diff --git a/src/backend/langflow/api/v1/endpoints.py b/src/backend/langflow/api/v1/endpoints.py
index 8a3f67ddf..2dc79e85a 100644
--- a/src/backend/langflow/api/v1/endpoints.py
+++ b/src/backend/langflow/api/v1/endpoints.py
@@ -3,11 +3,15 @@ from typing import Annotated, Any, List, Optional, Union
 
 import sqlalchemy as sa
 from fastapi import APIRouter, Body, Depends, HTTPException, UploadFile, status
+from loguru import logger
+from sqlmodel import select
+
 from langflow.api.utils import update_frontend_node_with_template_values
 from langflow.api.v1.schemas import (
     CustomComponentCode,
     PreloadResponse,
     ProcessResponse,
+    RunResponse,
     TaskResponse,
     TaskStatusResponse,
     UploadFileResponse,
@@ -15,15 +19,23 @@ from langflow.api.v1.schemas import (
 from langflow.interface.custom.custom_component import CustomComponent
 from langflow.interface.custom.directory_reader import DirectoryReader
 from langflow.interface.custom.utils import build_custom_component_template
-from langflow.processing.process import build_graph_and_generate_result, process_graph_cached, process_tweaks
+from langflow.processing.process import (
+    build_graph_and_generate_result,
+    process_graph_cached,
+    process_tweaks,
+    run_graph,
+)
 from langflow.services.auth.utils import api_key_security, get_current_active_user
 from langflow.services.cache.utils import save_uploaded_file
 from langflow.services.database.models.flow import Flow
 from langflow.services.database.models.user.model import User
-from langflow.services.deps import get_session, get_session_service, get_settings_service, get_task_service
+from langflow.services.deps import (
+    get_session,
+    get_session_service,
+    get_settings_service,
+    get_task_service,
+)
 from langflow.services.session.service import SessionService
-from loguru import logger
-from sqlmodel import select
 
 try:
     from langflow.worker import process_graph_cached_task
@@ -33,9 +45,10 @@ except ImportError:
         raise NotImplementedError("Celery is not installed")
 
 
-from langflow.services.task.service import TaskService
 from sqlmodel import Session
 
+from langflow.services.task.service import TaskService
+
 # build router
 router = APIRouter(tags=["Base"])
 
@@ -80,9 +93,15 @@ async def process_graph_data(
         )
         if session_id is None:
             # Generate a session ID
-            session_id = get_session_service().generate_key(session_id=session_id, data_graph=graph_data)
+            session_id = get_session_service().generate_key(
+                session_id=session_id, data_graph=graph_data
+            )
         task_id, task = await task_service.launch_task(
-            process_graph_cached_task if task_service.use_celery else process_graph_cached,
+            (
+                process_graph_cached_task
+                if task_service.use_celery
+                else process_graph_cached
+            ),
             graph_data,
             inputs,
             clear_cache,
@@ -176,7 +195,11 @@ async def preload_flow(
         else:
             if session_id is None:
                 session_id = flow_id
-            flow = session.exec(select(Flow).where(Flow.id == flow_id).where(Flow.user_id == api_key_user.id)).first()
+            flow = session.exec(
+                select(Flow)
+                .where(Flow.id == flow_id)
+                .where(Flow.user_id == api_key_user.id)
+            ).first()
             if flow is None:
                 raise ValueError(f"Flow {flow_id} not found")
 
@@ -197,6 +220,76 @@ async def preload_flow(
         raise HTTPException(status_code=500, detail=str(exc)) from exc
 
 
+@router.post("/run/{flow_id}", response_model=ProcessResponse)
+async def run_flow_with_caching(
+    session: Annotated[Session, Depends(get_session)],
+    flow_id: str,
+    inputs: Optional[Union[List[dict], dict]] = None,
+    tweaks: Optional[dict] = None,
+    session_id: Annotated[Union[None, str], Body(embed=True)] = None,  # noqa: F821
+    api_key_user: User = Depends(api_key_security),
+    session_service: SessionService = Depends(get_session_service),
+):
+    try:
+        if session_id:
+            session_data = await session_service.load_session(session_id)
+            graph, artifacts = session_data if session_data else (None, None)
+            task_result: Any = None
+            task_status = None
+            if not graph:
+                raise ValueError("Graph not found in the session")
+            task_result = await run_graph(
+                graph,
+                session_id,
+                inputs,
+                artifacts=artifacts,
+                session_service=session_service,
+            )
+
+        else:
+            # Get the flow that matches the flow_id and belongs to the user
+            # flow = session.query(Flow).filter(Flow.id == flow_id).filter(Flow.user_id == api_key_user.id).first()
+            flow = session.exec(
+                select(Flow)
+                .where(Flow.id == flow_id)
+                .where(Flow.user_id == api_key_user.id)
+            ).first()
+            if flow is None:
+                raise ValueError(f"Flow {flow_id} not found")
+
+            if flow.data is None:
+                raise ValueError(f"Flow {flow_id} has no data")
+            graph_data = flow.data
+            graph_data = process_tweaks(graph_data, tweaks)
+            task_result = await run_graph(
+                graph_data,
+                inputs,
+                tweaks,
+                session_id,
+                session_service=session_service,
+            )
+
+        return RunResponse(
+            outputs=task_result, session_id=session_id, status=task_status
+        )
+    except sa.exc.StatementError as exc:
+        # StatementError('(builtins.ValueError) badly formed hexadecimal UUID string')
+        if "badly formed hexadecimal UUID string" in str(exc):
+            # This means the Flow ID is not a valid UUID which means it can't find the flow
+            raise HTTPException(
+                status_code=status.HTTP_404_NOT_FOUND, detail=str(exc)
+            ) from exc
+    except ValueError as exc:
+        if f"Flow {flow_id} not found" in str(exc):
+            raise HTTPException(
+                status_code=status.HTTP_404_NOT_FOUND, detail=str(exc)
+            ) from exc
+        else:
+            raise HTTPException(
+                status_code=status.HTTP_500_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR, detail=str(exc)
+            ) from exc
+
+
 @router.post(
     "/predict/{flow_id}",
     response_model=ProcessResponse,
@@ -269,7 +362,11 @@ async def process(
 
