diff --git a/escheduler-api/src/main/java/cn/escheduler/api/service/ProcessDefinitionService.java b/escheduler-api/src/main/java/cn/escheduler/api/service/ProcessDefinitionService.java
index 119c840e56..00bfe6dd6a 100644
--- a/escheduler-api/src/main/java/cn/escheduler/api/service/ProcessDefinitionService.java
+++ b/escheduler-api/src/main/java/cn/escheduler/api/service/ProcessDefinitionService.java
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ public class ProcessDefinitionService extends BaseDAGService {
         ProcessData processData = JSONUtils.parseObject(processDefinitionJson, ProcessData.class);
         Map<String, Object> checkProcessJson = checkProcessNodeList(processData, processDefinitionJson);
         if (checkProcessJson.get(Constants.STATUS) != Status.SUCCESS) {
-            return result;
+            return checkProcessJson;
         }
 
         processDefine.setName(name);
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ public class ProcessDefinitionService extends BaseDAGService {
         ProcessData processData = JSONUtils.parseObject(processDefinitionJson, ProcessData.class);
         Map<String, Object> checkProcessJson = checkProcessNodeList(processData, processDefinitionJson);
         if ((checkProcessJson.get(Constants.STATUS) != Status.SUCCESS)) {
-            return result;
+            return checkProcessJson;
         }
         ProcessDefinition processDefinition = processDao.findProcessDefineById(id);
         if (processDefinition == null) {
@@ -717,7 +717,9 @@ public class ProcessDefinitionService extends BaseDAGService {
             List<String> preTasks = JSONUtils.toList(taskNodeResponse.getPreTasks(),String.class);
             if (CollectionUtils.isNotEmpty(preTasks)) {
                 for (String preTask : preTasks) {
-                    graph.addEdge(preTask, taskNodeResponse.getName());
+                    if (!graph.addEdge(preTask, taskNodeResponse.getName())) {
+                        return true;
+                    }
                 }
             }
         }