[Bug] New Manager (v4.0.3b5 -> v4.0.4) can't find custom nodes

[LukeG89]

I just installed the new Manager (python package, version 4.0.3b5 ) on my ComfyUI portable. I moved the custom node installation in the .disabled folder.

Seems it can't retrieve information and also can't see my installed custom nodes. It's basically unusable.

new_manager_issue.mp4

Here's the browser Console errors when opening the new Manager:

10
Connecting to '<URL>' violates the following Content Security Policy directive: "connect-src 'self'". The action has been blocked.
comfyRegistryService.ts:241 Connecting to 'https://api.comfy.org/nodes?node_id=ChenDarYen%2FComfyUI-NAG&node_id=ComfyU…=tiled-diffusion&node_id=tripleksampler&node_id=was-ns&node_id=whiterabbit' violates the following Content Security Policy directive: "connect-src 'self'". The action has been blocked.
comfyRegistryService.ts:241 Connecting to 'https://api.comfy.org/nodes?node_id=ChenDarYen%2FComfyUI-NAG&node_id=ComfyU…=tiled-diffusion&node_id=tripleksampler&node_id=was-ns&node_id=whiterabbit' violates the following Content Security Policy directive: "connect-src 'self'". The action has been blocked.

comfyRegistryService.ts:241 Connecting to 'https://api.comfy.org/nodes?node_id=ChenDarYen%2FComfyUI-NAG&node_id=ComfyU…=tiled-diffusion&node_id=tripleksampler&node_id=was-ns&node_id=whiterabbit' violates the following Content Security Policy directive: "connect-src 'self'". The action has been blocked.
comfyRegistryService.ts:241 Connecting to 'https://api.comfy.org/nodes?node_id=ChenDarYen%2FComfyUI-NAG&node_id=ComfyU…=tiled-diffusion&node_id=tripleksampler&node_id=was-ns&node_id=whiterabbit' violates the following Content Security Policy directive: "connect-src 'self'". The action has been blocked.
comfyRegistryService.ts:241 Connecting to 'https://api.comfy.org/nodes?node_id=ChenDarYen%2FComfyUI-NAG&node_id=ComfyU…=tiled-diffusion&node_id=tripleksampler&node_id=was-ns&node_id=whiterabbit' violates the following Content Security Policy directive: "connect-src 'self'". The action has been blocked.
algoliaSearchProvider.ts:149 Connecting to 'https://4e0ro38hs8-dsn.algolia.net/1/indexes/*/queries?x-algolia-agent=Algo…i-key=684d998…&x-algolia-application-id=4E0RO38HS8' violates the following Content Security Policy directive: "connect-src 'self'". The action has been blocked.
algoliaSearchProvider.ts:149 Connecting to 'https://4e0ro38hs8-1.algolianet.com/1/indexes/*/queries?x-algolia-agent=Alg…i-key=684d998…&x-algolia-application-id=4E0RO38HS8' violates the following Content Security Policy directive: "connect-src 'self'". The action has been blocked.
algoliaSearchProvider.ts:149 Connecting to 'https://4e0ro38hs8-2.algolianet.com/1/indexes/*/queries?x-algolia-agent=Alg…i-key=684d998…&x-algolia-application-id=4E0RO38HS8' violates the following Content Security Policy directive: "connect-src 'self'". The action has been blocked.
algoliaSearchProvider.ts:149 Connecting to 'https://4e0ro38hs8-3.algolianet.com/1/indexes/*/queries?x-algolia-agent=Alg…i-key=684d998…&x-algolia-application-id=4E0RO38HS8' violates the following Content Security Policy directive: "connect-src 'self'". The action has been blocked.
comfyRegistryService.ts:145 Connecting to 'https://api.comfy.org/nodes/search?search=&limit=64&page=1' violates the following Content Security Policy directive: "connect-src 'self'". The action has been blocked.
registrySearchGateway.ts:158 Algolia search provider failed (1 failures): RetryError: Unreachable hosts - your application id may be incorrect. If the error persists, please reach out to the Algolia Support team: https://alg.li/support.
    at async searchPacksInternal (algoliaSearchProvider.ts:149:25)
    at async Object.searchPacks (algoliaSearchProvider.ts:187:20)
    at async searchPacks (registrySearchGateway.ts:151:24)
    at async updateSearchResults (useRegistrySearch.ts:58:45)
searchPacks	@	registrySearchGateway.ts:158
await in searchPacks		
updateSearchResults	@	useRegistrySearch.ts:58
onQueryChange	@	useRegistrySearch.ts:92
setTimeout		
useRegistrySearch	@	useRegistrySearch.ts:97
setup	@	ManagerDialogContent.vue:230
Promise.then		
insertDialogByPriority	@	dialogStore.ts:100
createDialog	@	dialogStore.ts:188
showDialog	@	dialogStore.ts:225
showManagerDialog	@	dialogService.ts:146
openManager	@	useManagerState.ts:191
showManageExtensions	@	ComfyMenuButton.vue:183

Also tried to move all custom nodes and only keep Impact and Inspire Pack enabled. Same issue.