             # Get the flow that matches the flow_id and belongs to the user
             # flow = session.query(Flow).filter(Flow.id == flow_id).filter(Flow.user_id == api_key_user.id).first()
-            flow = session.exec(select(Flow).where(Flow.id == flow_id).where(Flow.user_id == api_key_user.id)).first()
+            flow = session.exec(
+                select(Flow)
+                .where(Flow.id == flow_id)
+                .where(Flow.user_id == api_key_user.id)
+            ).first()
             if flow is None:
                 raise ValueError(f"Flow {flow_id} not found")
 
@@ -289,12 +386,18 @@ async def process(
         # StatementError('(builtins.ValueError) badly formed hexadecimal UUID string')
         if "badly formed hexadecimal UUID string" in str(exc):
             # This means the Flow ID is not a valid UUID which means it can't find the flow
-            raise HTTPException(status_code=status.HTTP_404_NOT_FOUND, detail=str(exc)) from exc
+            raise HTTPException(
+                status_code=status.HTTP_404_NOT_FOUND, detail=str(exc)
+            ) from exc
     except ValueError as exc:
         if f"Flow {flow_id} not found" in str(exc):
-            raise HTTPException(status_code=status.HTTP_404_NOT_FOUND, detail=str(exc)) from exc
+            raise HTTPException(
+                status_code=status.HTTP_404_NOT_FOUND, detail=str(exc)
+            ) from exc
         else:
-            raise HTTPException(status_code=status.HTTP_500_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR, detail=str(exc)) from exc
+            raise HTTPException(
+                status_code=status.HTTP_500_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR, detail=str(exc)
+            ) from exc
     except Exception as e:
         # Log stack trace
         logger.exception(e)
@@ -364,12 +467,16 @@ async def custom_component(
 
     built_frontend_node = build_custom_component_template(component, user_id=user.id)
 
-    built_frontend_node = update_frontend_node_with_template_values(built_frontend_node, raw_code.frontend_node)
+    built_frontend_node = update_frontend_node_with_template_values(
+        built_frontend_node, raw_code.frontend_node
+    )
     return built_frontend_node
 
 
 @router.post("/custom_component/reload", status_code=HTTPStatus.OK)
-async def reload_custom_component(path: str, user: User = Depends(get_current_active_user)):
+async def reload_custom_component(
+    path: str, user: User = Depends(get_current_active_user)
+):
     from langflow.interface.custom.utils import build_custom_component_template
 
     try:
@@ -391,6 +498,8 @@ async def custom_component_update(
 ):
     component = CustomComponent(code=raw_code.code)
 
-    component_node = build_custom_component_template(component, user_id=user.id, update_field=raw_code.field)
+    component_node = build_custom_component_template(
+        component, user_id=user.id, update_field=raw_code.field
+    )
     # Update the field
     return component_node
diff --git a/src/backend/langflow/api/v1/schemas.py b/src/backend/langflow/api/v1/schemas.py
index adb26202a..38db8f85a 100644
--- a/src/backend/langflow/api/v1/schemas.py
+++ b/src/backend/langflow/api/v1/schemas.py
@@ -66,6 +66,14 @@ class ProcessResponse(BaseModel):
     backend: Optional[str] = None
 
 
+class RunResponse(BaseModel):
+    """Run response schema."""
+
+    outputs: Optional[List[Any]] = None
+    status: Optional[str] = None
+    session_id: Optional[str] = None
+
+
 class PreloadResponse(BaseModel):
     """Preload response schema."""
 
@@ -73,9 +81,6 @@ class PreloadResponse(BaseModel):
     is_clear: Optional[bool] = None
 
 
-# TaskStatusResponse(
-#         status=task.status, result=task.result if task.ready() else None
-#     )
 class TaskStatusResponse(BaseModel):
     """Task status response schema."""
 
