Python tool with strange behavior - code changes by itself?

Question

Has anyone experienced the Python tool changing the code randomly? We have 4 Python tools in a workflow and 2 of them keep randomly changing and somehow end up with the code from the first tool and keep losing their code. We have the code for each Python tool in a comment so we are able to get it back easily but it is not reliable since we don't know when it will randomly change. For example, we pulled the workflow down yesterday and the 2 tools had the incorrect code and we fixed it but again today when we pulled the workflow down, the workflow failed because the scripts had changed. Has this happened to anyone before??It is really strange behavior.

Ritik · Answer

Hi, i also faced this issue. Disabling the AMP engine and then running the workflow solved this issue

Ritik · Answer

Hi @avanibhatnagar ,Also facing the same issue. scripts from multiple python tool getting swapped. But this only happens when i am running the workflow with amp enabled in my case. Please let me know if you have resolved this issue?

Brankl · Answer

Hmmm, I was hoping it was an issue with a packaged workflow. If it's just a .yxmd, I don't have any answers (sorry).

I agree with apathetichell to check virtual environment and python tool settings. Alteryx predictive tools come pre-packaged with dependencies that are known to cause issues if your code calls a different version of the same package.