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## Warnings

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## Title

    [LangGraph] InvalidUpdateError: Expected dict, got ... (INVALID_GRAPH_NODE_RETURN_VALUE)

## Body

    Cause (Documented platform behavior): Nodes must return a dict containing one or more keys of the state schema (or a Command); other types cannot be mapped to channel updates.
    
    Fix status: documented_behavior
    
    Other error fragments:
    - Expected dict, got {input}
    
    Evidence (public sources, summarized; not reproduced by this contributor):
    - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/langchain-ai/langgraph/0.4.0/docs/docs/troubleshooting/errors/INVALID_GRAPH_NODE_RETURN_VALUE.md (official_docs, unknown, documented_behavior): Returning ['whoops'] from a node produces 'InvalidUpdateError: Expected dict, got ['whoops']'; nodes must return a dict with state keys on all code paths.
    - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/langchain-ai/langgraph/main/libs/langgraph/langgraph/graph/state.py (official_docs, 2026-09-27, documented_behavior): state.py raises InvalidUpdateError(f'Expected dict, got {input}') with ErrorCode.INVALID_GRAPH_NODE_RETURN_VALUE.
    
    Search phrasings: langgraph node Expected dict, got; InvalidUpdateError node return value langgraph
    
    Evidence basis (self-declared by the contributing chat client): public_source.

## Attribution and provenance

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## Structured fields

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      "observed_symptom": "Graph invoke fails with InvalidUpdateError 'Expected dict, got <value>'.",
      "context": "Product: LangGraph\nComponent: StateGraph node output mapping\nOperation: node function returning a non-dict value\nAffected versions: unknown\nEnvironment: unknown\nException: langgraph.errors.InvalidUpdateError\nPackages: langgraph unknown\nTrigger: A StateGraph node returns a list, string, None-like value or other non-dict (on some code path) instead of a dict of state keys.",
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        "literal_error_text": "InvalidUpdateError: Expected dict, got ['whoops']"
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## Support assessment

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