diff --git a/src/backend/langflow/components/chains/ConversationChain.py b/src/backend/langflow/components/chains/ConversationChain.py
index 3183954a3..7d9d28dcc 100644
--- a/src/backend/langflow/components/chains/ConversationChain.py
+++ b/src/backend/langflow/components/chains/ConversationChain.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ class ConversationChainComponent(CustomComponent):
 
     def build(
         self,
-        inputs: str,
+        input_value: str,
         llm: BaseLanguageModel,
         memory: Optional[BaseMemory] = None,
     ) -> Text:
diff --git a/src/backend/langflow/components/chains/LLMCheckerChain.py b/src/backend/langflow/components/chains/LLMCheckerChain.py
index bfee0b5a9..15a540311 100644
--- a/src/backend/langflow/components/chains/LLMCheckerChain.py
+++ b/src/backend/langflow/components/chains/LLMCheckerChain.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ class LLMCheckerChainComponent(CustomComponent):
 
     def build(
         self,
-        inputs: str,
+        input_value: str,
         llm: BaseLanguageModel,
     ) -> Text:
 
diff --git a/src/backend/langflow/components/chains/LLMMathChain.py b/src/backend/langflow/components/chains/LLMMathChain.py
index 919de34e6..7fb253b83 100644
--- a/src/backend/langflow/components/chains/LLMMathChain.py
+++ b/src/backend/langflow/components/chains/LLMMathChain.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ class LLMMathChainComponent(CustomComponent):
 
     def build(
         self,
-        inputs: Text,
+        input_value: Text,
         llm: BaseLanguageModel,
         llm_chain: LLMChain,
         input_key: str = "question",
diff --git a/src/backend/langflow/components/chains/RetrievalQA.py b/src/backend/langflow/components/chains/RetrievalQA.py
index 2fe31353e..4968afe87 100644
--- a/src/backend/langflow/components/chains/RetrievalQA.py
+++ b/src/backend/langflow/components/chains/RetrievalQA.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ class RetrievalQAComponent(CustomComponent):
         self,
         combine_documents_chain: BaseCombineDocumentsChain,
         retriever: BaseRetriever,
-        inputs: str = "",
+        input_value: str = "",
         memory: Optional[BaseMemory] = None,
         input_key: str = "query",
         output_key: str = "result",
diff --git a/src/backend/langflow/components/chains/RetrievalQAWithSourcesChain.py b/src/backend/langflow/components/chains/RetrievalQAWithSourcesChain.py
index faf3ab7dd..8be64c631 100644
--- a/src/backend/langflow/components/chains/RetrievalQAWithSourcesChain.py
+++ b/src/backend/langflow/components/chains/RetrievalQAWithSourcesChain.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ class RetrievalQAWithSourcesChainComponent(CustomComponent):
 
     def build(
         self,
-        inputs: str,
+        input_value: str,
         retriever: BaseRetriever,
         llm: BaseLanguageModel,
         chain_type: str,
diff --git a/src/backend/langflow/components/chains/SQLGenerator.py b/src/backend/langflow/components/chains/SQLGenerator.py
index ea22a6de0..39b8fe394 100644
--- a/src/backend/langflow/components/chains/SQLGenerator.py
+++ b/src/backend/langflow/components/chains/SQLGenerator.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ class SQLGeneratorComponent(CustomComponent):
 
     def build(
         self,
-        inputs: Text,
+        input_value: Text,
         db: SQLDatabase,
         llm: BaseLanguageModel,
         top_k: int = 5,
diff --git a/src/backend/langflow/components/io/ChatInput.py b/src/backend/langflow/components/io/ChatInput.py
index 6d96a6b96..0666f92d1 100644
--- a/src/backend/langflow/components/io/ChatInput.py
+++ b/src/backend/langflow/components/io/ChatInput.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ class ChatInput(CustomComponent):
 
     def build_config(self):
         return {
-            "message": {
+            "input_value": {
                 "input_types": ["Text"],
                 "display_name": "Message",
                 "multiline": True,
@@ -35,26 +35,26 @@ class ChatInput(CustomComponent):
         self,
         sender: Optional[str] = "User",
         sender_name: Optional[str] = "User",
-        message: Optional[str] = None,
+        input_value: Optional[str] = None,
         session_id: Optional[str] = None,
         return_record: Optional[bool] = False,
     ) -> Union[Text, Record]:
         if return_record:
-            if isinstance(message, Record):
+            if isinstance(input_value, Record):
                 # Update the data of the record
-                message.data["sender"] = sender
-                message.data["sender_name"] = sender_name
-                message.data["session_id"] = session_id
+                input_value.data["sender"] = sender
+                input_value.data["sender_name"] = sender_name
+                input_value.data["session_id"] = session_id
             else:
-                message = Record(
-                    text=message,
+                input_value = Record(
+                    text=input_value,
                     data={
                         "sender": sender,
                         "sender_name": sender_name,
                         "session_id": session_id,
                     },
                 )
-        if not message:
-            message = ""
-        self.status = message
-        return message
+        if not input_value:
+            input_value = ""
+        self.status = input_value
+        return input_value
diff --git a/src/backend/langflow/components/io/ChatOutput.py b/src/backend/langflow/components/io/ChatOutput.py
index 05639cdb2..72667374f 100644
--- a/src/backend/langflow/components/io/ChatOutput.py
+++ b/src/backend/langflow/components/io/ChatOutput.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ class ChatOutput(CustomComponent):
 
