diff --git a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/app/store/middleware/listenerMiddleware/listeners/enqueueRequestedNodes.ts b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/app/store/middleware/listenerMiddleware/listeners/enqueueRequestedNodes.ts
index 2a6ace46f2..584719b1a5 100644
--- a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/app/store/middleware/listenerMiddleware/listeners/enqueueRequestedNodes.ts
+++ b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/app/store/middleware/listenerMiddleware/listeners/enqueueRequestedNodes.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { logger } from 'app/logging/logger';
 import { enqueueRequested } from 'app/store/actions';
 import type { AppStartListening } from 'app/store/middleware/listenerMiddleware';
 import { selectNodesSlice } from 'features/nodes/store/selectors';
-import { isImageFieldCollectionInputInstance } from 'features/nodes/types/field';
+import { isImageFieldCollectionInputInstance, isStringFieldCollectionInputInstance } from 'features/nodes/types/field';
 import { isInvocationNode } from 'features/nodes/types/invocation';
 import { buildNodesGraph } from 'features/nodes/util/graph/buildNodesGraph';
 import { buildWorkflowWithValidation } from 'features/nodes/util/workflow/buildWorkflow';
@@ -62,6 +62,34 @@ export const addEnqueueRequestedNodes = (startAppListening: AppStartListening) =
         }
       }
 
+      // Grab string batch nodes for special handling
+      const stringBatchNodes = nodes.nodes.filter(isInvocationNode).filter((node) => node.data.type === 'string_batch');
+      for (const node of stringBatchNodes) {
+        // Satisfy TS
+        const strings = node.data.inputs['strings'];
+        if (!isStringFieldCollectionInputInstance(strings)) {
+          log.warn({ nodeId: node.id }, 'String batch strings field is not a astring collection');
+          break;
+        }
+
+        // Find outgoing edges from the batch node, we will remove these from the graph and create batch data collection items from them instead
+        const edgesFromStringBatch = nodes.edges.filter((e) => e.source === node.id && e.sourceHandle === 'value');
+        const batchDataCollectionItem: NonNullable<Batch['data']>[number] = [];
+        for (const edge of edgesFromStringBatch) {
+          if (!edge.targetHandle) {
+            break;
+          }
+          batchDataCollectionItem.push({
+            node_path: edge.target,
+            field_name: edge.targetHandle,
+            items: strings.value,
+          });
+        }
+        if (batchDataCollectionItem.length > 0) {
+          data.push(batchDataCollectionItem);
+        }
+      }
+
       const batchConfig: BatchConfig = {
         batch: {
           graph,
diff --git a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/nodes/components/flow/nodes/Invocation/fields/InputFieldRenderer.tsx b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/nodes/components/flow/nodes/Invocation/fields/InputFieldRenderer.tsx
index 3874221542..d3190fe26a 100644
--- a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/nodes/components/flow/nodes/Invocation/fields/InputFieldRenderer.tsx
+++ b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/nodes/components/flow/nodes/Invocation/fields/InputFieldRenderer.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { ImageFieldCollectionInputComponent } from 'features/nodes/components/flow/nodes/Invocation/fields/inputs/ImageFieldCollectionInputComponent';
 import ModelIdentifierFieldInputComponent from 'features/nodes/components/flow/nodes/Invocation/fields/inputs/ModelIdentifierFieldInputComponent';
+import { StringFieldCollectionInputComponent } from 'features/nodes/components/flow/nodes/Invocation/fields/inputs/StringFieldCollectionInputComponent';
 import { useFieldInputInstance } from 'features/nodes/hooks/useFieldInputInstance';
