIndex = sourceIndex;
+            connection.targetIndex = targetIndex;
+
+            const output = sourceComponent.outputs[sourceIndex];
+            output.index = sourceIndex; // legacy ids (numbers)
+
+            const input = targetComponent.inputs[targetIndex];
+            input.index = targetIndex;
+
+            if (!output.next) output.next = [];
+            output.next.push(targetComponent.id);
+
+            if (!input.prev) input.prev = [];
+            input.prev.push(sourceComponent.id);
+        }
+
+        this.tagAsyncComponents();
+
+        if (agentRequest) {
+            this.setRequest(agentRequest);
+        }
+
+        this.sse = new AgentSSE(this);
+        //this.settings = new AgentSettings(this.id);
+
+        try {
+            //add hosted components to the available instances
+            //hosted components are custom components that are specific to some SRE instances implementations : e.g Shell component is only available to local SRE
+            const componentConnector = ConnectorService.getComponentConnector();
+            componentConnector
+                .requester(AccessCandidate.agent(id))
+                .getAll()
+                .then((customComponents) => {
+                    this._componentInstance = { ...this._componentInstance, ...customComponents };
+                    this._componentInstancesLoader.resolve(true);
+                });
+        } catch (error) {
+            console.warn('Could not load custom components', AccessCandidate.agent(this.id));
+            this._componentInstancesLoader.reject('Could not load custom components');
+        }
+
+        const modelsProvider: ModelsProviderConnector = ConnectorService.getModelsProviderConnector();
+        if (modelsProvider.valid) {
+            this.modelsProvider = modelsProvider.agent(id);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Add a SSE connection to the agent
+     * @param sseSource - The SSE source to add
+     * @param monitorId - The monitor ID to add
+     */
+    public addSSE(sseSource: Response | AgentSSE, monitorId?: string) {
+        if (sseSource instanceof AgentSSE) {
+            for (const [monitorId, res] of sseSource) {
+                this.sse.add(res, monitorId); // add each connection to the new sse
+            }
+        } else {
+            const id = monitorId || Math.random().toString(36).substring(2, 15);
+            this.sse.add(sseSource, id);
+        }
+    }
+    public setRequest(agentRequest: AgentRequest | any) {
+        if (this.agentRequest) return;
+        this.agentRequest = agentRequest;
+        this.agentRequest = agentRequest;
+        const dateTime = getCurrentFormattedDate();
+        this.sessionId = 'rt-' + (this.agentRequest.sessionID || dateTime + '.' + uid());
+
+        const sessionTags = this?.agentRequest?.headers['x-session-tag'];
+        if (sessionTags) this.sessionTag += this.sessionTag ? `,${sessionTags}` : sessionTags;
+
+        var regex = new RegExp(`^\/v[0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)?${this.apiBasePath}\/(.*)`);
+        if (this.agentRequest?.path?.startsWith(`${this.apiBasePath}/`) || this.agentRequest?.path?.match(regex)) {
+            //we only need runtime context for API calls
+            this.agentRuntime = new AgentRuntime(this);
+            this.callerSessionId =
+                this?.agentRequest?.headers['x-caller-session-id']?.substring(0, 256) || this.agentRuntime.workflowReqId || this.sessionId;
+        } else {
+            this.agentRuntime = AgentRuntime.dummy;
+        }
+    }
+    public setCallback(callback: (data: any) => void) {
+        this.callback = callback;
+    }
+
+    public kill() {
+        this._kill = true;
+    }
+    public isKilled() {
+        return this._kill;
+    }
+    private async parseVariables() {
+        //parse vault agent variables
+        if (typeof this.agentVariables === 'object') {
+            for (let key in this.agentVariables) {
+                const value = this.agentVariables[key];
+                if (value.startsWith('{{') && value.endsWith('}}')) {
+                    //this.agentVariables[key] = (await parseKey(value, this.teamId)) || '';
+                    this.agentVariables[key] = await TemplateString(value).parseTeamKeysAsync(this.teamId).asyncResult;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    async process(endpointPath, input) {
+        await this.agentRuntime.ready();
+
+        //TODO: replace endpointPath + input params with a single agentRequest object. (This will require intensive regression testing)
+        let result: any;
+        let dbgSession: any = null;
+        let sessionClosed = false;
+
+        const eventId = 'e-' + uid();
+        const startTime = Date.now();
+
+        this.sse.send('agent', {
+            eventId,
+            action: 'callStart',
+            endpointPath,
+            id: this.id,
+            name: this.name,
+            startTime,
+            input,
+        });
+        //this.agentRuntime.checkRuntimeContext();
+        //insert log
+        const logId = AgentLogger.log(this, null, {
+            sourceId: endpointPath,
+            componentId: `AGENT`,
+            domain: this.domain,
+            input,
+            workflowID: this.agentRuntime.workflowReqId,
+            processID: this.agentRuntime.processID,
+            inputTimestamp: new Date().toISOString(),
+            sessionID: this.callerSessionId,
+            tags: this.sessionTag,
+        });
+
+        const method = this.agentRequest.method.toUpperCase();
+        const endpoint = this.endpoints[endpointPath]?.[method];
+
+        //first check if this is a debug session, and return debug result if it's the case
+        if (this.agentRuntime.debug) {
+            if (!endpoint && this.agentRequest.path != '/api/') {
+                if (logId) AgentLogger.log(this, logId, { error: `Endpoint ${method} ${endpointPath} Not Found` });
+
+                throw new Error(`Endpoint ${method} ${endpointPath} Not Found`);
+            }
+            let dbgResult: any;
+            //let dbgResult: any = await this.agentRuntime.readState(true); //is this a debug read reqeust ?