     def build_config(self):
         return {
-            "message": {"input_types": ["Text"], "display_name": "Message"},
+            "input_value": {"input_types": ["Text"], "display_name": "Message"},
             "sender": {
                 "options": ["Machine", "User"],
                 "display_name": "Sender Type",
@@ -39,25 +39,25 @@ class ChatOutput(CustomComponent):
         sender: Optional[str] = "Machine",
         sender_name: Optional[str] = "AI",
         session_id: Optional[str] = None,
-        message: Optional[str] = None,
+        input_value: Optional[str] = None,
         return_record: Optional[bool] = False,
     ) -> Union[Text, Record]:
         if return_record:
-            if isinstance(message, Record):
+            if isinstance(input_value, Record):
                 # Update the data of the record
-                message.data["sender"] = sender
-                message.data["sender_name"] = sender_name
-                message.data["session_id"] = session_id
+                input_value.data["sender"] = sender
+                input_value.data["sender_name"] = sender_name
+                input_value.data["session_id"] = session_id
             else:
-                message = Record(
-                    text=message,
+                input_value = Record(
+                    text=input_value,
                     data={
                         "sender": sender,
                         "sender_name": sender_name,
                         "session_id": session_id,
                     },
                 )
-        if not message:
-            message = ""
-        self.status = message
-        return message
+        if not input_value:
+            input_value = ""
+        self.status = input_value
+        return input_value
diff --git a/src/backend/langflow/components/models/AmazonBedrockModel.py b/src/backend/langflow/components/models/AmazonBedrockModel.py
index a2e008e2e..68e404773 100644
--- a/src/backend/langflow/components/models/AmazonBedrockModel.py
+++ b/src/backend/langflow/components/models/AmazonBedrockModel.py
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ class AmazonBedrockComponent(CustomComponent):
 
     def build(
         self,
-        inputs: str,
+        input_value: str,
         model_id: str = "anthropic.claude-instant-v1",
         credentials_profile_name: Optional[str] = None,
         region_name: Optional[str] = None,
diff --git a/src/backend/langflow/components/models/AnthropicModel.py b/src/backend/langflow/components/models/AnthropicModel.py
index 793bec46a..be6e46d9a 100644
--- a/src/backend/langflow/components/models/AnthropicModel.py
+++ b/src/backend/langflow/components/models/AnthropicModel.py
@@ -9,7 +9,9 @@ from langflow.field_typing import Text
 
 class AnthropicLLM(CustomComponent):
     display_name: str = "AnthropicModel"
-    description: str = "Generate text using Anthropic Chat&Completion large language models."
+    description: str = (
+        "Generate text using Anthropic Chat&Completion large language models."
+    )
 
     def build_config(self):
         return {
@@ -53,7 +55,7 @@ class AnthropicLLM(CustomComponent):
     def build(
         self,
         model: str,
-        inputs: str,
+        input_value: str,
         anthropic_api_key: Optional[str] = None,
         max_tokens: Optional[int] = None,
         temperature: Optional[float] = None,
@@ -66,7 +68,9 @@ class AnthropicLLM(CustomComponent):
         try:
             output = ChatAnthropic(
                 model_name=model,
-                anthropic_api_key=(SecretStr(anthropic_api_key) if anthropic_api_key else None),
+                anthropic_api_key=(
+                    SecretStr(anthropic_api_key) if anthropic_api_key else None
+                ),
                 max_tokens_to_sample=max_tokens,  # type: ignore
                 temperature=temperature,
                 anthropic_api_url=api_endpoint,
diff --git a/src/backend/langflow/components/models/AzureOpenAIModel.py b/src/backend/langflow/components/models/AzureOpenAIModel.py
index 1e646e43a..be1f724bf 100644
--- a/src/backend/langflow/components/models/AzureOpenAIModel.py
+++ b/src/backend/langflow/components/models/AzureOpenAIModel.py
@@ -9,7 +9,9 @@ from langflow import CustomComponent
 class AzureChatOpenAIComponent(CustomComponent):
     display_name: str = "AzureOpenAI Model"
     description: str = "Generate text using LLM model from Azure OpenAI."
-    documentation: str = "https://python.langchain.com/docs/integrations/llms/azure_openai"
+    documentation: str = (
+        "https://python.langchain.com/docs/integrations/llms/azure_openai"
+    )
     beta = False
 
     AZURE_OPENAI_MODELS = [
@@ -78,7 +80,7 @@ class AzureChatOpenAIComponent(CustomComponent):
         self,
         model: str,
         azure_endpoint: str,
-        inputs: str,
+        input_value: str,
         azure_deployment: str,
         api_key: str,
         api_version: str,
diff --git a/src/backend/langflow/components/models/BaiduQianfanChatModel.py b/src/backend/langflow/components/models/BaiduQianfanChatModel.py
index 88051d0e9..9eadb7013 100644
--- a/src/backend/langflow/components/models/BaiduQianfanChatModel.py
+++ b/src/backend/langflow/components/models/BaiduQianfanChatModel.py
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ class QianfanChatEndpointComponent(CustomComponent):
 
