I've been away from NR for a while, but I think I've found a bug in 3.1.3,unless I'm misunderstanding flow context. I'm setting a flow context variable and then changing the local variable that it's set to. When I subsequently query the flow variable, it has changed to the new value of the local va…

No, this is how JavaScript works. You are storing a pointer to an object.

Some of the hundreds of similar threads: Context flow strange behavior/bug? - #3 by Colin Context updated automatically? - #2 by knolleary Update one object in Global Context array - #4 by Steve-Mcl NR Conundrum sett flow context changes global context - #2 by E1cid

Thanks Steve. In my real code the answer was simply to clone an outgoing msg by using node.send rather than return.

Is this a bug? Flow variables behaving strangely!

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Steve-Mcl 3 January 2024 18:06 3

Some of the hundreds of similar threads:

Context flow strange behavior/bug? - #3 by Colin
Context updated automatically? - #2 by knolleary
Update one object in Global Context array - #4 by Steve-Mcl
NR Conundrum sett flow context changes global context - #2 by E1cid

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Is this a bug? Flow variables behaving strangely!

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