+
+            if (!dbgResult) dbgResult = await this.agentRuntime.runCycle(); //no, is this a step over request ?
+
+            // result = dbgResult?.state;
+            // dbgSession = dbgResult?.dbgSession;
+            // sessionClosed = dbgResult?.sessionClosed;
+            if (dbgResult && typeof dbgResult?.state !== 'undefined') {
+                this.agentRuntime.sync();
+                if (dbgResult?.finalResult) {
+                    dbgResult.finalResult = await this.postProcess(dbgResult.finalResult).catch((error) => ({ error }));
+                }
+                return dbgResult;
+            }
+        }
+
+        if (!endpoint) {
+            if (logId) AgentLogger.log(this, logId, { error: `Endpoint ${method} ${endpointPath} Not Found` });
+            const endTime = Date.now();
+            const duration = endTime - startTime;
+            this.sse.send('agent', {
+                eventId,
+                action: 'callStop',
+                endpointPath,
+                id: this.id,
+                name: this.name,
+                startTime,
+                endTime,
+                duration,
+                input,
+                error: `Endpoint ${method} ${endpointPath} Not Found`,
+            });
+            throw new Error(`Endpoint ${method} ${endpointPath} Not Found`);
+        }
+
+        this.agentRuntime.updateComponent(endpoint.id, { active: true, input, sourceId: null });
+
+        let step;
+        do {
+            step = await this.agentRuntime.runCycle();
+
+            //adjust latency based on cpu load
+            const qosLatency = Math.floor(OSResourceMonitor.cpu.load * MAX_LATENCY || 0);
+
+            await delay(10 + qosLatency);
+        } while (!step?.finalResult && !this._kill);
+
+        if (this._kill) {
+            const endTime = Date.now();
+            const duration = endTime - startTime;
+            this.sse.send('agent', {
+                eventId,
+                action: 'callStop',
+                endpointPath,
+                id: this.id,
+                name: this.name,
+                startTime,
+                endTime,
+                duration,
+                input,
+                error: 'Agent killed',
+            });
+            console.warn(`Agent ${this.id} was killed`, AccessCandidate.agent(this.id));
+            return { error: 'Agent killed' };
+        }
+        result = await this.postProcess(step?.finalResult).catch((error) => ({ error }));
+
+        //post process all results
+        if (this.agentRuntime.circularLimitReached) {
+            const circularLimitData = this.agentRuntime.circularLimitReached;
+            result = { error: `Circular Calls Limit Reached on ${circularLimitData}. Current circular limit is ${this.circularLimit}` };
+
+            const endTime = Date.now();
+            const duration = endTime - startTime;
+            this.sse.send('agent', {
+                eventId,
+                action: 'callStop',
+                endpointPath,
+                id: this.id,
+                name: this.name,
+                startTime,
+                endTime,
+                duration,
+                input,
+                error: result.error,
+            });
+
+            throw new Error(`Circular Calls Limit Reached on ${circularLimitData}. Current circular limit is ${this.circularLimit}`);
+        }
+
+        if (logId) AgentLogger.log(this, logId, { outputTimestamp: '' + Date.now(), result });
+
+        this.updateTasksCount(); //Important, don't use await here, we need the call to be non blocking
+
+        const endTime = Date.now();
+        const duration = endTime - startTime;
+        this.sse.send('agent', {
+            eventId,
+            action: 'callStop',
+            endpointPath,
+            id: this.id,
+            name: this.name,
+            startTime,
+            endTime,
+            duration,
+            input,
+            result,
+        });
+
+        //FIXME: does debug call ever reach this point ?