     def build(
         self,
-        inputs: str,
+        input_value: str,
         model: str = "ERNIE-Bot-turbo",
         qianfan_ak: Optional[str] = None,
         qianfan_sk: Optional[str] = None,
diff --git a/src/backend/langflow/components/models/CTransformersModel.py b/src/backend/langflow/components/models/CTransformersModel.py
index 932b1b351..60cc2eb12 100644
--- a/src/backend/langflow/components/models/CTransformersModel.py
+++ b/src/backend/langflow/components/models/CTransformersModel.py
@@ -35,11 +35,13 @@ class CTransformersComponent(CustomComponent):
         self,
         model: str,
         model_file: str,
-        inputs: str,
+        input_value: str,
         model_type: str,
         config: Optional[Dict] = None,
     ) -> Text:
-        output = CTransformers(model=model, model_file=model_file, model_type=model_type, config=config)
+        output = CTransformers(
+            model=model, model_file=model_file, model_type=model_type, config=config
+        )
         message = output.invoke(inputs)
         result = message.content if hasattr(message, "content") else message
         self.status = result
diff --git a/src/backend/langflow/components/models/CohereModel.py b/src/backend/langflow/components/models/CohereModel.py
index 3912cb855..28b198ec1 100644
--- a/src/backend/langflow/components/models/CohereModel.py
+++ b/src/backend/langflow/components/models/CohereModel.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ class CohereComponent(CustomComponent):
     def build(
         self,
         cohere_api_key: str,
-        inputs: str,
+        input_value: str,
         max_tokens: int = 256,
         temperature: float = 0.75,
     ) -> Text:
diff --git a/src/backend/langflow/components/models/GoogleGenerativeAIModel.py b/src/backend/langflow/components/models/GoogleGenerativeAIModel.py
index ce967bd57..2ff01c4c7 100644
--- a/src/backend/langflow/components/models/GoogleGenerativeAIModel.py
+++ b/src/backend/langflow/components/models/GoogleGenerativeAIModel.py
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ class GoogleGenerativeAIComponent(CustomComponent):
         self,
         google_api_key: str,
         model: str,
-        inputs: str,
+        input_value: str,
         max_output_tokens: Optional[int] = None,
         temperature: float = 0.1,
         top_k: Optional[int] = None,
diff --git a/src/backend/langflow/components/models/HuggingFaceModel.py b/src/backend/langflow/components/models/HuggingFaceModel.py
index 4357ede61..394938344 100644
--- a/src/backend/langflow/components/models/HuggingFaceModel.py
+++ b/src/backend/langflow/components/models/HuggingFaceModel.py
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ from langchain_community.chat_models.huggingface import ChatHuggingFace
 from langchain_community.llms.huggingface_endpoint import HuggingFaceEndpoint
 
 from langflow import CustomComponent
-
 from langflow.field_typing import Text
 
 
@@ -30,7 +29,7 @@ class HuggingFaceEndpointsComponent(CustomComponent):
 
     def build(
         self,
-        inputs: str,
+        input_value: str,
         endpoint_url: str,
         task: str = "text2text-generation",
         huggingfacehub_api_token: Optional[str] = None,
diff --git a/src/backend/langflow/components/models/LlamaCppModel.py b/src/backend/langflow/components/models/LlamaCppModel.py
index af0de5159..53a6f8ace 100644
--- a/src/backend/langflow/components/models/LlamaCppModel.py
+++ b/src/backend/langflow/components/models/LlamaCppModel.py
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ class LlamaCppComponent(CustomComponent):
     def build(
         self,
         model_path: str,
-        inputs: str,
+        input_value: str,
         grammar: Optional[str] = None,
         cache: Optional[bool] = None,
         client: Optional[Any] = None,
diff --git a/src/backend/langflow/components/models/OllamaModel.py b/src/backend/langflow/components/models/OllamaModel.py
index 129f96482..3dc8dacab 100644
--- a/src/backend/langflow/components/models/OllamaModel.py
+++ b/src/backend/langflow/components/models/OllamaModel.py
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ class ChatOllamaComponent(CustomComponent):
         self,
         base_url: Optional[str],
         model: str,
-        inputs: str,
+        input_value: str,
         mirostat: Optional[str],
         mirostat_eta: Optional[float] = None,
         mirostat_tau: Optional[float] = None,
diff --git a/src/backend/langflow/components/models/OpenAIModel.py b/src/backend/langflow/components/models/OpenAIModel.py
index 1cc352b20..07ba7013c 100644
--- a/src/backend/langflow/components/models/OpenAIModel.py
+++ b/src/backend/langflow/components/models/OpenAIModel.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 from typing import Optional
 
 from langchain_openai import ChatOpenAI
+
 from langflow import CustomComponent
 from langflow.field_typing import NestedDict, Text
 
@@ -60,7 +61,7 @@ class OpenAIModelComponent(CustomComponent):
 
     def build(
         self,
-        inputs: Text,
+        input_value: Text,
         max_tokens: Optional[int] = 256,
         model_kwargs: NestedDict = {},
         model_name: str = "gpt-4-1106-preview",
diff --git a/src/backend/langflow/components/models/VertexAiModel.py b/src/backend/langflow/components/models/VertexAiModel.py
index eee804e02..81338f723 100644
--- a/src/backend/langflow/components/models/VertexAiModel.py
+++ b/src/backend/langflow/components/models/VertexAiModel.py
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ class ChatVertexAIComponent(CustomComponent):
 
     def build(
         self,
-        inputs: str,
+        input_value: str,
         credentials: Optional[str],
         project: str,
         examples: Optional[List[BaseMessage]] = [],
diff --git a/src/backend/langflow/components/utilities/RunnableExecutor.py b/src/backend/langflow/components/utilities/RunnableExecutor.py
index f83f352b4..5533e6d1d 100644
--- a/src/backend/langflow/components/utilities/RunnableExecutor.py
+++ b/src/backend/langflow/components/utilities/RunnableExecutor.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ class RunnableExecComponent(CustomComponent):
     def build(
         self,
         input_key: str,
-        inputs: str,
+        input_value: str,
         runnable: Runnable,
         output_key: str = "output",
     ) -> Text:
diff --git a/src/backend/langflow/components/vectorstores/ChromaSearch.py b/src/backend/langflow/components/vectorstores/ChromaSearch.py
index c6eb1ebac..5dd33abf2 100644
--- a/src/backend/langflow/components/vectorstores/ChromaSearch.py
+++ b/src/backend/langflow/components/vectorstores/ChromaSearch.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ from typing import List, Optional
 
