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state

Attributes

attribute
INTERRUPT
attribute
NS_END
attribute
NS_SEP
attribute
TASKS
attribute
EMPTY_SEQ: tuple[str, ...]

An empty sequence of strings.

attribute
MISSING

Unset sentinel value.

attribute
END

The last (maybe virtual) node in graph-style Pregel.

attribute
START

The first (maybe virtual) node in graph-style Pregel.

attribute
TAG_HIDDEN

Tag to hide a node/edge from certain tracing/streaming environments.

attribute
ManagedValueSpec: type[ManagedValue]
attribute
All: Literal['*']

Special value to indicate that graph should interrupt on all nodes.

attribute
ContextT

Type variable used to represent graph run scoped context.

Defaults to None.

attribute
InputT

Type variable used to represent the input to a StateGraph.

Defaults to StateT.

attribute
NodeInputT

Type variable used to represent the input to a node.

attribute
OutputT

Type variable used to represent the output of a StateGraph.

Defaults to StateT.

attribute
StateT

Type variable used to represent the state in a graph.

attribute
logger

Functions

function
get_cached_annotated_keys

Return cached annotated keys for a Python class.

function
get_field_default

Determine the default value for a field in a state schema.

function
get_update_as_tuples

Get Pydantic state update as a list of (key, value) tuples.

function
create_model

Create a pydantic model with the given field definitions.

function
coerce_to_runnable

Coerce a runnable-like object into a Runnable.

function
create_error_message
function
is_managed_value
function
ensure_valid_checkpointer

Classes

class
DeprecatedKwargs

TypedDict to use for extra keyword arguments, enabling type checking warnings for deprecated arguments.

class
BaseChannel

Base class for all channels.

class
BinaryOperatorAggregate

Stores the result of applying a binary operator to the current value and each new value.

import operator

total = Channels.BinaryOperatorAggregate(int, operator.add)
class
EphemeralValue

Stores the value received in the step immediately preceding, clears after.

class
LastValue

Stores the last value received, can receive at most one value per step.

class
LastValueAfterFinish

Stores the last value received, but only made available after finish(). Once made available, clears the value.

class
NamedBarrierValue

A channel that waits until all named values are received before making the value available.

class
NamedBarrierValueAfterFinish

A channel that waits until all named values are received before making the value ready to be made available. It is only made available after finish() is called.

class
ErrorCode
class
InvalidUpdateError

Raised when attempting to update a channel with an invalid set of updates.

Troubleshooting guides:

  • INVALID_CONCURRENT_GRAPH_UPDATE
  • INVALID_GRAPH_NODE_RETURN_VALUE
class
ParentCommand
class
BranchSpec
class
StateNodeSpec
class
Pregel

Pregel manages the runtime behavior for LangGraph applications.

Overview

Pregel combines actors and channels into a single application. Actors read data from channels and write data to channels. Pregel organizes the execution of the application into multiple steps, following the Pregel Algorithm/Bulk Synchronous Parallel model.

Each step consists of three phases:

  • Plan: Determine which actors to execute in this step. For example, in the first step, select the actors that subscribe to the special input channels; in subsequent steps, select the actors that subscribe to channels updated in the previous step.
  • Execution: Execute all selected actors in parallel, until all complete, or one fails, or a timeout is reached. During this phase, channel updates are invisible to actors until the next step.
  • Update: Update the channels with the values written by the actors in this step.

Repeat until no actors are selected for execution, or a maximum number of steps is reached.

Actors

An actor is a PregelNode. It subscribes to channels, reads data from them, and writes data to them. It can be thought of as an actor in the Pregel algorithm. PregelNodes implement LangChain's Runnable interface.

Channels

Channels are used to communicate between actors (PregelNodes). Each channel has a value type, an update type, and an update function – which takes a sequence of updates and modifies the stored value. Channels can be used to send data from one chain to another, or to send data from a chain to itself in a future step. LangGraph provides a number of built-in channels:

Basic channels: LastValue and Topic

  • LastValue: The default channel, stores the last value sent to the channel, useful for input and output values, or for sending data from one step to the next
  • Topic: A configurable PubSub Topic, useful for sending multiple values between actors, or for accumulating output. Can be configured to deduplicate values, and/or to accumulate values over the course of multiple steps.

Advanced channels: Context and BinaryOperatorAggregate

  • Context: exposes the value of a context manager, managing its lifecycle. Useful for accessing external resources that require setup and/or teardown. e.g. client = Context(httpx.Client)
  • BinaryOperatorAggregate: stores a persistent value, updated by applying a binary operator to the current value and each update sent to the channel, useful for computing aggregates over multiple steps. e.g. total = BinaryOperatorAggregate(int, operator.add)

Examples

Most users will interact with Pregel via a StateGraph (Graph API) or via an entrypoint (Functional API).

However, for advanced use cases, Pregel can be used directly. If you're not sure whether you need to use Pregel directly, then the answer is probably no

  • you should use the Graph API or Functional API instead. These are higher-level interfaces that will compile down to Pregel under the hood.

Here are some examples to give you a sense of how it works:

class
ChannelRead

Implements the logic for reading state from CONFIG_KEY_READ. Usable both as a runnable as well as a static method to call imperatively.

class
PregelNode

A node in a Pregel graph. This won't be invoked as a runnable by the graph itself, but instead acts as a container for the components necessary to make a PregelExecutableTask for a node.

class
ChannelWrite

Implements the logic for sending writes to CONFIG_KEY_SEND. Can be used as a runnable or as a static method to call imperatively.

class
ChannelWriteEntry
class
ChannelWriteTupleEntry
class
CachePolicy

Configuration for caching nodes.

class
Command

One or more commands to update the graph's state and send messages to nodes.

class
RetryPolicy

Configuration for retrying nodes.

class
Send

A message or packet to send to a specific node in the graph.

The Send class is used within a StateGraph's conditional edges to dynamically invoke a node with a custom state at the next step.

Importantly, the sent state can differ from the core graph's state, allowing for flexible and dynamic workflow management.

One such example is a "map-reduce" workflow where your graph invokes the same node multiple times in parallel with different states, before aggregating the results back into the main graph's state.

class
LangGraphDeprecatedSinceV05

A specific LangGraphDeprecationWarning subclass defining functionality deprecated since LangGraph v0.5.0

class
LangGraphDeprecatedSinceV10

A specific LangGraphDeprecationWarning subclass defining functionality deprecated since LangGraph v1.0.0

class
StateGraph

A graph whose nodes communicate by reading and writing to a shared state.

The signature of each node is State -> Partial<State>.

Each state key can optionally be annotated with a reducer function that will be used to aggregate the values of that key received from multiple nodes. The signature of a reducer function is (Value, Value) -> Value.

Warning

StateGraph is a builder class and cannot be used directly for execution. You must first call .compile() to create an executable graph that supports methods like invoke(), stream(), astream(), and ainvoke(). See the CompiledStateGraph documentation for more details.

class
CompiledStateGraph

Type Aliases

typeAlias
StateNode: TypeAlias
typeAlias
Checkpointer

Type of the checkpointer to use for a subgraph.

  • True enables persistent checkpointing for this subgraph.
  • False disables checkpointing, even if the parent graph has a checkpointer.
  • None inherits checkpointer from the parent graph.
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