+        return this.agentRuntime.debug ? { state: result, dbgSession, sessionClosed } : result;
+    }
+
+    private async updateTasksCount() {
+        //tasks count update logic
+    }
+
+    public async postProcess(result) {
+        if (Array.isArray(result)) result = result.flat(Infinity);
+        if (!Array.isArray(result)) result = [result];
+
+        //filter out handled errors
+        result = result.filter((r) => !(r?.result?._error && r?.result?._error_handled));
+
+        for (let i = 0; i < result.length; i++) {
+            const _result = result[i];
+            if (!_result) continue;
+            if (_result._debug) delete _result._debug;
+            if (_result._debug_time) delete _result._debug_time;
+            const _componentData = this.components[_result.id];
+            if (!_componentData) continue;
+            const _component: Component = this._componentInstance[_componentData.name];
+            if (!_component) continue;
+            //if (_component.hasPostProcess) {
+            const postProcessResult = await _component.postProcess(_result, _componentData, this).catch((error) => ({ error }));
+
+            result[i] = postProcessResult;
+            //}
+        }
+
+        if (result.length == 1) result = result[0];
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    // public saveRuntimeComponentData(componentId, data) {
+    //     //let runtimeData = { ...this.agentRuntime.getRuntimeData(componentId), ...data };
+    //     //this.agentRuntime.updateComponent(componentId, { runtimeData: data });
+
+    //     this.agentRuntime.saveRuntimeComponentData(componentId, data);
+    // }
+    // private getRuntimeData(componentId) {
+    //     // const componentData = this.agentRuntime.getComponentData(componentId);
+    //     // if (!componentData) return {};
+    //     // const rData = componentData.runtimeData || {};
+
+    //     return this.agentRuntime.getRuntimeData(componentId);
+    // }
+
+    // private clearRuntimeComponentData(componentId) {
+    //     this.agentRuntime.resetComponent(componentId);
+    // }
+
+    private hasLoopAncestor(inputEntry) {
+        if (!inputEntry.prev) return false;
+        for (let prevId of inputEntry.prev) {
+            const prevComponentData = this.components[prevId];
+            if (prevComponentData.name == 'ForEach') return true;
+
+            for (let inputEntry of prevComponentData.inputs) {
+                if (this.hasLoopAncestor(inputEntry)) return true;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private clearChildLoopRuntimeComponentData(componentId) {
+        const componentData = this.components[componentId];
+        const runtimeData = this.agentRuntime.getRuntimeData(componentId);
+        if (runtimeData._ChildLoopData) {
+            for (let inputEntry of componentData.inputs) {
+                if (this.hasLoopAncestor(inputEntry)) {
+                    delete runtimeData.input[inputEntry.name];
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    private getComponentMissingInputs(componentId, _input) {
+        let missingInputs: any = [];
+        const componentData = this.components[componentId];
+        const component: Component = this._componentInstance[componentData.name];
+        if (component.alwaysActive) return missingInputs;
+
+        const readablePredecessors = this.findReadablePredecessors(componentId);
+        const readableInputNames = {};
+        for (let pred of readablePredecessors) {
+            if (pred) {
+                readableInputNames[pred.input.name] = pred;
+            }
+        }
+        //readablePredecessors.map((e) => e.input.name);
+
+        const allInputIndexes = this.connections.filter((c) => c.targetId == componentId).map((e) => e.targetIndex);
+        const allInputs = componentData.inputs.filter((r) => allInputIndexes.includes(r.index));
+
+        if (Array.isArray(allInputs) && allInputs.length > 0) {
+            //if the next component has named inputs
+            for (let input of allInputs) {
+                if (input.optional) continue;
+                if (readableInputNames[input.name]) {
+                    const pred = readableInputNames[input.name];
+                    const component: Component = pred.component;
+                    const predComponentData = this.components[pred.id];
+                    const foundOutput = component.hasOutput(pred.output.name, predComponentData, this);
+                    if (foundOutput) continue; //if the input is readable, skip it, because we can read it's value when needed. Readable inputs are non blocking
+                }
+                if (typeof _input[input.name] == 'undefined' /* || _input[input.name] == null*/) {
+                    missingInputs.push(input.name);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        return missingInputs;
+    }
+
+    public findReadablePredecessors(componentId) {
+        const componentData = this.components[componentId];
+        const component: Component = this._componentInstance[componentData.name];
+
+        const connections = this.connections.filter((c) => c.targetId == componentId);
+        const readablePredecessors = connections.map((c) => {
+            //this.components[c.sourceId])
+            const sourceComponentData = this.components[c.sourceId];
+            const sourceComponent: Component = this._componentInstance[sourceComponentData.name];
+            const output = sourceComponentData.outputs[c.sourceIndex];
+            const input = componentData.inputs[c.targetIndex];
+            if (sourceComponent.hasReadOutput) {
+                return { output, input, component: sourceComponent, id: c.sourceId };
+            }
+            return null;
+        });
+
+        return readablePredecessors.filter((e) => e != null);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     *
+     * @param sourceId
+     * @param componentId
+     */
+    private updateStep(sourceId, componentId) {
+        const agentRuntime = this.agentRuntime;
+        const step = agentRuntime.curStep;
+        //const componentData = agentRuntime.getComponentData(componentId);
+
+        // if (!componentData.steps) componentData.steps = {};
+        // if (!componentData.steps[step]) componentData.steps[step] = { sources: [] };
+        // componentData.steps[step].sources.push(sourceId);
+