 import chromadb  # type: ignore
 from langchain_community.vectorstores.chroma import Chroma
+
 from langflow import CustomComponent
 from langflow.field_typing import Embeddings, Text
 from langflow.schema import Record, docs_to_records
@@ -57,7 +58,7 @@ class ChromaSearchComponent(CustomComponent):
 
     def build(
         self,
-        inputs: Text,
+        input_value: Text,
         search_type: str,
         collection_name: str,
         embedding: Embeddings,
@@ -92,7 +93,8 @@ class ChromaSearchComponent(CustomComponent):
 
         if chroma_server_host is not None:
             chroma_settings = chromadb.config.Settings(
-                chroma_server_cors_allow_origins=chroma_server_cors_allow_origins or None,
+                chroma_server_cors_allow_origins=chroma_server_cors_allow_origins
+                or None,
                 chroma_server_host=chroma_server_host,
                 chroma_server_port=chroma_server_port or None,
                 chroma_server_grpc_port=chroma_server_grpc_port or None,
diff --git a/src/backend/langflow/graph/graph/base.py b/src/backend/langflow/graph/graph/base.py
index 68e16bed8..341a4729c 100644
--- a/src/backend/langflow/graph/graph/base.py
+++ b/src/backend/langflow/graph/graph/base.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import asyncio
 from collections import defaultdict, deque
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Dict, Generator, List, Optional, Type, Union
 
@@ -40,8 +41,10 @@ class Graph:
         self._runs = 0
         self._updates = 0
         self.flow_id = flow_id
-        self._inputs = []
-        self._outputs = []
+        self._is_input_vertices = []
+        self._is_output_vertices = []
+        self._has_session_id_vertices = []
+        self._sorted_vertices_layers = []
 
         self.top_level_vertices = []
         for vertex in self._vertices:
@@ -54,38 +57,37 @@ class Graph:
         self.inactive_vertices = set()
         self._build_graph()
         self.build_graph_maps()
-        self.define_inputs_and_outputs()
+        self.define_vertices_lists()
 
-    def define_inputs_and_outputs(self):
+    @property
+    def sorted_vertices_layers(self):
+        if not self._sorted_vertices_layers:
+            self.sort_vertices()
+        return self._sorted_vertices_layers
+
+    def define_vertices_lists(self):
         """
-        Defines the input and output vertices of the graph.
+        Defines the lists of vertices that are inputs, outputs, and have session_id.
         """
+        attributes = ["is_input", "is_output", "has_session_id"]
         for vertex in self.vertices:
-            if vertex.is_input:
-                self._inputs.append(vertex.id)
-            if vertex.is_output:
-                self._outputs.append(vertex.id)
+            for attribute in attributes:
+                if getattr(vertex, attribute):
+                    getattr(self, f"_{attribute}_vertices").append(vertex.id)
 
-    def run(self, inputs: Dict[str, str]) -> List["ResultData"]:
+    async def _run(self, inputs: Dict[str, str]) -> List["ResultData"]:
         """Runs the graph with the given inputs."""
-
-        # inputs is {"message": "Hello, world!"}
-        # we need to go through self.inputs and update the self._raw_params
-        # of the vertices that are inputs
-
         for vertex_id in self.inputs:
             vertex = self.get_vertex(vertex_id)
             if vertex is None:
                 raise ValueError(f"Vertex {vertex_id} not found")
             vertex.update_raw_params(inputs)
         try:
-            self.build()
+            await self.process()
             self.increment_run_count()
         except Exception as exc:
             logger.exception(exc)
             raise ValueError(f"Error running graph: {exc}") from exc
-
-        # Now we get the outputs from the self.outputs
         outputs = []
         for vertex_id in self.outputs:
             vertex = self.get_vertex(vertex_id)
@@ -94,6 +96,23 @@ class Graph:
             outputs.append(vertex.result)
         return outputs
 
+    async def run(self, inputs: Dict[str, Union[str, list[str]]]) -> List["ResultData"]:
+        """Runs the graph with the given inputs."""
+
+        # inputs is {"message": "Hello, world!"}
+        # we need to go through self.inputs and update the self._raw_params
+        # of the vertices that are inputs
+        # if the value is a list, we need to run multiple times
+        outputs = []
+        inputs_values = inputs.get("input_value")
+        if not isinstance(inputs_values, list):
+            inputs_values = [inputs_values]
+        for input_value in inputs_values:
+            run_outputs = await self._run({"input_value": input_value})
+            logger.debug(f"Run outputs: {run_outputs}")
+            outputs.extend(run_outputs)
+        return outputs
+
     @property
     def metadata(self):
         return {
@@ -404,6 +423,36 @@ class Graph:
             raise ValueError("No root vertex found")
         return await root_vertex.build()
 
