diff --git a/src/backend/base/langflow/graph/edge/base.py b/src/backend/base/langflow/graph/edge/base.py
index f3520e72cf1..80aa5519bb6 100644
--- a/src/backend/base/langflow/graph/edge/base.py
+++ b/src/backend/base/langflow/graph/edge/base.py
@@ -87,6 +87,13 @@ def __setstate__(self, state):
         self.target_param = state["target_param"]
         self.source_handle = state.get("source_handle")
         self.target_handle = state.get("target_handle")
+        self._source_handle = state.get("_source_handle")
+        self._target_handle = state.get("_target_handle")
+        self._data = state.get("_data")
+        self.valid_handles = state.get("valid_handles")
+        self.source_types = state.get("source_types")
+        self.target_reqs = state.get("target_reqs")
+        self.matched_type = state.get("matched_type")
 
     def validate_edge(self, source, target) -> None:
         # If the self.source_handle has base_classes, then we are using the legacy
diff --git a/src/backend/base/langflow/graph/graph/base.py b/src/backend/base/langflow/graph/graph/base.py
index 901f4288810..f9772fe325c 100644
--- a/src/backend/base/langflow/graph/graph/base.py
+++ b/src/backend/base/langflow/graph/graph/base.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import asyncio
+import copy
 import json
 import uuid
 from collections import defaultdict, deque
@@ -100,6 +101,29 @@ def __init__(
         if (start is not None and end is None) or (start is None and end is not None):
             raise ValueError("You must provide both input and output components")
 
+    def __add__(self, other):
+        if not isinstance(other, Graph):
+            raise TypeError("Can only add Graph objects")
+        # Add the vertices and edges from the other graph to this graph
+        new_instance = copy.deepcopy(self)
+        for vertex in other.vertices:
+            # This updates the edges as well
+            new_instance.add_vertex(vertex)
+        new_instance.build_graph_maps(new_instance.edges)
+        new_instance.define_vertices_lists()
+        return new_instance
+
+    def __iadd__(self, other):
+        if not isinstance(other, Graph):
+            raise TypeError("Can only add Graph objects")
+        # Add the vertices and edges from the other graph to this graph
+        for vertex in other.vertices:
+            # This updates the edges as well
+            self.add_vertex(vertex)
+        self.build_graph_maps(self.edges)
+        self.define_vertices_lists()
+        return self
+
     def dumps(
         self,
         name: Optional[str] = None,
@@ -779,6 +803,14 @@ def __getstate__(self):
             "vertices_to_run": self.vertices_to_run,
             "stop_vertex": self.stop_vertex,
             "vertex_map": self.vertex_map,
+            "_run_queue": self._run_queue,
+            "_first_layer": self._first_layer,
+            "_vertices": self._vertices,
+            "_edges": self._edges,
+            "_is_input_vertices": self._is_input_vertices,
+            "_is_output_vertices": self._is_output_vertices,
+            "_has_session_id_vertices": self._has_session_id_vertices,
+            "_sorted_vertices_layers": self._sorted_vertices_layers,
         }
 
     def __setstate__(self, state):
@@ -1450,6 +1482,7 @@ def _create_vertex(self, frontend_data: NodeData):
         return vertex_instance
 
     def prepare(self, stop_component_id: Optional[str] = None, start_component_id: Optional[str] = None):
+        self.initialize()
         if stop_component_id and start_component_id:
             raise ValueError("You can only provide one of stop_component_id or start_component_id")
         self.validate_stream()
diff --git a/src/backend/tests/unit/initial_setup/starter_projects/test_vector_store_rag.py b/src/backend/tests/unit/initial_setup/starter_projects/test_vector_store_rag.py
index a005b97deeb..587c65779a2 100644
--- a/src/backend/tests/unit/initial_setup/starter_projects/test_vector_store_rag.py
+++ b/src/backend/tests/unit/initial_setup/starter_projects/test_vector_store_rag.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import copy
 from textwrap import dedent
 
 import pytest
@@ -211,6 +212,73 @@ def test_vector_store_rag_dump_components_and_edges(ingestion_graph, rag_graph):
         assert (source, target) in expected_rag_edges, f"Edge {source} -> {target} not found"
 
