From 781d4dd4fc3decfb595dabe9a6125f6cf84c8edd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Pyhroff <pyhroff@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2026 13:29:20 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Support lazy type references for Connection.Meta.node (#1600)

---
 graphene/relay/connection.py            | 35 ++++++++++++++++++++++---
 graphene/relay/tests/test_connection.py | 31 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 62 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/graphene/relay/connection.py b/graphene/relay/connection.py
index cc7d2da0..1319f848 100644
--- a/graphene/relay/connection.py
+++ b/graphene/relay/connection.py
@@ -5,9 +5,12 @@
 
 from graphql_relay import connection_from_array
 
+import inspect
+
 from ..types import Boolean, Enum, Int, Interface, List, NonNull, Scalar, String, Union
 from ..types.field import Field
 from ..types.objecttype import ObjectType, ObjectTypeOptions
+from ..types.utils import get_type
 from ..utils.thenables import maybe_thenable
 from .node import is_node, AbstractNode
 
@@ -81,7 +84,15 @@ def page_info_adapter(startCursor, endCursor, hasPreviousPage, hasNextPage):
 
 
 class ConnectionOptions(ObjectTypeOptions):
-    node = None
+    _node = None
+
+    @property
+    def node(self):
+        return get_type(self._node)
+
+    @node.setter
+    def node(self, value):
+        self._node = value
 
 
 class Connection(ObjectType):
@@ -95,11 +106,27 @@ def __init_subclass_with_meta__(
         if not _meta:
             _meta = ConnectionOptions(cls)
         assert node, f"You have to provide a node in {cls.__name__}.Meta"
-        assert isinstance(node, NonNull) or issubclass(
-            node, (Scalar, Enum, ObjectType, Interface, Union, NonNull)
+        assert (
+            isinstance(node, (str, NonNull))
+            or inspect.isfunction(node)
+            or isinstance(node, partial)
+            or (
+                inspect.isclass(node)
+                and issubclass(
+                    node, (Scalar, Enum, ObjectType, Interface, Union, NonNull)
+                )
+            )
         ), f'Received incompatible node "{node}" for Connection {cls.__name__}.'
 
-        base_name = re.sub("Connection$", "", name or cls.__name__) or node._meta.name
+        base_name = re.sub("Connection$", "", name or cls.__name__) or (
+            node._meta.name
+            if hasattr(node, "_meta")
+            else (
+                node.split(".")[-1]
+                if isinstance(node, str)
+                else get_type(node)._meta.name
+            )
+        )
         if not name:
             name = f"{base_name}Connection"
 
diff --git a/graphene/relay/tests/test_connection.py b/graphene/relay/tests/test_connection.py
index 9c8b89d1..336de62a 100644
--- a/graphene/relay/tests/test_connection.py
+++ b/graphene/relay/tests/test_connection.py
@@ -316,3 +316,34 @@ class Meta:
 
     node_field = edges_list_element_type.of_type._meta.fields["node"]
     assert isinstance(node_field.type, NonNull)
+
+
+def test_connection_with_lazy_string_node():
+    class MyLazyStringConnection(Connection):
+        class Meta:
+            node = "graphene.relay.tests.test_connection.MyObject"
+
+    assert MyLazyStringConnection._meta.name == "MyLazyStringConnection"
+    assert MyLazyStringConnection._meta.node == MyObject
+    edge_fields = MyLazyStringConnection.Edge._meta.fields
+    assert edge_fields["node"].type == MyObject
+
+
+def test_connection_with_lazy_callable_node():
+    class MyLazyCallableConnection(Connection):
+        class Meta:
+            node = lambda: MyObject  # noqa: E731
+
+    assert MyLazyCallableConnection._meta.name == "MyLazyCallableConnection"
+    assert MyLazyCallableConnection._meta.node == MyObject
+    edge_fields = MyLazyCallableConnection.Edge._meta.fields
+    assert edge_fields["node"].type == MyObject
+
+
+def test_connection_named_connection_with_lazy_string_node():
+    class Connection(globals()["Connection"]):
+        class Meta:
+            node = "graphene.relay.tests.test_connection.MyObject"
+
+    assert Connection._meta.name == "MyObjectConnection"
+    assert Connection._meta.node == MyObject