diff --git a/apps/sim/app/workspace/[workspaceId]/w/[workflowId]/components/panel-new/components/editor/components/sub-block/components/tag-dropdown/tag-dropdown.tsx b/apps/sim/app/workspace/[workspaceId]/w/[workflowId]/components/panel-new/components/editor/components/sub-block/components/tag-dropdown/tag-dropdown.tsx
index bd5cbcb274..ac1591b84b 100644
--- a/apps/sim/app/workspace/[workspaceId]/w/[workflowId]/components/panel-new/components/editor/components/sub-block/components/tag-dropdown/tag-dropdown.tsx
+++ b/apps/sim/app/workspace/[workspaceId]/w/[workflowId]/components/panel-new/components/editor/components/sub-block/components/tag-dropdown/tag-dropdown.tsx
@@ -639,7 +639,8 @@ export const TagDropdown: React.FC<TagDropdownProps> = ({
       }
 
       blockTags = ensureRootTag(blockTags, normalizedBlockName)
-      const shouldShowRootTag = sourceBlock.type === TRIGGER_TYPES.GENERIC_WEBHOOK
+      const shouldShowRootTag =
+        sourceBlock.type === TRIGGER_TYPES.GENERIC_WEBHOOK || sourceBlock.type === 'start_trigger'
       if (!shouldShowRootTag) {
         blockTags = blockTags.filter((tag) => tag !== normalizedBlockName)
       }
@@ -951,7 +952,9 @@ export const TagDropdown: React.FC<TagDropdownProps> = ({
       }
 
       blockTags = ensureRootTag(blockTags, normalizedBlockName)
-      const shouldShowRootTag = accessibleBlock.type === TRIGGER_TYPES.GENERIC_WEBHOOK
+      const shouldShowRootTag =
+        accessibleBlock.type === TRIGGER_TYPES.GENERIC_WEBHOOK ||
+        accessibleBlock.type === 'start_trigger'
       if (!shouldShowRootTag) {
         blockTags = blockTags.filter((tag) => tag !== normalizedBlockName)
       }
diff --git a/apps/sim/app/workspace/[workspaceId]/w/[workflowId]/hooks/use-accessible-reference-prefixes.ts b/apps/sim/app/workspace/[workspaceId]/w/[workflowId]/hooks/use-accessible-reference-prefixes.ts
index 06d6dd795c..a7a24a31b2 100644
--- a/apps/sim/app/workspace/[workspaceId]/w/[workflowId]/hooks/use-accessible-reference-prefixes.ts
+++ b/apps/sim/app/workspace/[workspaceId]/w/[workflowId]/hooks/use-accessible-reference-prefixes.ts
@@ -27,7 +27,9 @@ export function useAccessibleReferencePrefixes(blockId?: string | null): Set<str
     const accessibleIds = new Set<string>(ancestorIds)
     accessibleIds.add(blockId)
 
-    const starterBlock = Object.values(blocks).find((block) => block.type === 'starter')
+    const starterBlock = Object.values(blocks).find(
+      (block) => block.type === 'starter' || block.type === 'start_trigger'
+    )
     if (starterBlock) {
       accessibleIds.add(starterBlock.id)
     }
diff --git a/apps/sim/lib/workflows/block-outputs.ts b/apps/sim/lib/workflows/block-outputs.ts
index 61cb1f6583..01c4d3cdf8 100644
--- a/apps/sim/lib/workflows/block-outputs.ts
+++ b/apps/sim/lib/workflows/block-outputs.ts
@@ -36,7 +36,9 @@ function normalizeInputFormatValue(inputFormatValue: any): InputFormatField[] {
     return []
   }
 
-  return inputFormatValue.filter((field) => field && typeof field === 'object')
+  return inputFormatValue.filter(
+    (field) => field && typeof field === 'object' && field.name && field.name.trim() !== ''
+  )
 }
 
 function applyInputFormatFields(