 import { useFieldInputTemplate } from 'features/nodes/hooks/useFieldInputTemplate';
 import {
@@ -51,6 +52,8 @@ import {
   isSDXLRefinerModelFieldInputTemplate,
   isSpandrelImageToImageModelFieldInputInstance,
   isSpandrelImageToImageModelFieldInputTemplate,
+  isStringFieldCollectionInputInstance,
+  isStringFieldCollectionInputTemplate,
   isStringFieldInputInstance,
   isStringFieldInputTemplate,
   isT2IAdapterModelFieldInputInstance,
@@ -97,6 +100,10 @@ const InputFieldRenderer = ({ nodeId, fieldName }: InputFieldProps) => {
   const fieldInstance = useFieldInputInstance(nodeId, fieldName);
   const fieldTemplate = useFieldInputTemplate(nodeId, fieldName);
 
+  if (isStringFieldCollectionInputInstance(fieldInstance) && isStringFieldCollectionInputTemplate(fieldTemplate)) {
+    return <StringFieldCollectionInputComponent nodeId={nodeId} field={fieldInstance} fieldTemplate={fieldTemplate} />;
+  }
+
   if (isStringFieldInputInstance(fieldInstance) && isStringFieldInputTemplate(fieldTemplate)) {
     return <StringFieldInputComponent nodeId={nodeId} field={fieldInstance} fieldTemplate={fieldTemplate} />;
   }
diff --git a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/nodes/components/flow/nodes/Invocation/fields/inputs/StringFieldCollectionInputComponent.tsx b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/nodes/components/flow/nodes/Invocation/fields/inputs/StringFieldCollectionInputComponent.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..15934bf201
--- /dev/null
+++ b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/nodes/components/flow/nodes/Invocation/fields/inputs/StringFieldCollectionInputComponent.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,152 @@
+import type { SystemStyleObject } from '@invoke-ai/ui-library';
+import { Box, Flex, Grid, GridItem, IconButton, Textarea } from '@invoke-ai/ui-library';
+import { useAppStore } from 'app/store/nanostores/store';
+import { getOverlayScrollbarsParams, overlayScrollbarsStyles } from 'common/components/OverlayScrollbars/constants';
+import { useFieldIsInvalid } from 'features/nodes/hooks/useFieldIsInvalid';
+import { fieldStringCollectionValueChanged } from 'features/nodes/store/nodesSlice';
+import type {
+  StringFieldCollectionInputInstance,
+  StringFieldCollectionInputTemplate,
+} from 'features/nodes/types/field';
+import { OverlayScrollbarsComponent } from 'overlayscrollbars-react';
+import type { ChangeEvent } from 'react';
+import { memo, useCallback } from 'react';
+import { useTranslation } from 'react-i18next';
+import { PiPlusBold, PiXBold } from 'react-icons/pi';
+
+import type { FieldComponentProps } from './types';
+
+const overlayscrollbarsOptions = getOverlayScrollbarsParams().options;
+
+const sx = {
+  borderWidth: 1,
+  '&[data-error=true]': {
+    borderColor: 'error.500',
+    borderStyle: 'solid',
+  },
+} satisfies SystemStyleObject;
+
+export const StringFieldCollectionInputComponent = memo(
+  (props: FieldComponentProps<StringFieldCollectionInputInstance, StringFieldCollectionInputTemplate>) => {
+    const { nodeId, field } = props;
+    const store = useAppStore();
+
+    const isInvalid = useFieldIsInvalid(nodeId, field.name);
+
+    const onRemoveString = useCallback(
+      (index: number) => {
+        const newValue = field.value ? [...field.value] : [];
+        newValue.splice(index, 1);
+        store.dispatch(fieldStringCollectionValueChanged({ nodeId, fieldName: field.name, value: newValue }));
+      },
+      [field.name, field.value, nodeId, store]
+    );
+
+    const onChangeString = useCallback(
+      (index: number, value: string) => {
+        const newValue = field.value ? [...field.value] : [];
+        newValue[index] = value;
+        store.dispatch(fieldStringCollectionValueChanged({ nodeId, fieldName: field.name, value: newValue }));
+      },
+      [field.name, field.value, nodeId, store]