+        // if (!componentData.stepSources) componentData.stepSources = {};
+        // if (!componentData.stepSources[sourceId]) componentData.stepSources[sourceId] = [];
+        // componentData.stepSources[sourceId].push(step);
+
+        agentRuntime.updateComponent(componentId, { step });
+    }
+
+    async callComponent(sourceId, componentId, input?) {
+        const startTime = Date.now();
+        const agentRuntime = this.agentRuntime;
+        const componentData = this.components[componentId];
+        const component: Component = this._componentInstance[componentData.name];
+
+        const eventId = 'e-' + uid();
+
+        this.sse.send('component', {
+            eventId,
+            action: 'callStart',
+            sourceId,
+            id: componentId,
+            name: componentData.displayName,
+            title: componentData.title,
+            startTime,
+            input,
+        });
+
+        if (this._kill) {
+            console.warn(`Agent ${this.id} was killed, skipping component ${componentData.name}`, AccessCandidate.agent(this.id));
+
+            const output = { id: componentData.id, name: componentData.displayName, result: null, error: 'Agent killed' };
+
+            const endTime = Date.now();
+            const duration = endTime - startTime;
+            this.sse.send('component', {
+                eventId,
+                action: 'callStop',
+                sourceId,
+                id: componentId,
+                name: componentData.displayName,
+                title: componentData.title,
+                startTime,
+                endTime,
+                duration,
+                output,
+            });
+
+            return output;
+        }
+
+        if (!component) {
+            const endTime = Date.now();
+            const duration = endTime - startTime;
+
+            this.sse.send('component', {
+                eventId,
+                action: 'callStop',
+                sourceId,
+                id: componentId,
+                name: componentData.displayName,
+                title: componentData.title,
+                startTime,
+                endTime,
+                duration,
+                output: { error: 'Component not found' },
+            });
+            throw new Error(`Component ${componentData.name} not found`);
+        }
+
+        this.agentRuntime.incTag(componentId);
+        this.agentRuntime.checkCircularLimit();
+        if (this.agentRuntime.circularLimitReached) {
+            const endTime = Date.now();
+            const duration = endTime - startTime;
+            this.sse.send('component', {
+                eventId,
+                action: 'callStop',
+                sourceId,
+                id: componentId,
+                name: componentData.displayName,
+                title: componentData.title,
+                startTime,
+                endTime,
+                duration,
+                output: { error: 'Circular Calls Reached' },
+            });
+
+            return { error: `Circular Calls Reached` };
+        }
+
+        const data = agentRuntime.getComponentData(componentId);
+        if (data?.output?._missing_inputs) {
+            agentRuntime.updateComponent(componentId, { output: {} });
+        }
+
+        const _input = this.prepareComponentInput(componentId, input);
+
+        //insert log
+        const logId = AgentLogger.log(this, null, {
+            sourceId: sourceId || 'AGENT',
+            componentId,
+            domain: this.domain,
+            workflowID: this.agentRuntime.workflowReqId,
+            processID: this.agentRuntime.processID,
+            input:
+                componentData.name == 'APIEndpoint' ? (this.agentRequest.method == 'GET' ? this.agentRequest.query : this.agentRequest.body) : _input,
+            inputTimestamp: new Date().toISOString(),
+            sessionID: this.callerSessionId,
+            tags: this.sessionTag,
+        });
+
+        let output: any = null;
+        let missingInputs: any = [];
+
+        //agentRuntime.updateComponent(componentId, { step: agentRuntime.curStep });
+        this.updateStep(sourceId, componentId);
+
+        //first we check if the debugger is injecting an output, if yes we skip the inputs check
+        if (agentRuntime.debug) {
+            output = await agentRuntime.injectDebugOutput(componentId);
+        }
+
+        if (!output) {
+            missingInputs = this.getComponentMissingInputs(componentId, _input);
+
+            if (missingInputs.length > 0) {
+                agentRuntime.updateComponent(componentId, { active: true, status: 'waiting' });
+                //check if _error output is connected to a component
+                const connections = this.connections.filter((c) => c.sourceId == componentId) || [];
+                let hasErrorHandler = false;
+                for (let connection of connections) {
+                    const outputEndpoint = componentData.outputs[connection.sourceIndex];
+                    if (outputEndpoint.name == '_error') {
+                        hasErrorHandler = true;
+                        break;
+                    }
+                }
+                //if (hasErrorHandler) return { id: componentData.id, name: componentData.name, result: null };
+
+                output = { _error: 'Missing inputs : ' + JSON.stringify(missingInputs), _missing_inputs: missingInputs };
+            }
+
+            if (!output) {
+                //the following case happens when no debugger injection was performed
+                const validationResult = await component.validateConfig(componentData);
+                if (validationResult._error) {
+                    output = validationResult;
+                } else {
+                    try {
+                        await this.parseVariables(); //make sure that any vault variable is loaded before processing the component
+                        //TODO: apply type inference here instead of in the component .process method
+                        output = await component.process({ ...this.agentVariables, ..._input }, { ...componentData, eventId }, this);
+                        console.debug(output, AccessCandidate.agent(this.id));
+                    } catch (error: any) {
+                        //this are fatal errors requiring to cancel the execution of this component.
