diff --git a/src/frontend/src/CustomNodes/GenericNode/components/NodeStatus/components/build-status-display.tsx b/src/frontend/src/CustomNodes/GenericNode/components/NodeStatus/components/build-status-display.tsx
index e56b6d79a..78cd03d7e 100644
--- a/src/frontend/src/CustomNodes/GenericNode/components/NodeStatus/components/build-status-display.tsx
+++ b/src/frontend/src/CustomNodes/GenericNode/components/NodeStatus/components/build-status-display.tsx
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import {
   STATUS_BUILD,
   STATUS_BUILDING,
   STATUS_INACTIVE,
+  STATUS_MISSING_FIELDS_ERROR,
 } from "@/constants/constants";
 import { BuildStatus } from "@/constants/enums";
 
@@ -58,6 +59,11 @@ const BuildStatusDisplay = ({
     return <StatusMessage>{STATUS_INACTIVE}</StatusMessage>;
   }
 
+  if (buildStatus === BuildStatus.ERROR && !validationStatus) {
+    // If the build status is error and there is no validation status, it means that it failed before building, so show the Missing Required Fields error message
+    return <StatusMessage>{STATUS_MISSING_FIELDS_ERROR}</StatusMessage>;
+  }
+
   if (!validationStatus) {
     return <StatusMessage>{STATUS_BUILD}</StatusMessage>;
   }
diff --git a/src/frontend/src/constants/constants.ts b/src/frontend/src/constants/constants.ts
index 1b908f88e..c8ecac2d9 100644
--- a/src/frontend/src/constants/constants.ts
+++ b/src/frontend/src/constants/constants.ts
@@ -735,6 +735,8 @@ export const INSERT_API_KEY = "Insert your Langflow API key.";
 export const INVALID_API_KEY = "Your API key is not valid. ";
 export const CREATE_API_KEY = `Don't have an API key? Sign up at`;
 export const STATUS_BUILD = "Build to validate status.";
+export const STATUS_MISSING_FIELDS_ERROR =
+  "Please fill all the required fields.";
 export const STATUS_INACTIVE = "Execution blocked";
 export const STATUS_BUILDING = "Building...";
 export const SAVED_HOVER = "Last saved: ";
diff --git a/src/frontend/src/modals/IOModal/components/chatView/chatInput/chat-input.tsx b/src/frontend/src/modals/IOModal/components/chatView/chatInput/chat-input.tsx
index e2796cc93..435f231b1 100644
--- a/src/frontend/src/modals/IOModal/components/chatView/chatInput/chat-input.tsx
+++ b/src/frontend/src/modals/IOModal/components/chatView/chatInput/chat-input.tsx
@@ -162,11 +162,21 @@ export default function ChatInput({
     };
   }, [handleFileChange, currentFlowId, isBuilding]);
 
-  const send = () => {
-    sendMessage({
-      repeat: 1,
-      files: files.map((file) => file.path ?? "").filter((file) => file !== ""),
-    });
+  const setChatValueStore = useUtilityStore((state) => state.setChatValueStore);
+
+  const send = async () => {
+    const storedChatValue = chatValue;
+    try {
+      await sendMessage({
+        repeat: 1,
+        files: files
+          .map((file) => file.path ?? "")
+          .filter((file) => file !== ""),
+      });
+    } catch (error) {
+      setChatValueStore(storedChatValue);
+    }
+
     setFiles([]);
   };
 
