diff --git a/apps/sim/app/w/[id]/components/control-bar/components/deployment-controls/deployment-controls.tsx b/apps/sim/app/w/[id]/components/control-bar/components/deployment-controls/deployment-controls.tsx
index 5a955efedb..1740801c99 100644
--- a/apps/sim/app/w/[id]/components/control-bar/components/deployment-controls/deployment-controls.tsx
+++ b/apps/sim/app/w/[id]/components/control-bar/components/deployment-controls/deployment-controls.tsx
@@ -32,11 +32,8 @@ export function DeploymentControls({
   )
   const isDeployed = deploymentStatus?.isDeployed || false
 
-  // Prioritize workflow-specific needsRedeployment flag, but fall back to prop if needed
-  const workflowNeedsRedeployment =
-    deploymentStatus?.needsRedeployment !== undefined
-      ? deploymentStatus.needsRedeployment
-      : needsRedeployment
+  // Trust the parent's change detection - it has the authoritative comparison logic
+  const workflowNeedsRedeployment = needsRedeployment
 
   const [isDeploying, _setIsDeploying] = useState(false)
   const [isModalOpen, setIsModalOpen] = useState(false)
@@ -62,21 +59,6 @@ export function DeploymentControls({
     }
   }
 
-  // Update parent component when workflow-specific status changes
-  useEffect(() => {
-    if (
-      deploymentStatus?.needsRedeployment !== undefined &&
-      deploymentStatus.needsRedeployment !== needsRedeployment
-    ) {
-      setNeedsRedeployment(deploymentStatus.needsRedeployment)
-    }
-  }, [
-    deploymentStatus?.needsRedeployment,
-    needsRedeployment,
-    setNeedsRedeployment,
-    deploymentStatus,
-  ])
-
   return (
     <>
       <Tooltip>
diff --git a/apps/sim/app/w/[id]/components/control-bar/control-bar.tsx b/apps/sim/app/w/[id]/components/control-bar/control-bar.tsx
index 265ec74732..b233ebd753 100644
--- a/apps/sim/app/w/[id]/components/control-bar/control-bar.tsx
+++ b/apps/sim/app/w/[id]/components/control-bar/control-bar.tsx
@@ -276,6 +276,7 @@ export function ControlBar() {
 
   // Subscribe to workflow and subblock changes to detect differences from deployed state
   useEffect(() => {
+    console.log('changing subblocks values')
     // Early exit: No workflow or nothing deployed = no changes possible
     if (!activeWorkflowId || !deployedState) {
       setChangeDetected(false)
@@ -292,14 +293,19 @@ export function ControlBar() {
     
     // Compare current state vs deployed state
     const deployedBlocks = deployedState?.blocks
+    console.log('deployedBlocks', deployedBlocks)
+    console.log('currentMergedState', currentMergedState)
     if (!deployedBlocks) {
+      console.log('current state should be same as deployed state')
       setChangeDetected(false)
       return
     }
     
     // Simple JSON comparison - if different, changes detected
     const hasChanges = JSON.stringify(currentMergedState) !== JSON.stringify(deployedBlocks)
+    console.log('hasChanges', hasChanges)
     setChangeDetected(hasChanges)
+    
   }, [activeWorkflowId, deployedState, currentBlocks, subBlockValues, isLoadingDeployedState])
 
   // Check usage limits when component mounts and when user executes a workflow
@@ -619,6 +625,7 @@ export function ControlBar() {
   /**
    * Render deploy button with tooltip
    */
+  console.log('needs redeployment BEOFRE DEPLOYMENT CONTROLS', changeDetected)
   const renderDeployButton = () => (
     <DeploymentControls
       activeWorkflowId={activeWorkflowId}