+    async def process(self) -> "Graph":
+        """Processes the graph with vertices in each layer run in parallel."""
+        vertices_layers = self.sorted_vertices_layers
+
+        for layer_index, layer in enumerate(vertices_layers):
+            tasks = []
+            for vertex_id in layer:
+                vertex = self.get_vertex(vertex_id)
+                task = asyncio.create_task(
+                    vertex.build(), name=f"layer-{layer_index}-vertex-{vertex_id}"
+                )
+                tasks.append(task)
+            logger.debug(f"Running layer {layer_index} with {len(tasks)} tasks")
+            await self._execute_tasks(tasks)
+        logger.debug("Graph processing complete")
+        return self
+
+    async def _execute_tasks(self, tasks):
+        """Executes tasks in parallel, handling exceptions for each task."""
+        results = []
+        for task in asyncio.as_completed(tasks):
+            try:
+                result = await task
+                results.append(result)
+            except Exception as e:
+                # Log the exception along with the task name for easier debugging
+                task_name = task.get_name()
+                logger.error(f"Task {task_name} failed with exception: {e}")
+        return results
+
     def topological_sort(self) -> List[Vertex]:
         """
         Performs a topological sort of the vertices in the graph.
@@ -671,6 +720,7 @@ class Graph:
         vertices_layers = self.sort_by_avg_build_time(vertices_layers)
         vertices_layers = self.sort_chat_inputs_first(vertices_layers)
         self.increment_run_count()
+        self._sorted_vertices_layers = vertices_layers
         return vertices_layers
 
     def sort_interface_components_first(
diff --git a/src/backend/langflow/graph/vertex/base.py b/src/backend/langflow/graph/vertex/base.py
index e87389c7b..3e1133491 100644
--- a/src/backend/langflow/graph/vertex/base.py
+++ b/src/backend/langflow/graph/vertex/base.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from langflow.graph.graph.base import Graph
 
 
-class VertexStates(Enum):
+class VertexStates(str, Enum):
     """Vertex are related to it being active, inactive, or in an error state."""
 
     ACTIVE = "active"
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ class Vertex:
             output_component_name in self.id
             for output_component_name in OUTPUT_COMPONENTS
         )
+        self.has_session_id = None
         self._custom_component = None
         self.has_external_input = False
         self.has_external_output = False
@@ -223,6 +224,8 @@ class Vertex:
             if isinstance(value, dict)
         }
 
+        self.has_session_id = "session_id" in template_dicts
+
         self.required_inputs = [
             template_dicts[key]["type"]
             for key, value in template_dicts.items()
diff --git a/src/backend/langflow/interface/custom/custom_component/custom_component.py b/src/backend/langflow/interface/custom/custom_component/custom_component.py
index 549c0dad3..a8c81f041 100644
--- a/src/backend/langflow/interface/custom/custom_component/custom_component.py
+++ b/src/backend/langflow/interface/custom/custom_component/custom_component.py
@@ -47,10 +47,10 @@ class CustomComponent(Component):
     """The icon of the component. It should be an emoji. Defaults to None."""
     is_input: Optional[bool] = None
     """The input state of the component. Defaults to None.
-    If True, the component must have a field named 'message'."""
+    If True, the component must have a field named 'input_value'."""
     is_output: Optional[bool] = None
     """The output state of the component. Defaults to None.
-    If True, the component must have a field named 'message'."""
+    If True, the component must have a field named 'input_value'."""
     code: Optional[str] = None
     """The code of the component. Defaults to None."""
     field_config: dict = {}
diff --git a/src/backend/langflow/processing/process.py b/src/backend/langflow/processing/process.py
index ad4f8fb78..69e47b242 100644
--- a/src/backend/langflow/processing/process.py
+++ b/src/backend/langflow/processing/process.py
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ from langchain.schema import AgentAction, Document
 from langchain_community.vectorstores import VectorStore
 from langchain_core.messages import AIMessage
 from langchain_core.runnables.base import Runnable
+from loguru import logger
+from pydantic import BaseModel
+
 from langflow.graph.graph.base import Graph
 from langflow.graph.vertex.base import Vertex
 from langflow.interface.custom.custom_component import CustomComponent
@@ -17,8 +20,6 @@ from langflow.interface.run import (
 )
 from langflow.services.deps import get_session_service
 from langflow.services.session.service import SessionService
-from loguru import logger
-from pydantic import BaseModel
 
 
 def fix_memory_inputs(langchain_object):
@@ -146,7 +147,9 @@ async def process_runnable(runnable: Runnable, inputs: Union[dict, List[dict]]):
     elif isinstance(inputs, dict) and hasattr(runnable, "ainvoke"):
         result = await runnable.ainvoke(inputs)
     else:
-        raise ValueError(f"Runnable {runnable} does not support inputs of type {type(inputs)}")
+        raise ValueError(
+            f"Runnable {runnable} does not support inputs of type {type(inputs)}"
+        )
     # Check if the result is a list of AIMessages
     if isinstance(result, list) and all(isinstance(r, AIMessage) for r in result):
         result = [r.content for r in result]
@@ -155,7 +158,9 @@ async def process_runnable(runnable: Runnable, inputs: Union[dict, List[dict]]):
     return result
 
 
-async def process_inputs_dict(built_object: Union[Chain, VectorStore, Runnable], inputs: dict):
+async def process_inputs_dict(
+    built_object: Union[Chain, VectorStore, Runnable], inputs: dict
+):
     if isinstance(built_object, Chain):
         if inputs is None:
             raise ValueError("Inputs must be provided for a Chain")
@@ -190,7 +195,9 @@ async def process_inputs_list(built_object: Runnable, inputs: List[dict]):
     return await process_runnable(built_object, inputs)
 