+    );
+
+    const onAddString = useCallback(() => {
+      const newValue = field.value ? [...field.value, ''] : [''];
+      store.dispatch(fieldStringCollectionValueChanged({ nodeId, fieldName: field.name, value: newValue }));
+    }, [field.name, field.value, nodeId, store]);
+
+    return (
+      <Flex
+        className="nodrag"
+        position="relative"
+        w="full"
+        h="full"
+        maxH={64}
+        alignItems="stretch"
+        justifyContent="center"
+      >
+        {(!field.value || field.value.length === 0) && (
+          <Box w="full" sx={sx} data-error={isInvalid} borderRadius="base">
+            <IconButton
+              w="full"
+              onClick={onAddString}
+              aria-label="Add Item"
+              icon={<PiPlusBold />}
+              variant="ghost"
+              size="sm"
+            />
+          </Box>
+        )}
+        {field.value && field.value.length > 0 && (
+          <Box w="full" h="auto" p={1} sx={sx} data-error={isInvalid} borderRadius="base">
+            <OverlayScrollbarsComponent
+              className="nowheel"
+              defer
+              style={overlayScrollbarsStyles}
+              options={overlayscrollbarsOptions}
+            >
+              <Grid w="full" h="full" templateColumns="repeat(1, 1fr)" gap={1}>
+                <IconButton
+                  onClick={onAddString}
+                  aria-label="Add Item"
+                  icon={<PiPlusBold />}
+                  variant="ghost"
+                  size="sm"
+                />
+                {field.value.map((value, index) => (
+                  <GridItem key={index} position="relative" className="nodrag">
+                    <StringListItemContent
+                      value={value}
+                      index={index}
+                      onRemoveString={onRemoveString}
+                      onChangeString={onChangeString}
+                    />
+                  </GridItem>
+                ))}
+              </Grid>
+            </OverlayScrollbarsComponent>
+          </Box>
+        )}
+      </Flex>
+    );
+  }
+);
+
+StringFieldCollectionInputComponent.displayName = 'StringFieldCollectionInputComponent';
+
+type StringListItemContentProps = {
+  value: string;
+  index: number;
+  onRemoveString: (index: number) => void;
+  onChangeString: (index: number, value: string) => void;
+};
+
+const StringListItemContent = memo(({ value, index, onRemoveString, onChangeString }: StringListItemContentProps) => {
+  const { t } = useTranslation();
+
+  const onClickRemove = useCallback(() => {
+    onRemoveString(index);
+  }, [index, onRemoveString]);
+  const onChange = useCallback(
+    (e: ChangeEvent<HTMLTextAreaElement>) => {
+      onChangeString(index, e.target.value);
+    },
+    [index, onChangeString]
+  );
+  return (
+    <Flex alignItems="center" gap={1}>
+      <Textarea size="xs" resize="none" value={value} onChange={onChange} />
+      <IconButton
+        size="sm"
+        variant="link"
+        alignSelf="stretch"
+        onClick={onClickRemove}
+        icon={<PiXBold />}
+        aria-label={t('common.remove')}
+        tooltip={t('common.remove')}
+      />
+    </Flex>
+  );
+});
+StringListItemContent.displayName = 'StringListItemContent';
diff --git a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/nodes/hooks/useFieldIsInvalid.ts b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/nodes/hooks/useFieldIsInvalid.ts
index 0052ab691e..38b7cc1fa8 100644
--- a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/nodes/hooks/useFieldIsInvalid.ts
+++ b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/nodes/hooks/useFieldIsInvalid.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,12 @@ import { useAppSelector } from 'app/store/storeHooks';
 import { useConnectionState } from 'features/nodes/hooks/useConnectionState';