Terminal logs:

E:\ComfyUI>.\python_embeded\python.exe -s ComfyUI\main.py --windows-standalone-build --enable-manager
[START] Security scan
[DONE] Security scan
** ComfyUI startup time: 2025-12-18 15:31:27.207
** Platform: Windows
** Python version: 3.12.7 (tags/v3.12.7:0b05ead, Oct  1 2024, 03:06:41) [MSC v.1941 64 bit (AMD64)]
** Python executable: E:\ComfyUI\python_embeded\python.exe
** ComfyUI Path: E:\ComfyUI\ComfyUI
** ComfyUI Base Folder Path: E:\ComfyUI\ComfyUI
** User directory: E:\ComfyUI\ComfyUI\user
** ComfyUI-Manager config path: E:\ComfyUI\ComfyUI\user\__manager\config.ini
** Log path: E:\ComfyUI\ComfyUI\user\comfyui.log
[PRE] ComfyUI-Manager
Checkpoint files will always be loaded safely.
Total VRAM 8192 MB, total RAM 65277 MB
pytorch version: 2.9.1+cu130
Set vram state to: NORMAL_VRAM
Device: cuda:0 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Laptop GPU : cudaMallocAsync
Using async weight offloading with 2 streams
Enabled pinned memory 29374.0
working around nvidia conv3d memory bug.
Using pytorch attention
Python version: 3.12.7 (tags/v3.12.7:0b05ead, Oct  1 2024, 03:06:41) [MSC v.1941 64 bit (AMD64)]
ComfyUI version: 0.5.1
ComfyUI frontend version: 1.34.9
[Prompt Server] web root: E:\ComfyUI\python_embeded\Lib\site-packages\comfyui_frontend_package\static
[START] ComfyUI-Manager
[ComfyUI-Manager] network_mode: public
Total VRAM 8192 MB, total RAM 65277 MB
pytorch version: 2.9.1+cu130
Set vram state to: NORMAL_VRAM
Device: cuda:0 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Laptop GPU : cudaMallocAsync
Using async weight offloading with 2 streams
Enabled pinned memory 29374.0
### Loading: ComfyUI-Impact-Pack (V8.28)
[Impact Pack] custom_wildcards path not found: E:\ComfyUI\custom_nodes\comfyui-impact-pack\custom_wildcards. Using default path.
[Impact Pack] Wildcard total size (0.00 MB) is within cache limit (50.00 MB). Using full cache mode.
[Impact Pack] Wildcards loading done.
### Loading: ComfyUI-Impact-Subpack (V1.3.5)
[Impact Pack/Subpack] Using folder_paths to determine whitelist path: E:\ComfyUI\ComfyUI\user\default\ComfyUI-Impact-Subpack\model-whitelist.txt
[Impact Pack/Subpack] Ensured whitelist directory exists: E:\ComfyUI\ComfyUI\user\default\ComfyUI-Impact-Subpack
[Impact Pack/Subpack] Loaded 0 model(s) from whitelist: E:\ComfyUI\ComfyUI\user\default\ComfyUI-Impact-Subpack\model-whitelist.txt
[Impact Subpack] ultralytics_bbox: E:\ComfyUI\ComfyUI\models\ultralytics\bbox
[Impact Subpack] ultralytics_segm: E:\ComfyUI\ComfyUI\models\ultralytics\segm
### Loading: ComfyUI-Inspire-Pack (V1.23)

Import times for custom nodes:
   0.0 seconds: E:\ComfyUI\ComfyUI\custom_nodes\websocket_image_save.py
   0.0 seconds: E:\ComfyUI\ComfyUI\custom_nodes\loadImageWithSubfolders.py
   0.0 seconds: E:\ComfyUI\ComfyUI\custom_nodes\comfyui-inspire-pack
   0.0 seconds: E:\ComfyUI\ComfyUI\custom_nodes\comfyui-impact-subpack
   0.2 seconds: E:\ComfyUI\ComfyUI\custom_nodes\ComfyUI-Impact-Pack

