fix(setup): preserve advanced attribute and generalize starter project JSON (#8529)

* update the template

* update to fix format issues

src/backend/base/langflow/base/constants.py

@@ -41,5 +41,5 @@ FIELD_FORMAT_ATTRIBUTES = [
     "advanced",
     "copy_field",
 ]
-
+SKIPPED_FIELD_ATTRIBUTES = ["advanced"]
 ORJSON_OPTIONS = orjson.OPT_INDENT_2 | orjson.OPT_SORT_KEYS | orjson.OPT_OMIT_MICROSECONDS

src/backend/base/langflow/initial_setup/setup.py

@@ -26,7 +26,12 @@ from sqlalchemy.orm import selectinload
 from sqlmodel import col, select
 from sqlmodel.ext.asyncio.session import AsyncSession
 
-from langflow.base.constants import FIELD_FORMAT_ATTRIBUTES, NODE_FORMAT_ATTRIBUTES, ORJSON_OPTIONS
+from langflow.base.constants import (
+    FIELD_FORMAT_ATTRIBUTES,
+    NODE_FORMAT_ATTRIBUTES,
+    ORJSON_OPTIONS,
+    SKIPPED_FIELD_ATTRIBUTES,
+)
 from langflow.initial_setup.constants import STARTER_FOLDER_DESCRIPTION, STARTER_FOLDER_NAME
 from langflow.services.auth.utils import create_super_user
 from langflow.services.database.models.flow.model import Flow, FlowCreate
@@ -130,7 +135,16 @@ def update_projects_components_with_latest_component_versions(project_data, all_
                         continue
                     # The idea here is to update some attributes of the field
                     to_check_attributes = FIELD_FORMAT_ATTRIBUTES
+                    # Skip specific field attributes that should respect the starter project template values.
+                    # Currently we skip 'advanced' so that a field marked as advanced in the component code
+                    # will NOT overwrite the value specified in the starter project template. This preserves
+                    # the intended UX configuration of the starter projects.
+                    # SKIPPED_FIELD_ATTRIBUTES = {"advanced"}
+                    # Iterate through the attributes we want to potentially update
                     for attr in to_check_attributes:
+                        # Respect the template value by not updating if the attribute is in the skipped set
+                        if attr in SKIPPED_FIELD_ATTRIBUTES:
+                            continue
                         if (
                             attr in field_dict
                             and attr in node_data["template"].get(field_name)