Defer record_node_startup_error in prestartup error path; add docstrings

Buffer prestartup failures into a module-level list inside main.py
instead of importing 'nodes' (and therefore 'torch') from within the
exception handler. After the normal 'import nodes' line, drain the
buffer via nodes.record_node_startup_error so bootstrap order stays
deterministic regardless of whether a prestartup script succeeded.

Also convert the explanatory '#' comment on the new
/node_startup_errors endpoint into a proper docstring and add a
docstring to execute_prestartup_script, addressing CodeRabbit's
docstring-coverage warning on this PR.

Addresses review feedback on PR #13184.

Amp-Thread-ID: https://ampcode.com/threads/T-019e2f90-26fe-7048-9855-5ff39d08a3e0
Co-authored-by: Amp <amp@ampcode.com>

main.py

@@ -136,7 +136,20 @@ def apply_custom_paths():
         folder_paths.set_user_directory(user_dir)
 
 
+# Buffer for prestartup failures. Recorded into `nodes.NODE_STARTUP_ERRORS`
+# only AFTER the normal `import nodes` line below, so a failing prestartup
+# script never triggers an early `import nodes` (and therefore `import torch`)
+# on the error path.
+_PRESTARTUP_FAILURES: list[dict] = []
+
+
 def execute_prestartup_script():
+    """Run every custom_nodes/*/prestartup_script.py once, before importing nodes.
+
+    Failures are buffered into the module-level ``_PRESTARTUP_FAILURES`` list and
+    must be flushed via ``record_node_startup_error`` after ``import nodes`` has
+    happened at its normal bootstrap point.
+    """
     if args.disable_all_custom_nodes and len(args.whitelist_custom_nodes) == 0:
         return
 
@@ -149,14 +162,15 @@ def execute_prestartup_script():
             return True
         except Exception as e:
             logging.error(f"Failed to execute startup-script: {script_path} / {e}")
-            from nodes import record_node_startup_error
-            record_node_startup_error(
-                module_path=os.path.dirname(script_path),
-                source="custom_nodes",
-                phase="prestartup",
-                error=e,
-                tb=traceback.format_exc(),
-            )
+            # Buffer the failure - do NOT `import nodes` here, that would drag
+            # torch in before the intended bootstrap point.
+            _PRESTARTUP_FAILURES.append({
+                "module_path": os.path.dirname(script_path),
+                "source": "custom_nodes",
+                "phase": "prestartup",
+                "error": e,
+                "tb": traceback.format_exc(),
+            })
         return False
 
     node_paths = folder_paths.get_folder_paths("custom_nodes")
@@ -216,6 +230,16 @@ import execution
 import server
 from protocol import BinaryEventTypes
 import nodes
+
+# Flush any prestartup failures that were buffered before `nodes` was
+# importable. Doing this here (rather than from the prestartup error
+# handler) keeps the bootstrap order deterministic: `nodes` (and torch)
+# import at this single line whether prestartup succeeded or failed.
+if _PRESTARTUP_FAILURES:
+    for _failure in _PRESTARTUP_FAILURES:
+        nodes.record_node_startup_error(**_failure)
+    _PRESTARTUP_FAILURES.clear()
+
 import comfy.model_management
 import comfyui_version
 import app.logger

server.py

@@ -767,17 +767,20 @@ class PromptServer():
 
         @routes.get("/node_startup_errors")
         async def get_node_startup_errors(request):
-            # Group errors by source so the frontend/Manager can render them
-            # in distinct sections. `source` is the same string as the
-            # module_parent used at load time (e.g. "custom_nodes",
-            # "comfy_extras", "comfy_api_nodes") and is left as a free-form
-            # string so the contract survives node-source layouts evolving.
-            # The response only contains source buckets that actually had a
-            # failure; consumers should not assume any particular set of keys
-            # is always present.
-            #
-            # `module_path` is stripped because the absolute on-disk path is
-            # internal detail that the frontend has no use for.
+            """Return startup errors recorded during node loading, grouped by source.
+
+            Group errors by source so the frontend/Manager can render them in
+            distinct sections. ``source`` is the same string as the
+            ``module_parent`` used at load time (e.g. ``"custom_nodes"``,
+            ``"comfy_extras"``, ``"comfy_api_nodes"``) and is left as a
+            free-form string so the contract survives node-source layouts
+            evolving. The response only contains source buckets that actually
+            had a failure; consumers should not assume any particular set of
+            keys is always present.
+
+            ``module_path`` is stripped because the absolute on-disk path is
+            internal detail that the frontend has no use for.
+            """
             grouped: dict[str, dict[str, dict]] = {}
             for entry in nodes.NODE_STARTUP_ERRORS.values():
                 source = entry.get("source", "custom_nodes")