Native block swap custom nodes considered harmful. (#10783)

comfy_extras/nodes_nop.py

@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+from comfy_api.latest import ComfyExtension, io
+from typing_extensions import override
+# If you write a node that is so useless that it breaks ComfyUI it will be featured in this exclusive list
+
+# "native" block swap nodes are placebo at best and break the ComfyUI memory management system.
+# They are also considered harmful because instead of users reporting issues with the built in
+# memory management they install these stupid nodes and complain even harder. Now it completely
+# breaks with some of the new ComfyUI memory optimizations so I have made the decision to NOP it
+# out of all workflows.
+class wanBlockSwap(io.ComfyNode):
+    @classmethod
+    def define_schema(cls):
+        return io.Schema(
+            node_id="wanBlockSwap",
+            category="",
+            description="NOP",
+            inputs=[
+                io.Model.Input("model"),
+            ],
+            outputs=[
+                io.Model.Output(),
+            ],
+            is_deprecated=True,
+        )
+
+    @classmethod
+    def execute(cls, model) -> io.NodeOutput:
+        return io.NodeOutput(model)
+
+
+class NopExtension(ComfyExtension):
+    @override
+    async def get_node_list(self) -> list[type[io.ComfyNode]]:
+        return [
+            wanBlockSwap
+        ]
+
+async def comfy_entrypoint() -> NopExtension:
+    return NopExtension()

nodes.py

@@ -2330,6 +2330,7 @@ async def init_builtin_extra_nodes():
         "nodes_easycache.py",
         "nodes_audio_encoder.py",
         "nodes_rope.py",
+        "nodes_nop.py",
     ]
 
     import_failed = []