+                        console.error(
+                            'Error on component process: ',
+                            { componentId, name: componentData.name, input: _input },
+                            error,
+                            AccessCandidate.agent(this.id)
+                        );
+                        if (error?.message) output = { Response: undefined, _error: error.message, _debug: error.message };
+                        else output = { Response: undefined, _error: error.toString(), _debug: error.toString() };
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        const runtimeData = this.agentRuntime.getRuntimeData(componentId);
+        agentRuntime.updateComponent(componentId, { output });
+
+        if (output._in_progress) {
+            agentRuntime.updateComponent(componentId, { active: true, status: 'in_progress' });
+        }
+
+        if (output.error || output._error) {
+            //TODO : check if we need to keep loop data while clearing runtime data here
+            //in fact, output._error might be connected to a next component, in which case we need to keep the loop data
+            if (!runtimeData?._ChildLoopData?._in_progress) {
+                //don't reset if we are inside a loop, otherwise ._error branches will break the loop
+
+                this.agentRuntime.resetComponent(componentId);
+            }
+
+            if (logId) {
+                //update log
+                AgentLogger.log(this, logId, { error: output.error || output._error });
+            }
+            if (output.error) {
+                const endTime = Date.now();
+                const duration = endTime - startTime;
+                this.sse.send('component', {
+                    eventId,
+                    action: 'callStop',
+                    sourceId,
+                    id: componentId,
+                    name: componentData.displayName,
+                    title: componentData.title,
+                    startTime,
+                    endTime,
+                    duration,
+                    output: { error: output.error || output._error },
+                });
+
+                return [
+                    {
+                        id: componentData.id,
+                        name: componentData.displayName,
+                        result: null,
+                        error: output.error || output._error,
+                        _debug: output.error || output._error,
+                    },
+                ];
+            }
+        }
+
+        let results: any = [];
+        if (output /*&& !component.hasReadOutput*/ && !output._missing_inputs) {
+            AgentLogger.logTask(this, 1); //log successful task (non blocking call)
+
+            //proceed with the next component(s)
+            results = await this.callNextComponents(componentId, output).catch((error) => ({
+                error,
+                id: componentData.id,
+                name: componentData.displayName,
+            }));
+
+            //TODO : maybe handle the number of branches inside ForEach component
+            if (runtimeData._LoopData && output._in_progress && runtimeData._LoopData.branches == undefined) {
+                //handle loop branching
+                const branches = Array.isArray(results) ? results.length : 1;
+                if (output._in_progress) {
+                    runtimeData._LoopData.branches = branches;
+                    agentRuntime.updateRuntimeData(componentId, { _LoopData: runtimeData._LoopData });
+                }
+            }
+
+            if (results._is_leaf) {
+                //we reached the end of the execution tree, we need to check if this branch is a loop
+                delete results._is_leaf;
+                const _ChildLoopData = runtimeData._ChildLoopData;
+                if (_ChildLoopData && _ChildLoopData.parentId) {
+                    const parentId = _ChildLoopData.parentId;
+                    const _LoopData = this.agentRuntime.getRuntimeData(parentId)._LoopData;
+                    if (_LoopData) {
+                        if (!_LoopData.result) _LoopData.result = [];
+                        //we are in a loop, we need to update loop parent status in order to signal that we can run the next loop cycle
+
+                        let resultsCopy = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(results));
+                        if (results.result) results.result._exclude = true;
+
+                        resultsCopy = await component.postProcess(resultsCopy, componentData, this);
+
+                        _LoopData.result.push(resultsCopy);
+                        _LoopData.branches--;
+
+                        if (_LoopData.branches <= 0) {
+                            agentRuntime.updateComponent(parentId, { active: true, status: '' }); //remove _in_progress status after processing all branches
+                        }
+                        //save the last result so that the loop parent can read it
+                        agentRuntime.updateRuntimeData(parentId, { _LoopData });
+                    }
+                } else {
+                    //leaf but no childLoopData, is this a loop component with no children ?