diff --git a/src/frontend/src/modals/IOModal/components/chatView/chatInput/components/text-area-wrapper.tsx b/src/frontend/src/modals/IOModal/components/chatView/chatInput/components/text-area-wrapper.tsx
index 9060aa0f4..4d9132c5c 100644
--- a/src/frontend/src/modals/IOModal/components/chatView/chatInput/components/text-area-wrapper.tsx
+++ b/src/frontend/src/modals/IOModal/components/chatView/chatInput/components/text-area-wrapper.tsx
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ const TextAreaWrapper = ({
       data-testid="input-chat-playground"
       onKeyDown={(event) => {
         if (checkSendingOk(event)) {
+          event.preventDefault();
           send();
         }
       }}
diff --git a/src/frontend/src/modals/IOModal/components/chatView/components/chat-view.tsx b/src/frontend/src/modals/IOModal/components/chatView/components/chat-view.tsx
index 236e14dd0..a014608a8 100644
--- a/src/frontend/src/modals/IOModal/components/chatView/components/chat-view.tsx
+++ b/src/frontend/src/modals/IOModal/components/chatView/components/chat-view.tsx
@@ -294,8 +294,8 @@ export default function ChatView({
         <CustomChatInput
           playgroundPage={!!playgroundPage}
           noInput={!inputTypes.includes("ChatInput")}
-          sendMessage={({ repeat, files }) => {
-            sendMessage({ repeat, files });
+          sendMessage={async ({ repeat, files }) => {
+            await sendMessage({ repeat, files });
             track("Playground Message Sent");
           }}
           inputRef={ref}
diff --git a/src/frontend/src/modals/IOModal/playground-modal.tsx b/src/frontend/src/modals/IOModal/playground-modal.tsx
index 6d2b941f5..728b7bc38 100644
--- a/src/frontend/src/modals/IOModal/playground-modal.tsx
+++ b/src/frontend/src/modals/IOModal/playground-modal.tsx
@@ -227,6 +227,7 @@ export default function IOModal({
           eventDelivery: eventDeliveryConfig,
         }).catch((err) => {
           console.error(err);
+          throw err;
         });
       }
     },
diff --git a/src/frontend/src/stores/flowStore.ts b/src/frontend/src/stores/flowStore.ts
index 839e39bb9..2b4588db4 100644
--- a/src/frontend/src/stores/flowStore.ts
+++ b/src/frontend/src/stores/flowStore.ts
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ import {
   checkChatInput,
   cleanEdges,
   detectBrokenEdgesEdges,
+  getConnectedSubgraph,
   getHandleId,
   getNodeId,
   scapeJSONParse,
@@ -658,52 +659,56 @@ const useFlowStore = create<FlowStoreType>((set, get) => ({
     get().setIsBuilding(true);
     set({ flowBuildStatus: {} });
     const currentFlow = useFlowsManagerStore.getState().currentFlow;
-    const setSuccessData = useAlertStore.getState().setSuccessData;
     const setErrorData = useAlertStore.getState().setErrorData;
 
     const edges = get().edges;
-    let error = false;
     let errors: string[] = [];
-    for (const edge of edges) {
-      const errorsEdge = validateEdge(edge, get().nodes, edges);
+
+    // Only validate upstream nodes/edges if startNodeId is provided
+    let nodesToValidate = get().nodes;
+    let edgesToValidate = edges;
+    if (startNodeId) {
+      const downstream = getConnectedSubgraph(
+        startNodeId,
+        get().nodes,
+        edges,
+        "downstream",
+      );
+      nodesToValidate = downstream.nodes;
+      edgesToValidate = downstream.edges;
+    } else if (stopNodeId) {
+      const upstream = getConnectedSubgraph(
+        stopNodeId,
+        get().nodes,
+        edges,
+        "upstream",
+      );
+      nodesToValidate = upstream.nodes;
+      edgesToValidate = upstream.edges;
+    }
+
+    for (const edge of edgesToValidate) {
+      const errorsEdge = validateEdge(edge, nodesToValidate, edgesToValidate);
       if (errorsEdge.length > 0) {
-        error = true;
         errors.push(errorsEdge.join("\n"));
-        useAlertStore.getState().addNotificationToHistory({
-          title: MISSED_ERROR_ALERT,
-          type: "error",
-          list: errorsEdge,
-        });
       }
     }
-    if (error) {
+    const errorsObjs = validateNodes(nodesToValidate, edges);
+
+    errors = errors.concat(errorsObjs.map((obj) => obj.errors).flat());
+    if (errors.length > 0) {
+      setErrorData({
+        title: MISSED_ERROR_ALERT,
+        list: errors,
+      });
+      const ids = errorsObjs.map((obj) => obj.id).flat();
+      get().updateBuildStatus(ids, BuildStatus.ERROR); // Set only the build status as error without adding info to the flow pool
+
       get().setIsBuilding(false);
-      get().setBuildInfo({ error: errors, success: false });
       throw new Error("Invalid components");
     }
 
