diff --git a/backend/windmill-common/src/workspaces.rs b/backend/windmill-common/src/workspaces.rs
index dd42d5632a..04461e821e 100644
--- a/backend/windmill-common/src/workspaces.rs
+++ b/backend/windmill-common/src/workspaces.rs
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ pub enum ObjectType {
     WorkspaceDependencies,
 }
 
-pub const LATEST_GIT_SYNC_SCRIPT_PATH: &str = "hub/28231/sync-script-to-git-repo-windmill";
+pub const LATEST_GIT_SYNC_SCRIPT_PATH: &str = "hub/28234/sync-script-to-git-repo-windmill";
 
 /// Prefix used to identify fork workspaces. A workspace whose id starts with this string is a
 /// fork of another workspace.
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/components/ArgInput.svelte b/frontend/src/lib/components/ArgInput.svelte
index 839153ad67..ed9d11eaa7 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/components/ArgInput.svelte
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/components/ArgInput.svelte
@@ -406,6 +406,15 @@
 		if (nullable && emptyString(v)) {
 			error = ''
 			valid && (valid = true)
+		} else if (
+			typeof v === 'string' &&
+			(v.startsWith('$var:') || v.startsWith('$res:') || v.startsWith('$jsonvar:'))
+		) {
+			// $var/$res/$jsonvar are placeholders resolved at runtime; the literal
+			// string won't match format constraints (email/ipv4/uuid/custom pattern),
+			// so format-checking it produces a false-positive "invalid format" error.
+			error = ''
+			!valid && (valid = true)
 		} else if (required && (v == undefined || v == null || v === '') && inputCat != 'object') {
 			error = 'Required'
 			valid && (valid = false)