+                    const _LoopData = this.agentRuntime.getRuntimeData(componentId)._LoopData;
+                    if (_LoopData && _LoopData.loopIndex == 1) {
+                        _LoopData._in_progress = false;
+                        output._in_progress = false;
+                        agentRuntime.updateComponent(componentId, { active: true, status: '' });
+                        agentRuntime.updateRuntimeData(componentId, { _LoopData });
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        //check if the component context is potentially needed in next cycles
+        if (!output._missing_inputs && !output._in_progress) {
+            //we processed the current component, we can now reset the runtime data and active status
+            const inLoop =
+                runtimeData?._ChildLoopData?._in_progress && runtimeData._ChildLoopData?.loopIndex < runtimeData._ChildLoopData?.loopLength;
+            if (inLoop) {
+                // loop children require to keep external runtime data, we only clear the data that was set inside the loop
+                this.clearChildLoopRuntimeComponentData(componentId);
+                agentRuntime.updateComponent(componentId, { active: true, status: 'waiting' });
+            } else {
+                this.agentRuntime.resetComponent(componentId); //also sets active to false
+            }
+        } //if inputs were missing, the output contains error information, not actual component processing output, in this case we keep the runtime data
+
+        //filter out null results
+        if (Array.isArray(results)) results = results.flat(Infinity).filter((r) => r.result != null);
+
+        if (logId) {
+            //update log
+            AgentLogger.log(this, logId, { output, outputTimestamp: '' + Date.now() });
+        }
+
+        //return this.agentRuntime.debug ? [results, { id: componentData.id, name: componentData.name, result: output }] : results;
+
+        const endTime = Date.now();
+        const duration = endTime - startTime;
+        this.sse.send('component', {
+            eventId,
+            action: 'callStop',
+            sourceId,
+            id: componentId,
+            name: componentData.displayName,
+            title: componentData.title,
+            startTime,
+            endTime,
+            duration,
+            output,
+        });
+
+        return [results, { id: componentData.id, name: componentData.displayName, result: output }];
+    }
+    JSONExpression(obj, propertyString) {
+        const properties = propertyString.split(/\.|\[|\]\.|\]\[|\]/).filter(Boolean);
+        let currentProperty = obj;
+
+        for (let property of properties) {
+            if (currentProperty === undefined || currentProperty === null) {
+                return undefined;
+            }
+
+            currentProperty = currentProperty[property];
+        }
+
+        return currentProperty;
+    }
+
+    //
+    async callNextComponents(componentId, output) {
+        const agentRuntime = this.agentRuntime;
+        //agentRuntime.incStep();
+
+        const componentData = this.components[componentId];
+        const component: Component = this._componentInstance[componentData.name];
+
+        //if (component.hasReadOutput) return [];
+
+        //get the list of connections for the current component in order to determine the next component(s) to call
+        let connections = this.connections
+            .filter((c) => c.sourceId == componentId /*|| this.alwaysActiveComponents[c.sourceId]*/)
+            .map((c) => ({ ...c, output, componentData }));
+
+        //also find connections from always active components to components with status 'waiting'
+
+        const waitingComponents = agentRuntime.getWaitingComponents();
+        const waitingComponentIds = waitingComponents.map((e) => e.id);
+        const alwaysActiveIds = Object.keys(this.agentRuntime.alwaysActiveComponents);
+        const alwaysActiveConnections = this.connections
+            .filter((c) => alwaysActiveIds.includes(c.sourceId) && waitingComponentIds.includes(c.targetId))
+            .map((c) => {
+                const output = {};
+                const waitingComponent = waitingComponents.find((e) => e.id == c.targetId);
+                const prevComponentData = this.components[c.sourceId];
+                const prevComponent: Component = this._componentInstance[prevComponentData.name];
+                const outputEndpoint = prevComponentData.outputs[c.sourceIndex];
+                output[outputEndpoint.name] = prevComponent.readOutput(outputEndpoint.name, prevComponentData, this);
+
+                return { ...c, output, componentData: this.components[c.sourceId] };
+            });
+        connections = [...connections, ...alwaysActiveConnections];
+