 import { useFieldInputTemplate } from 'features/nodes/hooks/useFieldInputTemplate';
 import { selectFieldInputInstance, selectNodesSlice } from 'features/nodes/store/selectors';
-import { isImageFieldCollectionInputInstance, isImageFieldCollectionInputTemplate } from 'features/nodes/types/field';
+import {
+  isImageFieldCollectionInputInstance,
+  isImageFieldCollectionInputTemplate,
+  isStringFieldCollectionInputInstance,
+  isStringFieldCollectionInputTemplate,
+} from 'features/nodes/types/field';
 import { useMemo } from 'react';
 
 export const useFieldIsInvalid = (nodeId: string, fieldName: string) => {
@@ -35,8 +40,20 @@ export const useFieldIsInvalid = (nodeId: string, fieldName: string) => {
       }
 
       // Else special handling for individual field types
+
+      // Image collections may have min or max item counts
       if (isImageFieldCollectionInputInstance(field) && isImageFieldCollectionInputTemplate(template)) {
-        // Image collections may have min or max item counts
+        if (template.minItems !== undefined && field.value.length < template.minItems) {
+          return true;
+        }
+
+        if (template.maxItems !== undefined && field.value.length > template.maxItems) {
+          return true;
+        }
+      }
+
+      // String collections may have min or max item counts
+      if (isStringFieldCollectionInputInstance(field) && isStringFieldCollectionInputTemplate(template)) {
         if (template.minItems !== undefined && field.value.length < template.minItems) {
           return true;
         }
diff --git a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/nodes/store/nodesSlice.ts b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/nodes/store/nodesSlice.ts
index 7effaff260..4c1807f859 100644
--- a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/nodes/store/nodesSlice.ts
+++ b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/nodes/store/nodesSlice.ts
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import type {
   SDXLRefinerModelFieldValue,
   SpandrelImageToImageModelFieldValue,
   StatefulFieldValue,
+  StringFieldCollectionValue,
   StringFieldValue,
   T2IAdapterModelFieldValue,
   T5EncoderModelFieldValue,
@@ -56,6 +57,7 @@ import {
   zSDXLRefinerModelFieldValue,
   zSpandrelImageToImageModelFieldValue,
   zStatefulFieldValue,
+  zStringFieldCollectionValue,
   zStringFieldValue,
   zT2IAdapterModelFieldValue,
   zT5EncoderModelFieldValue,
@@ -311,6 +313,9 @@ export const nodesSlice = createSlice({
     fieldStringValueChanged: (state, action: FieldValueAction<StringFieldValue>) => {
       fieldValueReducer(state, action, zStringFieldValue);
     },
+    fieldStringCollectionValueChanged: (state, action: FieldValueAction<StringFieldCollectionValue>) => {
+      fieldValueReducer(state, action, zStringFieldCollectionValue);
+    },
     fieldNumberValueChanged: (state, action: FieldValueAction<IntegerFieldValue | FloatFieldValue>) => {
       fieldValueReducer(state, action, zIntegerFieldValue.or(zFloatFieldValue));
     },
@@ -438,6 +443,7 @@ export const {
   fieldRefinerModelValueChanged,
   fieldSchedulerValueChanged,
   fieldStringValueChanged,
+  fieldStringCollectionValueChanged,
   fieldVaeModelValueChanged,
   fieldT5EncoderValueChanged,
   fieldCLIPEmbedValueChanged,
@@ -549,6 +555,7 @@ export const isAnyNodeOrEdgeMutation = isAnyOf(
   fieldRefinerModelValueChanged,
   fieldSchedulerValueChanged,
   fieldStringValueChanged,
+  fieldStringCollectionValueChanged,
   fieldVaeModelValueChanged,
   fieldT5EncoderValueChanged,
   fieldCLIPEmbedValueChanged,
diff --git a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/nodes/types/field.ts b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/nodes/types/field.ts
index f56c1bcac9..5911972de5 100644
--- a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/nodes/types/field.ts
