feat(core): Augment data instead of copying it

packages/workflow/src/AugmentObject.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,143 @@
+import type { IDataObject } from './Interfaces';
+import util from 'util';
+
+export function augmentArray<T>(data: T[]): T[] {
+	let newData: unknown[] | undefined = undefined;
+
+	function getData(): unknown[] {
+		if (newData === undefined) {
+			newData = [...data];
+		}
+		return newData;
+	}
+
+	return new Proxy(data, {
+		deleteProperty(target, key: string) {
+			return Reflect.deleteProperty(getData(), key);
+		},
+		get(target, key: string, receiver): unknown {
+			const value = Reflect.get(newData !== undefined ? newData : target, key, receiver) as unknown;
+
+			if (typeof value === 'object') {
+				if (value === null || util.types.isProxy(value)) {
+					return value;
+				}
+
+				newData = getData();
+
+				if (Array.isArray(value)) {
+					Reflect.set(newData, key, augmentArray(value));
+				} else {
+					// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-use-before-define
+					Reflect.set(newData, key, augmentObject(value as IDataObject));
+				}
+
+				return Reflect.get(newData, key);
+			}
+
+			return value;
+		},
+		getOwnPropertyDescriptor(target, key) {
+			if (newData === undefined) {
+				return Reflect.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(target, key);
+			}
+
+			if (key === 'length') {
+				return Reflect.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(newData, key);
+			}
+			return { configurable: true, enumerable: true };
+		},
+		has(target, key) {
+			return Reflect.has(newData !== undefined ? newData : target, key);
+		},
+		ownKeys(target) {
+			return Reflect.ownKeys(newData !== undefined ? newData : target);
+		},
+		set(target, key: string, newValue: unknown) {
+			if (newValue !== null && typeof newValue === 'object') {
+				// Always proxy all objects. Like that we can check in get simply if it
+				// is a proxy and it does then not matter if it was already there from the
+				// beginning and it got proxied at some point or set later and so theoretically
+				// does not have to get proxied
+				newValue = new Proxy(newValue, {});
+			}
+
+			return Reflect.set(getData(), key, newValue);
+		},
+	});
+}
+
+export function augmentObject<T extends object>(data: T): T {
+	const newData = {} as IDataObject;
+	const deletedProperties: Array<string | symbol> = [];
+
+	return new Proxy(data, {
+		get(target, key: string, receiver): unknown {
+			if (deletedProperties.indexOf(key) !== -1) {
+				return undefined;
+			}
+
+			if (newData[key] !== undefined) {
+				return newData[key];
+			}
+
+			// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-assignment
+			const value = Reflect.get(target, key, receiver);
+
+			if (value !== null && typeof value === 'object') {
+				if (Array.isArray(value)) {
+					newData[key] = augmentArray(value);
+				} else {
+					newData[key] = augmentObject(value as IDataObject);
+				}
+
+				return newData[key];
+			}
+
+			return value as string;
+		},
+		deleteProperty(target, key: string) {
+			if (key in newData) {
+				delete newData[key];
+			}
+			if (key in target) {
+				deletedProperties.push(key);
+			}
+
+			return true;
+		},
+		set(target, key: string, newValue: unknown) {
+			if (newValue === undefined) {
+				if (key in newData) {
+					delete newData[key];
+				}
+				if (key in target) {
+					deletedProperties.push(key);
+				}
+				return true;
+			}
+
+			newData[key] = newValue as IDataObject;
+
+			const deleteIndex = deletedProperties.indexOf(key);
+			if (deleteIndex !== -1) {
+				deletedProperties.splice(deleteIndex, 1);
+			}
+
+			return true;
+		},
+		ownKeys(target) {
+			return [...new Set([...Reflect.ownKeys(target), ...Object.keys(newData)])].filter(
+				(key) => deletedProperties.indexOf(key) === -1,
+			);
+		},
+
+		// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars
+		getOwnPropertyDescriptor(k) {
+			return {
+				enumerable: true,
+				configurable: true,
+			};
+		},
+	});
+}

packages/workflow/src/WorkflowDataProxy.ts

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ import type {
 import * as NodeHelpers from './NodeHelpers';
 import { ExpressionError } from './ExpressionError';
 import type { Workflow } from './Workflow';
-import { deepCopy } from './utils';
+import { augmentArray, augmentObject } from './AugmentObject';
 
 export function isResourceLocatorValue(value: unknown): value is INodeParameterResourceLocator {
 	return Boolean(
@@ -96,11 +96,13 @@ export class WorkflowDataProxy {
 		this.workflow = workflow;
 
 		this.runExecutionData = isScriptingNode(activeNodeName, workflow)
-			? deepCopy(runExecutionData)
+			? runExecutionData !== null
+				? augmentObject(runExecutionData)
+				: null
 			: runExecutionData;
 
 		this.connectionInputData = isScriptingNode(activeNodeName, workflow)
-			? deepCopy(connectionInputData)
+			? augmentArray(connectionInputData)
 			: connectionInputData;
 
 		this.defaultReturnRunIndex = defaultReturnRunIndex;