Why are the Exports and Logs tabs greyed out in my workflows and not displaying expected outputs?

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Hey folks, I’m running into a weird issue with my workflows and hoping someone can point me in the right direction.
In my workflow (Weekly Events Updated V2) — and even in a super simple test workflow with just one Code step — the Exports and Logs tabs in the Runs view are always greyed out. I also don’t see the return value tree. The only thing I get is the Details tab (timestamp/duration/name).
What I expected:
• console.log() should show up under Logs
• $.export() should show up under Exports
• return { … } should show up as a return value tree
What’s actually happening: none of those appear.
Stuff I’ve already tried:
• Cleared cache and cookies
• Tested in both Safari and Chrome with no extensions
• Tried with different workflows (my main one and a brand new test)
• Same issue every time
Here’s the minimal test code I used (still no Logs/Exports showing):


export default async (event, steps, { $ }) => {
  console.log("LOG_MARKER", { a: 1 });
  $.export("ping", "pong");
  return { answer: 42, now: Date.now() };
}

Has anyone seen this before? Is there something I might be missing, or is this something support needs to check on their side?

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I believe that function structure is from v1 (very old)

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can you transform the code above into a nodejs code step?

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Certainly! Here’s how you would write your test code as a modern Pipedream Node.js code step (using the current component format): export default defineComponent({ async run({ steps, $ }) { console.log("LOG_MARKER", { a: 1 }); $.export("ping", "pong"); return { answer: 42, now: Date.now() }; }, }); How this works: - console.log() output will appear in the Logs tab. - $.export("ping", "pong") will export the value under the Exports tab. - The returned object will show up as the step’s return value. Just copy and paste this code into a new Node.js code step in your Pipedream workflow.

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see the above code

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Superb. Seeing Export values now. Thank you so much. Sorry, I havent touched programming in 2 decades. Back to do a little with ChatGPT’s guidance. gonna try with the real program now.