+++ b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/nodes/types/field.ts
@@ -86,6 +86,15 @@ const zStringFieldType = zFieldTypeBase.extend({
   name: z.literal('StringField'),
   originalType: zStatelessFieldType.optional(),
 });
+const zStringCollectionFieldType = z.object({
+  name: z.literal('StringField'),
+  cardinality: z.literal(COLLECTION),
+  originalType: zStatelessFieldType.optional(),
+});
+export const isStringCollectionFieldType = (
+  fieldType: FieldType
+): fieldType is z.infer<typeof zStringCollectionFieldType> => zStringCollectionFieldType.safeParse(fieldType).success;
+
 const zBooleanFieldType = zFieldTypeBase.extend({
   name: z.literal('BooleanField'),
   originalType: zStatelessFieldType.optional(),
@@ -315,6 +324,52 @@ const zStringFieldOutputTemplate = zFieldOutputTemplateBase.extend({
   type: zStringFieldType,
 });
 
+// #region StringField Collection
+export const zStringFieldCollectionValue = z.array(zStringFieldValue).optional();
+const zStringFieldCollectionInputInstance = zFieldInputInstanceBase.extend({
+  value: zStringFieldCollectionValue,
+});
+const zStringFieldCollectionInputTemplate = zFieldInputTemplateBase
+  .extend({
+    type: zStringCollectionFieldType,
+    originalType: zFieldType.optional(),
+    default: zStringFieldCollectionValue,
+    maxLength: z.number().int().gte(0).optional(),
+    minLength: z.number().int().gte(0).optional(),
+    maxItems: z.number().int().gte(0).optional(),
+    minItems: z.number().int().gte(0).optional(),
+  })
+  .refine(
+    (val) => {
+      if (val.maxLength !== undefined && val.minLength !== undefined) {
+        return val.maxLength >= val.minLength;
+      }
+      return true;
+    },
+    { message: 'maxLength must be greater than or equal to minLength' }
+  )
+  .refine(
+    (val) => {
+      if (val.maxItems !== undefined && val.minItems !== undefined) {
+        return val.maxItems >= val.minItems;
+      }
+      return true;
+    },
+    { message: 'maxItems must be greater than or equal to minItems' }
+  );
+
+const zStringFieldCollectionOutputTemplate = zFieldOutputTemplateBase.extend({
+  type: zStringCollectionFieldType,
+});
+export type StringFieldCollectionValue = z.infer<typeof zStringFieldCollectionValue>;
+export type StringFieldCollectionInputInstance = z.infer<typeof zStringFieldCollectionInputInstance>;
+export type StringFieldCollectionInputTemplate = z.infer<typeof zStringFieldCollectionInputTemplate>;
+export const isStringFieldCollectionInputInstance = (val: unknown): val is StringFieldCollectionInputInstance =>
+  zStringFieldCollectionInputInstance.safeParse(val).success;
+export const isStringFieldCollectionInputTemplate = (val: unknown): val is StringFieldCollectionInputTemplate =>
+  zStringFieldCollectionInputTemplate.safeParse(val).success;
+// #endregion
+
 export type StringFieldValue = z.infer<typeof zStringFieldValue>;
 export type StringFieldInputInstance = z.infer<typeof zStringFieldInputInstance>;
 export type StringFieldInputTemplate = z.infer<typeof zStringFieldInputTemplate>;
@@ -965,6 +1020,7 @@ export const zStatefulFieldValue = z.union([
   zIntegerFieldValue,
   zFloatFieldValue,
   zStringFieldValue,
+  zStringFieldCollectionValue,
   zBooleanFieldValue,
   zEnumFieldValue,
   zImageFieldValue,
@@ -1002,6 +1058,7 @@ const zStatefulFieldInputInstance = z.union([
   zIntegerFieldInputInstance,
   zFloatFieldInputInstance,
   zStringFieldInputInstance,
+  zStringFieldCollectionInputInstance,
   zBooleanFieldInputInstance,
   zEnumFieldInputInstance,
   zImageFieldInputInstance,
@@ -1037,6 +1094,7 @@ const zStatefulFieldInputTemplate = z.union([
   zIntegerFieldInputTemplate,
   zFloatFieldInputTemplate,
   zStringFieldInputTemplate,
+  zStringFieldCollectionInputTemplate,
   zBooleanFieldInputTemplate,
   zEnumFieldInputTemplate,
   zImageFieldInputTemplate,
@@ -1076,6 +1134,7 @@ const zStatefulFieldOutputTemplate = z.union([