Context impl SQLiteImpl.
Will assume non-transactional DDL.
No target revision found.
Starting server

To see the GUI go to: http://127.0.0.1:8188
[DEPRECATION WARNING] Detected import of deprecated legacy API: /scripts/ui.js. This is likely caused by a custom node extension using outdated APIs. Please update your extensions or contact the extension author for an updated version.
[DEPRECATION WARNING] Detected import of deprecated legacy API: /extensions/core/clipspace.js. This is likely caused by a custom node extension using outdated APIs. Please update your extensions or contact the extension author for an updated version.
[Inspire Pack] IPAdapterPlus is not installed.
FETCH ComfyRegistry Data: 5/113
FETCH ComfyRegistry Data: 10/113
FETCH ComfyRegistry Data: 15/113
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FETCH ComfyRegistry Data [DONE]
[ComfyUI-Manager] default cache updated: https://api.comfy.org/nodes
FETCH DATA from: E:\ComfyUI\ComfyUI\user\__manager\cache\1514988643_custom-node-list.json [DONE]
[ComfyUI-Manager] All startup tasks have been completed.

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No problem if I enable the legacy UI with --enable-manager-legacy-ui

legacy_manager_works.mp4

[LukeG89]

Update: This is fixed in v4.0.3b7

Also seems like it can't update custom nodes.
I disabled all my nodes except for VHS, and to test it, I reverted to previous commit (Kosinkadink/ComfyUI-VideoHelperSuite@537f3a0).

20251218-1847-30.3285838.mp4

After the "update" process, the node is still at the same commit. Also, no Restart dialog to apply changes appeared (probably because it failed?).

Terminal logs:

E:\ComfyUI>.\python_embeded\python.exe -s ComfyUI\main.py --windows-standalone-build --enable-manager --enable-manager-legacy-ui
[START] Security scan
[DONE] Security scan
** ComfyUI startup time: 2025-12-18 19:46:52.750
** Platform: Windows
** Python version: 3.12.7 (tags/v3.12.7:0b05ead, Oct  1 2024, 03:06:41) [MSC v.1941 64 bit (AMD64)]
** Python executable: E:\ComfyUI\python_embeded\python.exe
** ComfyUI Path: E:\ComfyUI\ComfyUI
** ComfyUI Base Folder Path: E:\ComfyUI\ComfyUI
** User directory: E:\ComfyUI\ComfyUI\user
** ComfyUI-Manager config path: E:\ComfyUI\ComfyUI\user\__manager\config.ini
** Log path: E:\ComfyUI\ComfyUI\user\comfyui.log
[PRE] ComfyUI-Manager
Checkpoint files will always be loaded safely.
Total VRAM 8192 MB, total RAM 65277 MB
pytorch version: 2.9.1+cu130
Set vram state to: NORMAL_VRAM
Device: cuda:0 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Laptop GPU : cudaMallocAsync
Using async weight offloading with 2 streams
Enabled pinned memory 29374.0
working around nvidia conv3d memory bug.
Using pytorch attention
Python version: 3.12.7 (tags/v3.12.7:0b05ead, Oct  1 2024, 03:06:41) [MSC v.1941 64 bit (AMD64)]
ComfyUI version: 0.5.1
ComfyUI frontend version: 1.34.9
[Prompt Server] web root: E:\ComfyUI\python_embeded\Lib\site-packages\comfyui_frontend_package\static
[START] ComfyUI-Manager
### Loading: ComfyUI-Manager (V4.0.3)
[ComfyUI-Manager] network_mode: private
### ComfyUI Version: v0.5.1-3-g1ca89b81 | Released on '2025-12-17'
[ComfyUI-Manager] default cache updated: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Comfy-Org/ComfyUI-Manager/main/alter-list.json
[ComfyUI-Manager] Legacy UI is enabled.
[ComfyUI-Manager] default cache updated: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Comfy-Org/ComfyUI-Manager/main/github-stats.json
[ComfyUI-Manager] default cache updated: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Comfy-Org/ComfyUI-Manager/main/model-list.json
[ComfyUI-Manager] default cache updated: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Comfy-Org/ComfyUI-Manager/main/extension-node-map.json
[ComfyUI-Manager] default cache updated: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Comfy-Org/ComfyUI-Manager/main/custom-node-list.json
[ComfyUI-Manager] The private comfyregistry is not yet supported in `network_mode=private`.
[ComfyUI-Manager] All startup tasks have been completed.
Total VRAM 8192 MB, total RAM 65277 MB
pytorch version: 2.9.1+cu130
Set vram state to: NORMAL_VRAM
Device: cuda:0 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Laptop GPU : cudaMallocAsync
Using async weight offloading with 2 streams
Enabled pinned memory 29374.0