 
+def test_vector_store_rag_add(ingestion_graph, rag_graph):
+    ingestion_graph_copy = copy.deepcopy(ingestion_graph)
+    rag_graph_copy = copy.deepcopy(rag_graph)
+    ingestion_graph_copy += rag_graph_copy
+
+    assert (
+        len(ingestion_graph_copy.vertices) == len(ingestion_graph.vertices) + len(rag_graph.vertices)
+    ), f"Vertices mismatch: {len(ingestion_graph_copy.vertices)} != {len(ingestion_graph.vertices)} + {len(rag_graph.vertices)}"
+    assert len(ingestion_graph_copy.edges) == len(ingestion_graph.edges) + len(
+        rag_graph.edges
+    ), f"Edges mismatch: {len(ingestion_graph_copy.edges)} != {len(ingestion_graph.edges)} + {len(rag_graph.edges)}"
+
+    combined_graph_dump = ingestion_graph_copy.dump(
+        name="Combined Graph", description="Graph for data ingestion and RAG", endpoint_name="combined"
+    )
+
+    combined_data = combined_graph_dump["data"]
+    combined_nodes = combined_data["nodes"]
+    combined_edges = combined_data["edges"]
+
+    # Sort nodes by id to check components
+    combined_nodes = sorted(combined_nodes, key=lambda x: x["id"])
+
+    # Expected components in the combined graph (both ingestion and RAG nodes)
+    expected_nodes = sorted(
+        [
+            {"id": "file-123", "type": "File"},
+            {"id": "openai-embeddings-123", "type": "OpenAIEmbeddings"},
+            {"id": "text-splitter-123", "type": "SplitText"},
+            {"id": "vector-store-123", "type": "AstraDB"},
+            {"id": "chatinput-123", "type": "ChatInput"},
+            {"id": "chatoutput-123", "type": "ChatOutput"},
+            {"id": "openai-123", "type": "OpenAIModel"},
+            {"id": "openai-embeddings-124", "type": "OpenAIEmbeddings"},
+            {"id": "parse-data-123", "type": "ParseData"},
+            {"id": "prompt-123", "type": "Prompt"},
+            {"id": "rag-vector-store-123", "type": "AstraDB"},
+        ],
+        key=lambda x: x["id"],
+    )
+
+    for expected_node, combined_node in zip(expected_nodes, combined_nodes):
+        assert combined_node["data"]["type"] == expected_node["type"]
+        assert combined_node["id"] == expected_node["id"]
+
+    # Expected edges in the combined graph (both ingestion and RAG edges)
+    expected_combined_edges = [
+        ("file-123", "text-splitter-123"),
+        ("text-splitter-123", "vector-store-123"),
+        ("openai-embeddings-123", "vector-store-123"),
+        ("chatinput-123", "rag-vector-store-123"),
+        ("openai-embeddings-124", "rag-vector-store-123"),
+        ("chatinput-123", "prompt-123"),
+        ("rag-vector-store-123", "parse-data-123"),
+        ("parse-data-123", "prompt-123"),
+        ("prompt-123", "openai-123"),
+        ("openai-123", "chatoutput-123"),
+    ]
+
+    assert len(combined_edges) == len(expected_combined_edges), combined_edges
+
+    for edge in combined_edges:
+        source = edge["source"]
+        target = edge["target"]
+        assert (source, target) in expected_combined_edges, f"Edge {source} -> {target} not found"
+
+
 def test_vector_store_rag_dump(ingestion_graph, rag_graph):
     # Test ingestion graph dump
     ingestion_graph_dump = ingestion_graph.dump(
diff --git a/src/frontend/package-lock.json b/src/frontend/package-lock.json
index db0e15228cd..f150e6b429d 100644
--- a/src/frontend/package-lock.json
+++ b/src/frontend/package-lock.json
@@ -1079,6 +1079,7 @@
     },
     "node_modules/@clack/prompts/node_modules/is-unicode-supported": {
       "version": "1.3.0",
+      "extraneous": true,
       "inBundle": true,
       "license": "MIT",
       "engines": {