   zIntegerFieldOutputTemplate,
   zFloatFieldOutputTemplate,
   zStringFieldOutputTemplate,
+  zStringFieldCollectionOutputTemplate,
   zBooleanFieldOutputTemplate,
   zEnumFieldOutputTemplate,
   zImageFieldOutputTemplate,
diff --git a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/nodes/util/graph/buildNodesGraph.ts b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/nodes/util/graph/buildNodesGraph.ts
index ea3388747e..11438828ed 100644
--- a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/nodes/util/graph/buildNodesGraph.ts
+++ b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/nodes/util/graph/buildNodesGraph.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { logger } from 'app/logging/logger';
 import type { NodesState } from 'features/nodes/store/types';
+import type { InvocationNode } from 'features/nodes/types/invocation';
 import { isInvocationNode } from 'features/nodes/types/invocation';
 import { omit, reduce } from 'lodash-es';
 import type { AnyInvocation, Graph } from 'services/api/types';
@@ -7,6 +8,17 @@ import { v4 as uuidv4 } from 'uuid';
 
 const log = logger('workflows');
 
+// These nodes are not executable, they exist for the frontend only
+const filterNonExecutableNodes = (node: InvocationNode) => {
+  if (node.data.type === 'image_batch') {
+    return false;
+  }
+  if (node.data.type === 'string_batch') {
+    return false;
+  }
+  return true;
+};
+
 /**
  * Builds a graph from the node editor state.
  */
@@ -14,7 +26,7 @@ export const buildNodesGraph = (nodesState: NodesState): Graph => {
   const { nodes, edges } = nodesState;
 
   // Exclude all batch nodes - we will handle these in the batch setup in a diff function
-  const filteredNodes = nodes.filter(isInvocationNode).filter((node) => node.data.type !== 'image_batch');
+  const filteredNodes = nodes.filter(isInvocationNode).filter(filterNonExecutableNodes);
 
   // Reduce the node editor nodes into invocation graph nodes
   const parsedNodes = filteredNodes.reduce<NonNullable<Graph['nodes']>>((nodesAccumulator, node) => {
diff --git a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/nodes/util/schema/buildFieldInputTemplate.ts b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/nodes/util/schema/buildFieldInputTemplate.ts
index 202b147e98..6b88c13a61 100644
--- a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/nodes/util/schema/buildFieldInputTemplate.ts
+++ b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/nodes/util/schema/buildFieldInputTemplate.ts
@@ -28,12 +28,17 @@ import type {
   SpandrelImageToImageModelFieldInputTemplate,
   StatefulFieldType,
   StatelessFieldInputTemplate,
+  StringFieldCollectionInputTemplate,
   StringFieldInputTemplate,
   T2IAdapterModelFieldInputTemplate,
   T5EncoderModelFieldInputTemplate,
   VAEModelFieldInputTemplate,
 } from 'features/nodes/types/field';
-import { isImageCollectionFieldType, isStatefulFieldType } from 'features/nodes/types/field';
+import {
+  isImageCollectionFieldType,
+  isStatefulFieldType,
+  isStringCollectionFieldType,
+} from 'features/nodes/types/field';
 import type { InvocationFieldSchema } from 'features/nodes/types/openapi';
 import { isSchemaObject } from 'features/nodes/types/openapi';
 import { t } from 'i18next';
@@ -133,6 +138,36 @@ const buildStringFieldInputTemplate: FieldInputTemplateBuilder<StringFieldInputT
   return template;
 };
 
+const buildStringFieldCollectionInputTemplate: FieldInputTemplateBuilder<StringFieldCollectionInputTemplate> = ({
+  schemaObject,
+  baseField,
+  fieldType,
+}) => {
+  const template: StringFieldCollectionInputTemplate = {
+    ...baseField,
+    type: fieldType,
+    default: schemaObject.default ?? (schemaObject.orig_required ? [] : undefined),
+  };
+
+  if (schemaObject.minLength !== undefined) {
+    template.minLength = schemaObject.minLength;
+  }
+
+  if (schemaObject.maxLength !== undefined) {