Import times for custom nodes:
   0.0 seconds: E:\ComfyUI\ComfyUI\custom_nodes\websocket_image_save.py
   0.1 seconds: E:\ComfyUI\ComfyUI\custom_nodes\comfyui-videohelpersuite

Context impl SQLiteImpl.
Will assume non-transactional DDL.
No target revision found.
Starting server

To see the GUI go to: http://127.0.0.1:8188
[DEPRECATION WARNING] Detected import of deprecated legacy API: /scripts/ui.js. This is likely caused by a custom node extension using outdated APIs. Please update your extensions or contact the extension author for an updated version.
[DEPRECATION WARNING] Detected import of deprecated legacy API: /extensions/core/groupNode.js. This is likely caused by a custom node extension using outdated APIs. Please update your extensions or contact the extension author for an updated version.
[DEPRECATION WARNING] Detected import of deprecated legacy API: /extensions/core/widgetInputs.js. This is likely caused by a custom node extension using outdated APIs. Please update your extensions or contact the extension author for an updated version.
[DEPRECATION WARNING] Detected import of deprecated legacy API: /scripts/ui/components/buttonGroup.js. This is likely caused by a custom node extension using outdated APIs. Please update your extensions or contact the extension author for an updated version.
[DEPRECATION WARNING] Detected import of deprecated legacy API: /scripts/ui/components/button.js. This is likely caused by a custom node extension using outdated APIs. Please update your extensions or contact the extension author for an updated version.
[ComfyUI-Manager] The ComfyRegistry cache update is still in progress, so an outdated cache is being used.
FETCH DATA from: E:\ComfyUI\ComfyUI\user\__manager\cache\1514988643_custom-node-list.json [DONE]
[ComfyUI-Manager] The ComfyRegistry cache update is still in progress, so an outdated cache is being used.
FETCH DATA from: E:\ComfyUI\ComfyUI\user\__manager\cache\1514988643_custom-node-list.json [DONE]
[ComfyUI-Manager] The ComfyRegistry cache update is still in progress, so an outdated cache is being used.
ComfyUI is up-to-date.
Updating: comfyui-videohelpersuiteE:\ComfyUI\python_embeded\python.exe: can't open file 'E:\\ComfyUI\\python_embeded\\Lib\\site-packages\\comfyui_manager\\git_helper.py': [Errno 2] No such file or directory
Install: pip packages

[ComfyUI-Manager] A tasks batch(batch_id=None) is completed.
stat={'update-comfyui': 1, 'update-main': 1}

[ComfyUI-Manager] All tasks are completed.

After restarting ComfyUI, please refresh the browser.

[LukeG89]

Update: I manually upgraded to v4.0.3b7

• The new menu issue still persists.
• The legacy UI can now upgrade custom nodes, but after the upgrade there is no popup dialog to restart and apply changes.

[HammadRafique29]

If anyone wanted to move to use the previous manger enable lagacy manger UI:

[LukeG89]

Update: I manually upgraded to v4.0.4

The main issue persists

[ClayShoaf]

If anyone wanted to move to use the previous manger enable lagacy manger UI:

I don't even have that option in my settings on a fresh install:

[LukeG89]

@ClayShoaf Because that option is only on Desktop app. For portable/manual installation, you can have both ComfyUI-Manager custom node and the new python package installation, they won't conflict to each other.

Apparently you have already the custom node version, so you are good to go.

If you wanna try the new one, follow these instructions: https://github.com/comfyanonymous/ComfyUI?tab=readme-ov-file#comfyui-manager
But as you can see from my issue, it doesn't work really well...

[LukeG89]

After installing 4.0.5 I've noticed that the new Manager was able to find some nodes (just a few) only when opening the page in incognito mode. Then I've cleared cache and all stored files for 127.0.0.1:8188 site and now it's finally working.

But as I said, in "installed" section it only shows a few custom nodes. I guess because many of them are installed in nightly?

I also see in the logs that it can't fetch data from the server.

Since I don't see any interests in these problems, I close the issue.