 
-async def generate_result(built_object: Union[Chain, VectorStore, Runnable], inputs: Union[dict, List[dict]]):
+async def generate_result(
+    built_object: Union[Chain, VectorStore, Runnable], inputs: Union[dict, List[dict]]
+):
     if isinstance(inputs, dict):
         result = await process_inputs_dict(built_object, inputs)
     elif isinstance(inputs, List) and isinstance(built_object, Runnable):
@@ -222,7 +229,9 @@ async def process_graph_cached(
     if clear_cache:
         session_service.clear_session(session_id)
     if session_id is None:
-        session_id = session_service.generate_key(session_id=session_id, data_graph=data_graph)
+        session_id = session_service.generate_key(
+            session_id=session_id, data_graph=data_graph
+        )
     # Load the graph using SessionService
     session = await session_service.load_session(session_id, data_graph)
     graph, artifacts = session if session else (None, None)
@@ -258,14 +267,34 @@ async def build_graph_and_generate_result(
     return Result(result=result, session_id=session_id)
 
 
-def validate_input(graph_data: Dict[str, Any], tweaks: Dict[str, Dict[str, Any]]) -> List[Dict[str, Any]]:
+async def run_graph(
+    graph: Union["Graph", dict],
+    session_id: str,
+    inputs: Optional[Union[dict, List[dict]]] = None,
+    artifacts: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None,
+    session_service: Optional[SessionService] = None,
+):
+    """Run the graph and generate the result"""
+    if isinstance(graph, dict):
+        graph = Graph.from_payload(graph)
+    outputs = await graph.run(inputs)
+    if session_id and session_service:
+        session_service.update_session(session_id, (graph, artifacts))
+    return outputs
+
+
+def validate_input(
+    graph_data: Dict[str, Any], tweaks: Dict[str, Dict[str, Any]]
+) -> List[Dict[str, Any]]:
     if not isinstance(graph_data, dict) or not isinstance(tweaks, dict):
         raise ValueError("graph_data and tweaks should be dictionaries")
 
     nodes = graph_data.get("data", {}).get("nodes") or graph_data.get("nodes")
 
     if not isinstance(nodes, list):
-        raise ValueError("graph_data should contain a list of nodes under 'data' key or directly under 'nodes' key")
+        raise ValueError(
+            "graph_data should contain a list of nodes under 'data' key or directly under 'nodes' key"
+        )
 
     return nodes
 
@@ -274,7 +303,9 @@ def apply_tweaks(node: Dict[str, Any], node_tweaks: Dict[str, Any]) -> None:
     template_data = node.get("data", {}).get("node", {}).get("template")
 
     if not isinstance(template_data, dict):
-        logger.warning(f"Template data for node {node.get('id')} should be a dictionary")
+        logger.warning(
+            f"Template data for node {node.get('id')} should be a dictionary"
+        )
         return
 
     for tweak_name, tweak_value in node_tweaks.items():
@@ -289,7 +320,9 @@ def apply_tweaks_on_vertex(vertex: Vertex, node_tweaks: Dict[str, Any]) -> None:
             vertex.params[tweak_name] = tweak_value
 
 
-def process_tweaks(graph_data: Dict[str, Any], tweaks: Dict[str, Dict[str, Any]]) -> Dict[str, Any]:
+def process_tweaks(
+    graph_data: Dict[str, Any], tweaks: Dict[str, Dict[str, Any]]
+) -> Dict[str, Any]:
     """
     This function is used to tweak the graph data using the node id and the tweaks dict.
 
@@ -310,7 +343,9 @@ def process_tweaks(graph_data: Dict[str, Any], tweaks: Dict[str, Dict[str, Any]]
             if node_tweaks := tweaks.get(node_id):
                 apply_tweaks(node, node_tweaks)
         else:
-            logger.warning("Each node should be a dictionary with an 'id' key of type str")
+            logger.warning(
+                "Each node should be a dictionary with an 'id' key of type str"
+            )
 
     return graph_data
 
@@ -322,6 +357,8 @@ def process_tweaks_on_graph(graph: Graph, tweaks: Dict[str, Dict[str, Any]]):
             if node_tweaks := tweaks.get(node_id):
                 apply_tweaks_on_vertex(vertex, node_tweaks)
         else:
-            logger.warning("Each node should be a Vertex with an 'id' attribute of type str")
+            logger.warning(
+                "Each node should be a Vertex with an 'id' attribute of type str"
+            )
 
     return graph
diff --git a/src/backend/langflow/template/frontend_node/base.py b/src/backend/langflow/template/frontend_node/base.py
index 9f62c7054..cc8356104 100644
--- a/src/backend/langflow/template/frontend_node/base.py
+++ b/src/backend/langflow/template/frontend_node/base.py
@@ -49,10 +49,10 @@ class FrontendNode(BaseModel):
     """Icon of the frontend node."""
     is_input: Optional[bool] = None
     """Whether the frontend node is used as an input when processing the Graph.
-    If True, there should be a field named 'message'."""
+    If True, there should be a field named 'input_value'."""
     is_output: Optional[bool] = None
     """Whether the frontend node is used as an output when processing the Graph.
-    If True, there should be a field named 'message'."""
+    If True, there should be a field named 'input_value'."""
     is_composition: Optional[bool] = None
     """Whether the frontend node is used for composition."""
     base_classes: List[str]