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How to debug flow corruption issues after metadata resync

prachikomal
ServiceNow Employee

Hi everyone,

 

I’m currently troubleshooting an issue where a Flow Designer flow appears to have become corrupted after syncing changes using the Now SDK workflow.

 

Context:

 

- The application is managed through VSF (Version Source File) and a local repository.

- I ran the Now SDK transform command to pull the latest changes from VSF into my local repo.

- After the transform, I redeployed the application back to my ServiceNow instance.

 

Issue:

After the deployment, the Flow Designer flow became corrupted. The flow does not behave as expected anymore and appears to have issues in its definition after the transform/deploy cycle.

 

What I’m trying to understand:

 

- Whether the Now SDK transform process can modify or incorrectly serialize Flow Designer metadata.

- If there are known issues with Flow Designer artifacts when moving between VSF and local repos.

- Whether flow actions, stages, or sys_ids can get affected during the transform.

 

Questions:

 

1. Has anyone experienced Flow Designer flows getting corrupted after using the Now SDK transform command?

2. Are there known limitations with Flow Designer artifacts when using source control / SDK workflows?

3. Are there recommended best practices to safely manage Flow Designer flows when syncing between VSF and a local repo?

 

Additional info (if helpful):

 

- The issue started immediately after the transform + redeploy.

- The flow worked correctly before running the transform command.

 

 

Any insights, debugging tips, or documentation references would be greatly appreciated.

 

Thanks in advance!

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