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Cannot set environment variables

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      Hello everyone,
      I'd like to know what is the way to set custom env variables in this app.
      I tried setting them in the /app/data/env and restarting the app, but that didn't seem to work. Specifically, I exported N8N_BLOCK_ENV_ACCESS_IN_NODE as false (that should be the default), but still no luck.
      How could this be achieved?

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        Hello everyone,
        I'd like to know what is the way to set custom env variables in this app.
        I tried setting them in the /app/data/env and restarting the app, but that didn't seem to work. Specifically, I exported N8N_BLOCK_ENV_ACCESS_IN_NODE as false (that should be the default), but still no luck.
        How could this be achieved?

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        @garza Did you put the export in the front? Like this:

        export N8N_BLOCK_ENV_ACCESS_IN_NODE=false
        
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          @garza Did you put the export in the front? Like this:

          export N8N_BLOCK_ENV_ACCESS_IN_NODE=false
          
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          garza
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          @girish Yes, I put it that way, but that doesn't seem to work.

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            @girish Yes, I put it that way, but that doesn't seem to work.

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            @garza Do other variables work ? Maybe try to change something which is easy to check and check if that works. How are you reproducing the issue ? I can check in a test installation and we can see if it's a package issue or upstream bug.

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              @garza Do other variables work ? Maybe try to change something which is easy to check and check if that works. How are you reproducing the issue ? I can check in a test installation and we can see if it's a package issue or upstream bug.

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              @girish Yes, at least I tried with N8N_LOG_LEVEL to change it to the debug level and that worked without any problem.

              I'm testing the env updates the regular way, changing the /app/data/env (now /app/data/env.sh in today's app update) and restarting the app. Then, specifically for the N8N_BLOCK_ENV_ACCESS_IN_NODE flag, I'm testing in node fields that accept an expression, but still without access (please refer to the screenshot attached).

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                @girish Yes, at least I tried with N8N_LOG_LEVEL to change it to the debug level and that worked without any problem.

                I'm testing the env updates the regular way, changing the /app/data/env (now /app/data/env.sh in today's app update) and restarting the app. Then, specifically for the N8N_BLOCK_ENV_ACCESS_IN_NODE flag, I'm testing in node fields that accept an expression, but still without access (please refer to the screenshot attached).

                9c76f151-b1f1-4c42-9406-ad92f86611fd-image.png

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                @garza Looks like this is a known issue. See https://community.n8n.io/t/no-access-to-env/20665/ . Using the environment variable will work it seems, just the preview in the UI does not work.

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                  @garza Looks like this is a known issue. See https://community.n8n.io/t/no-access-to-env/20665/ . Using the environment variable will work it seems, just the preview in the UI does not work.

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                  @girish Thank you, I can corroborate it works even if it's showing an error in the node field.

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