diff --git a/api/core/app/apps/workflow/app_generator.py b/api/core/app/apps/workflow/app_generator.py
index 6fbe19a3b2..822019e170 100644
--- a/api/core/app/apps/workflow/app_generator.py
+++ b/api/core/app/apps/workflow/app_generator.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Literal, Union, overload
 from flask import Flask, current_app
 from pydantic import ValidationError
 from sqlalchemy import select
-from sqlalchemy.orm import sessionmaker
+from sqlalchemy.orm import Session, sessionmaker
 
 import contexts
 from configs import dify_config
@@ -55,6 +55,25 @@ logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
 class WorkflowAppGenerator(BaseAppGenerator):
+    @staticmethod
+    def _ensure_snippet_start_node_in_worker(*, session: Session, workflow: Workflow) -> Workflow:
+        """Re-apply snippet virtual Start injection after worker reloads workflow from DB."""
+        if workflow.type != "snippet":
+            return workflow
+
+        from models.snippet import CustomizedSnippet
+        from services.snippet_generate_service import SnippetGenerateService
+
+        snippet = session.scalar(
+            select(CustomizedSnippet).where(
+                CustomizedSnippet.id == workflow.app_id,
+                CustomizedSnippet.tenant_id == workflow.tenant_id,
+            )
+        )
+        if snippet is None:
+            return workflow
+        return SnippetGenerateService.ensure_start_node_for_worker(workflow, snippet)
+
     @staticmethod
     def _should_prepare_user_inputs(args: Mapping[str, Any]) -> bool:
         return not bool(args.get(SKIP_PREPARE_USER_INPUTS_KEY))
@@ -551,6 +570,8 @@ class WorkflowAppGenerator(BaseAppGenerator):
                 if workflow is None:
                     raise ValueError("Workflow not found")
 
+                workflow = self._ensure_snippet_start_node_in_worker(session=session, workflow=workflow)
+
                 # Determine system_user_id based on invocation source
                 is_external_api_call = application_generate_entity.invoke_from in {
                     InvokeFrom.WEB_APP,
diff --git a/api/dify_graph/enums.py b/api/dify_graph/enums.py
index cfb135cbb0..f0333b3e1c 100644
--- a/api/dify_graph/enums.py
+++ b/api/dify_graph/enums.py
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@ class WorkflowType(StrEnum):
     WORKFLOW = "workflow"
     CHAT = "chat"
     RAG_PIPELINE = "rag-pipeline"
+    SNIPPET = "snippet"
 
 
 class WorkflowExecutionStatus(StrEnum):
diff --git a/api/services/snippet_generate_service.py b/api/services/snippet_generate_service.py
index 6f59570f11..e8648c7e6a 100644
--- a/api/services/snippet_generate_service.py
+++ b/api/services/snippet_generate_service.py
@@ -173,6 +173,11 @@ class SnippetGenerateService:
         )
         return response
 
+    @classmethod
+    def ensure_start_node_for_worker(cls, workflow: Workflow, snippet: CustomizedSnippet) -> Workflow:
+        """Public wrapper for worker-thread start-node injection."""
+        return cls._ensure_start_node(workflow, snippet)
+
     @classmethod
     def _ensure_start_node(cls, workflow: Workflow, snippet: CustomizedSnippet) -> Workflow:
         """