+        //no more components to call, return the output
+        if (!Array.isArray(connections) || connections.length == 0) {
+            return { id: componentData.id, name: componentData.name, result: output, _is_leaf: true };
+        }
+
+        const targetComponents = //classify connections by objects
+            connections.reduce((acc, obj) => {
+                let key = obj.targetId;
+                if (!acc[key]) {
+                    acc[key] = [];
+                }
+                acc[key].push(obj);
+                return acc;
+            }, {});
+
+        const promises: any = [];
+        for (let targetId in targetComponents) {
+            const targetComponentData = this.components[targetId];
+
+            //if we are not inside an async component, we skip async branches
+            //Note : we exclude Async component from this rule because it's the one that initiates the async job
+            if (!this.async && targetComponentData.async && targetComponentData.name !== 'Async') continue;
+
+            const targetComponent: Component = this._componentInstance[targetComponentData.name];
+            const connections = targetComponents[targetId];
+
+            let _isErrorHandler = false;
+            if (Array.isArray(connections) && connections.length > 0) {
+                const nextInput = {};
+                for (let connection of connections) {
+                    const output = connection.output;
+                    const componentData = connection.componentData;
+                    const outputEndpoint = componentData.outputs[connection.sourceIndex]; //source
+                    const inputEndpoint = targetComponentData.inputs[connection.targetIndex]; //target
+
+                    //outputs can be named (e.g "user:email" or "Req:body:data") in which case they refer to a path in the output object
+                    const outputExpression = outputEndpoint.expression || outputEndpoint.name;
+                    const outputParts = outputExpression.split('.');
+
+                    const defaultOutputs = componentData.outputs.find((c) => c.default);
+                    let value: any = undefined;
+
+                    if (outputEndpoint.name == '_error') _isErrorHandler = true;
+
+                    if (outputEndpoint.default) value = output[outputEndpoint.name] /* || null*/;
+                    else {
+                        if (defaultOutputs /* && output[defaultOutputs.name]?.[outputEndpoint.name]*/) {
+                            value = output[defaultOutputs.name]?.[outputEndpoint.name];
+                        }
+                    }
+                    if (/*value === null || */ value === undefined && outputParts.length >= 1) {
+                        let val = this.JSONExpression(output, outputExpression);
+                        if (val !== undefined) value = val;
+                    }
+
+                    // if (/*value !== null && */ value !== undefined) {
+                    //     nextInput[inputEndpoint.name] = [...new Set([[nextInput[inputEndpoint.name], value]].flat(Infinity))].filter(
+                    //         (e) => e !== undefined /*&& e !== null*/,
+                    //     );
+
+                    //     if (nextInput[inputEndpoint.name].length == 1) nextInput[inputEndpoint.name] = nextInput[inputEndpoint.name][0];
+                    // }
+
+                    //Fix suggested by Sentinel Agent
+                    if (/*value !== null && */ value !== undefined) {
+                        // let combinedInput = [...[nextInput[inputEndpoint.name]].flat(), ...[value].flat()].filter(
+                        //     (e) => e !== undefined /*&& e !== null*/,
+                        // ); // ! Deprecated
+
+                        let combinedInput = _mergeInputs(nextInput[inputEndpoint.name], value).filter((e) => e !== undefined /*&& e !== null*/);
+
+                        nextInput[inputEndpoint.name] = combinedInput.length === 1 ? combinedInput[0] : combinedInput;
+                    }
+                }
+                if (!nextInput || JSON.stringify(nextInput) == '{}') continue;
+
+                const input = this.prepareComponentInput(targetId, nextInput);
+
+                const targetComponent = this.components[targetId];
+
+                if (_isErrorHandler && targetComponent) {
+                    output._error_handled = true;
+                }
+
+                const missingInputs = this.getComponentMissingInputs(targetId, input);
+                const status = missingInputs.length > 0 ? 'waiting' : undefined;
+
+                const sourceRuntimeData = this.agentRuntime.getRuntimeData(componentId); //We read the previous component runtime data
+
+                let _ChildLoopData = sourceRuntimeData._LoopData; //is the source a loop component ?