+    template.maxLength = schemaObject.maxLength;
+  }
+
+  if (schemaObject.minItems !== undefined) {
+    template.minItems = schemaObject.minItems;
+  }
+
+  if (schemaObject.maxItems !== undefined) {
+    template.maxItems = schemaObject.maxItems;
+  }
+
+  return template;
+};
+
 const buildBooleanFieldInputTemplate: FieldInputTemplateBuilder<BooleanFieldInputTemplate> = ({
   schemaObject,
   baseField,
@@ -569,12 +604,17 @@ export const buildFieldInputTemplate = (
 
   if (isStatefulFieldType(fieldType)) {
     if (isImageCollectionFieldType(fieldType)) {
-      fieldType;
       return buildImageFieldCollectionInputTemplate({
         schemaObject: fieldSchema,
         baseField,
         fieldType,
       });
+    } else if (isStringCollectionFieldType(fieldType)) {
+      return buildStringFieldCollectionInputTemplate({
+        schemaObject: fieldSchema,
+        baseField,
+        fieldType,
+      });
     } else {
       const builder = TEMPLATE_BUILDER_MAP[fieldType.name];
       const template = builder({
diff --git a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/queue/store/readiness.ts b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/queue/store/readiness.ts
index 664b87e19b..69afe8f31f 100644
--- a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/queue/store/readiness.ts
+++ b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/queue/store/readiness.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,12 @@ import { selectNodesSlice } from 'features/nodes/store/selectors';
 import type { NodesState, Templates } from 'features/nodes/store/types';
 import type { WorkflowSettingsState } from 'features/nodes/store/workflowSettingsSlice';
 import { selectWorkflowSettingsSlice } from 'features/nodes/store/workflowSettingsSlice';
-import { isImageFieldCollectionInputInstance, isImageFieldCollectionInputTemplate } from 'features/nodes/types/field';
+import {
+  isImageFieldCollectionInputInstance,
+  isImageFieldCollectionInputTemplate,
+  isStringFieldCollectionInputInstance,
+  isStringFieldCollectionInputTemplate,
+} from 'features/nodes/types/field';
 import { isInvocationNode } from 'features/nodes/types/invocation';
 import type { UpscaleState } from 'features/parameters/store/upscaleSlice';
 import { selectUpscaleSlice } from 'features/parameters/store/upscaleSlice';
@@ -130,6 +135,37 @@ const getReasonsWhyCannotEnqueueWorkflowsTab = (arg: {
             });
             return;
           }
+        } else if (
+          field.value &&
+          isStringFieldCollectionInputInstance(field) &&
+          isStringFieldCollectionInputTemplate(fieldTemplate)
+        ) {
+          // String collections may have min or max items to validate
+          // TODO(psyche): generalize this to other collection types
+          if (fieldTemplate.minItems !== undefined && fieldTemplate.minItems > 0 && field.value.length === 0) {
+            reasons.push({ content: i18n.t('parameters.invoke.collectionEmpty', baseTKeyOptions) });
+            return;
+          }
+          if (fieldTemplate.minItems !== undefined && field.value.length < fieldTemplate.minItems) {
+            reasons.push({
+              content: i18n.t('parameters.invoke.collectionTooFewItems', {
+                ...baseTKeyOptions,
+                size: field.value.length,
+                minItems: fieldTemplate.minItems,
+              }),
+            });
+            return;
+          }
+          if (fieldTemplate.maxItems !== undefined && field.value.length > fieldTemplate.maxItems) {
+            reasons.push({
+              content: i18n.t('parameters.invoke.collectionTooManyItems', {
+                ...baseTKeyOptions,
+                size: field.value.length,
+                maxItems: fieldTemplate.maxItems,
+              }),
+            });
+            return;
+          }
         }
       });
     });