---
id: SCH-29
family: GR-SCHEMA
level: core
profiles: [storage-api, runtime]
posture: normative-target
added: "1.0"
changed: "1.0"
source: https://flowdrop.io/spec/rules/gr-schema/sch-29
specification: FlowDrop Workflow Specification 1.0-draft
licence: CC BY 4.0
---

# SCH-29 — Stored metadata is never authoritative at run time

*GR-SCHEMA (Part I) · level: core · profiles: storage-api, runtime · added in 1.0*

## The rule

> **Normative.** This is the rule.
>
> 1. Before a workflow runs, every node is re-enriched from its live node type and the workflow is normalized from the result.
>
> 2. Metadata stored with the workflow is never authoritative at run time.

## Related rules

- Names: SCH-25, SCH-28
- Referenced by: SCH-25, SCH-28, CMP-2

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Rule identifiers are permanent and are never renumbered. This specification carries
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