+
+                if (!_ChildLoopData || !_ChildLoopData._in_progress) {
+                    //if it's a loop component we need to check if the loop is still in progress
+
+                    _ChildLoopData = sourceRuntimeData._ChildLoopData; // if the loop is completed, check if the loop component is a nested loop, in which case we pass the parent context to the following component
+                }
+
+                agentRuntime.updateComponent(targetId, { active: true, input: nextInput, sourceId: componentId, status });
+                agentRuntime.updateRuntimeData(targetId, { _ChildLoopData, _LoopData: null });
+                promises.push(idPromise({ id: targetId, name: targetComponent.name, inputs: nextInput }));
+
+                if (status) {
+                    //if status is set, track the component status update
+                    //if not set, it means that the component is active and will be logged upon execution
+                    //this can be considered as a fake log step that help us keep track of the execution tree
+                    const logId = AgentLogger.log(this, null, {
+                        sourceId: componentId,
+                        componentId: targetId,
+                        step: this.agentRuntime.curStep + 1, //we force to next step because the current step order is updated in the next runCycle()
+                        domain: this.domain,
+                        workflowID: this.agentRuntime.workflowReqId,
+                        processID: this.agentRuntime.processID,
+                        input: { __action: 'status_update', __status: status, data: nextInput },
+                        inputTimestamp: new Date().toISOString(),
+                        sessionID: this.callerSessionId,
+                        tags: this.sessionTag,
+                    });
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        if (promises.length == 0) {
+            return { id: componentData.id, name: componentData.name, result: output, _is_leaf: true };
+        }
+        const results = await Promise.all(promises);
+
+        //TODO : exclusive components handling
+        //in order to run exclusive components first, we need to run them in current cycle
+        //then we signal to the caller component that one more run cycle is needed
+        return results.length == 1 ? results[0] : results;
+    }
+    private prepareComponentInput(targetId, inputs) {
+        const rData: any = this.agentRuntime.getRuntimeData(targetId);
+        const componentData = this.components[targetId];
+        const rDataInput = rData?.input || {};
+
+        let _input = { ...rDataInput };
+        if (inputs) {
+            // for (let key in inputs) {
+            //     let value = inputs[key];
+            //     //_input[key] = mergeJsonData(_input[key], value);
+
+            //     _input[key] = [...new Set([[rDataInput[key]], [value]].flat(Infinity))].filter((e) => e !== undefined /* && e !== null*/);
+            //     if (_input[key].length == 1) _input[key] = _input[key][0];
+            // }
+
+            //Fix suggested by Sentinel Agent
+            for (let key in inputs) {
+                let value = inputs[key];
+                // Concatenate the existing value with the new input, without using Set to preserve duplicates
+                // _input[key] = [rDataInput[key], value].flat(Infinity).filter((e) => e !== undefined); // ! Deprecated
+                _input[key] = _mergeInputs(rDataInput[key], value).filter((e) => e !== undefined);
+
+                // Simplify the array to a single value if there is only one element after flattening
+                if (_input[key].length == 1) _input[key] = _input[key][0];
+            }
+        }
+
+        const readablePredecessors = this.findReadablePredecessors(targetId);
+        for (let c of readablePredecessors) {
+            if (c) {
+                const predComponentData = this.components[c.id];
+                const value = c.component.readOutput(c.output.name, predComponentData, this);
+                if (value && c.input?.name) {
+                    if (!_input) _input = {};
+                    _input[c.input.name] = value;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        //this.saveRuntimeComponentData(targetId, { input: _input }); //TODO : check if we can use this.agentRuntime.updateRuntimeData instead (need to be carefully tested)
+        this.agentRuntime.updateRuntimeData(targetId, { input: _input });
+
+        for (let input of componentData.inputs) {
+            if (input.defaultVal && _input[input.name] === undefined) {
+                _input[input.name] = TemplateString(input.defaultVal).parse(this.agentVariables).result;
+                //parseTemplate(input.defaultVal, this.agentVariables, { escapeString: false, processUnmatched: false });
+            }
+        }
+        return _input;
+    }
+
+    public getConnectionSource(connection) {
+        return this.components[connection.sourceId].inputs.find((e) => e.index === connection.sourceIndex);
+    }
+
+    public getConnectionTarget(connection) {
+        return this.components[connection.targetId].inputs.find((e) => e.index === connection.targetIndex);
+    }
+
+    private recursiveTagAsyncComponents(component) {
+        const agent = this;
+        for (let output of component.outputs) {
+            if (component.name == 'Async' && output.name === 'JobID') continue; //'JobID' is a special output
+            const connected = agent.connections.filter((c) => c.sourceId === component.id && c.sourceIndex === output.index);
+            if (!connected) continue;
+            for (let con of connected) {
+                const targetComponent = agent.components[con.targetId];
+                if (!targetComponent) continue;
+                targetComponent.async = true;
+                this.recursiveTagAsyncComponents(targetComponent);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    private tagAsyncComponents() {
+        const agent = this;
+        const componentsList: any[] = Object.values(agent.components);
+        const AsyncComponents: any[] = componentsList.filter((c) => c.name === 'Async');
+        if (!AsyncComponents || AsyncComponents.length == 0) return;
+        for (let AsyncComponent of AsyncComponents) {
+            AsyncComponent.async = true;
+            this.recursiveTagAsyncComponents(AsyncComponent);
+        }
+
+        //AsyncComponents.async = true;
+
+        //this.recursiveTagAsyncComponents(AsyncComponent, agent);
+    }
+}
+
+function _mergeInputs(existing, newValue) {
+    if (existing === undefined) {
+        return [newValue];
+    }
+
+    if (!Array.isArray(existing)) {
+        existing = [existing];
+    }
+
+    return [...existing, newValue];
+}