PR #4992: fix: save flow plot HTML to current working directory instead of temp dir

• Repository: crewAIInc/crewAI
• Author: devin-ai-integration[bot]
• State: open | merged: False
• Link: https://github.com/crewAIInc/crewAI/pull/4992

Description (problem / solution / changelog)

Summary

Fixes #4991 — flow.plot() and crewai flow plot were saving generated HTML/CSS/JS files to a hidden system temp directory (via tempfile.mkdtemp), making output inaccessible from the user's project folder.

The fix replaces the temp directory with the current working directory as the default output location. An optional output_dir parameter is added to both render_interactive() and Flow.plot() for explicit control.

Files changed:

• interactive.py: Replaced tempfile.mkdtemp() with Path.cwd() (or user-provided output_dir), removed tempfile import
• flow.py: Added output_dir parameter passthrough on Flow.plot()
• test_flow_visualization.py: Added 5 regression tests, updated 1 existing test to use output_dir for isolation

Review & Testing Checklist for Human

• Silent file overwrite: Writing to CWD means existing files named crewai_flow.html / *_style.css / *_script.js will be overwritten without warning. Verify this is acceptable behavior, or consider whether a warning/prompt should be added.
• Verify CLI end-to-end: Run crewai flow plot in a real project and confirm the HTML file appears in the current directory and opens correctly in a browser.
• Confirm os.chdir() in tests is safe: Two new tests change the process CWD inside try/finally. Verify this doesn't cause flakiness with parallel test execution (pytest-xdist).

Notes

• The CLI print message ("Flow visualization saved to {filename}") is now correct without changes, since files actually land in CWD.
• dest_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True) is a no-op when output_dir is None (CWD already exists), but handles the explicit output_dir case cleanly.

Link to Devin session: https://app.devin.ai/sessions/57b0c89dae2649feb5c18b8fa710a505

Changed files

• lib/crewai/src/crewai/flow/flow.py (modified, +11/-2)
• lib/crewai/src/crewai/flow/visualization/renderers/interactive.py (modified, +13/-9)
• lib/crewai/tests/test_flow_visualization.py (modified, +94/-4)

PR #4996: fix: save flow plot HTML to CWD instead of temp directory

• Repository: crewAIInc/crewAI
• Author: r266-tech
• State: open | merged: False
• Link: https://github.com/crewAIInc/crewAI/pull/4996

Description (problem / solution / changelog)

Problem

When running crewai flow plot, the visualization HTML is saved to a hidden system temp directory (e.g. /var/folders/.../T/crewai_flow_.../), but users can't find it because nothing prints the actual path. This breaks CI/CD pipelines trying to capture the HTML as an artifact.

Fixes #4991

Changes

1. render_interactive() — Save HTML/CSS/JS to Path.cwd() instead of tempfile.mkdtemp(). Removed unused tempfile import.
2. Template plot() — Now captures the return path from poem_flow.plot() and prints it, so users see the actual absolute path.

Before

$ crewai flow plot
Plotting the Flow
(no output about where file was saved, file in temp dir)

After

$ crewai flow plot
Plotting the Flow
Flow visualization saved to /path/to/project/crewai_flow.html

The HTML file (and its CSS/JS) are now saved in the current working directory where the user expects them.

[!NOTE] Medium Risk Changes where crewai flow plot writes HTML/CSS/JS artifacts (from a temp dir to the current working directory), which may affect file overwrites and CI artifact collection but is otherwise localized to visualization output.

Overview Flow visualization output is now written to the current working directory instead of a temporary folder, so generated *.html plus its companion CSS/JS files are easy to locate and capture as CI artifacts.

The flow template’s plot() helper now captures the return value from poem_flow.plot() and prints the saved path to stdout.

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Changed files

• lib/crewai/src/crewai/cli/templates/flow/main.py (modified, +2/-1)
• lib/crewai/src/crewai/flow/visualization/renderers/interactive.py (modified, +4/-5)

PR #5003: fix(flow): save plot output to CWD instead of hidden temp directory

• Repository: crewAIInc/crewAI
• Author: NIK-TIGER-BILL
• State: open | merged: False
• Link: https://github.com/crewAIInc/crewAI/pull/5003

Description (problem / solution / changelog)

Summary

Fixes #4991

render_interactive() was always writing the HTML, CSS, and JS files into a directory created by tempfile.mkdtemp(prefix="crewai_flow_"). This caused crewai flow plot to print a misleading success message like:

Flow visualization saved to guide_creator_flow.html

…while the actual file landed in a hidden /tmp/crewai_flow_…/ path that the user cannot easily find.

Changes

• Replace tempfile.mkdtemp() with a CWD-based output directory
• If filename already contains a directory component, that directory is used
• Otherwise Path.cwd() is used, so files appear in the user's working directory
• Remove now-unused import tempfile
• Update docstring to document the new resolution logic

Testing

Existing tests continue to pass. The fix is consistent with user expectation described in the issue: running crewai flow plot now produces guide_creator_flow.html (and its sibling CSS/JS files) in the current working directory.

Changed files

• lib/crewai/src/crewai/flow/visualization/renderers/interactive.py (modified, +15/-10)