Hi All, I have a function node, in which I read a flow context variable, and based on some conditions, I update them. Not in all circumstances. But there is a case where the code runs through a condition which does not have a flow.set statement, but it looks like the context is still getting update…

[image] nygma2004: data is a copy of what is stored in the context and it is not a reference to the context instance? No. flow.get will return the object itself. Assuming you are using an in-memory context store, then any modification will be reflected in context.

knolleary 20 2023 10:01 2

No. flow.get will return the object itself. Assuming you are using an in-memory context store, then any modification will be reflected in context.

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Is this a bug? Flow variables behaving strangely!

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Context updated automatically?

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