-    function validateSubgraph(nodes: string[]) {
-      const errorsObjs = validateNodes(
-        get().nodes.filter((node) => nodes.includes(node.id)),
-        get().edges,
-      );
-
-      const errors = errorsObjs.map((obj) => obj.errors).flat();
-      if (errors.length > 0) {
-        get().setBuildInfo({ error: errors, success: false });
-        useAlertStore.getState().addNotificationToHistory({
-          title: MISSED_ERROR_ALERT,
-          type: "error",
-          list: errors,
-        });
-        get().setIsBuilding(false);
-        const ids = errorsObjs.map((obj) => obj.id).flat();
-
-        get().updateBuildStatus(ids, BuildStatus.ERROR);
-        throw new Error("Invalid components");
-      }
-      // get().updateEdgesRunningByNodes(nodes, true);
-    }
+    function validateSubgraph() {}
     function handleBuildUpdate(
       vertexBuildData: VertexBuildTypeAPI,
       status: BuildStatus,
diff --git a/src/frontend/src/types/components/index.ts b/src/frontend/src/types/components/index.ts
index 87716e3d6..8c3860ada 100644
--- a/src/frontend/src/types/components/index.ts
+++ b/src/frontend/src/types/components/index.ts
@@ -551,7 +551,7 @@ export type ChatInputType = {
   }: {
     repeat: number;
     files?: string[];
-  }) => void;
+  }) => Promise<void>;
   playgroundPage: boolean;
 };
 
@@ -840,7 +840,7 @@ export type chatViewProps = {
   }: {
     repeat: number;
     files?: string[];
-  }) => void;
+  }) => Promise<void>;
   visibleSession?: string;
   focusChat?: string;
   closeChat?: () => void;
diff --git a/src/frontend/src/utils/buildUtils.ts b/src/frontend/src/utils/buildUtils.ts
index 51304b1bd..2eb1a1880 100644
--- a/src/frontend/src/utils/buildUtils.ts
+++ b/src/frontend/src/utils/buildUtils.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import { MISSED_ERROR_ALERT } from "@/constants/alerts_constants";
 import {
-  BASE_URL_API,
   BUILD_POLLING_INTERVAL,
   POLLING_MESSAGES,
 } from "@/constants/constants";
diff --git a/src/frontend/src/utils/reactflowUtils.ts b/src/frontend/src/utils/reactflowUtils.ts
index 218902df9..0c0a2cddb 100644
--- a/src/frontend/src/utils/reactflowUtils.ts
+++ b/src/frontend/src/utils/reactflowUtils.ts
@@ -2094,3 +2094,44 @@ export function buildPositionDictionary(nodes: AllNodeType[]) {
 export function hasStreaming(nodes: AllNodeType[]) {
   return nodes.some((node) => node.data.node?.template?.stream?.value);
 }
+
+// Utility to get all connected nodes and edges from a given nodeId, in a given direction
+export function getConnectedSubgraph(
+  nodeId: string,
+  nodes: AllNodeType[],
+  edges: EdgeType[],
+  direction: "upstream" | "downstream",
+): { nodes: AllNodeType[]; edges: EdgeType[] } {
+  const visited = new Set<string>();
+  const resultNodes: AllNodeType[] = [];
+  const resultEdges: EdgeType[] = [];
+
+  function dfs(currentId: string) {
+    if (visited.has(currentId)) return;
+    visited.add(currentId);
+    const node = nodes.find((n) => n.id === currentId);
+    if (node) {
+      resultNodes.push(node);
+      if (direction === "upstream") {
+        // Find all incoming edges
+        const incomingEdges = edges.filter((e) => e.target === currentId);
+        for (const edge of incomingEdges) {
+          resultEdges.push(edge);
+          dfs(edge.source);
+        }
+      } else {
+        // downstream: Find all outgoing edges
+        const outgoingEdges = edges.filter((e) => e.source === currentId);
+        for (const edge of outgoingEdges) {
+          resultEdges.push(edge);
+          dfs(edge.target);
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  dfs(nodeId);
+  return {
+    nodes: resultNodes,
+    edges: resultEdges,
+  };
+}