"Current Environment" cannot be written to a firestore doc

[alta-atc]

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Current Behavior

Attempting to write Global Properties > Current Environment to a firestore variable.

Test mode will not run when this field is set to write to a firestore doc

Expected Behavior

Current Environment appears to be a string, so I am expecting a string value to write to my database.

Steps to Reproduce

1. Create an action block with a firestore write action
2. Attempt to write Global Properties > Current Environment to a firestore doc as a string
3. Launch test mode, it will fail

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Bug Report Code (Required)

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Environment

- FlutterFlow version: 5.0.5
- Platform: Windows
- Browser name and version: Chrome  Version 129.0.6668.101 (Official Build) (64-bit)
- Operating system and version affected: test mode in browser

Additional Information

Honestly, I'm not even sure what Current Environment is and I just want to see the output. I cannot see it in the Debug Panel as a value.

[paulperez-dev]

Hi @alta-atc,

Could you clarify what you're aiming to achieve with this? Since this value can change, it might not be ideal to store it in a database. Let us know more about your use case, and we can explore a better approach together!

[alta-atc]

Hi @paulperez-dev -- we were trying to log some information about the users device when they log in. This field seemed relevant so we tried to capture it without success.

We ended up implementing some other custom plugins to achieve our goal and capture more information, but thought we would report this bug anyway. As a text field we would expect "current environment" to behave like other text fields. Now it is more out of curiosity that we would like to understand what kind of data is contained within this field.

[paulperez-dev]

Wouldn't it be possible to use the app version to identify which environment the user is connected to?

[alta-atc]

Well, i guess so... I just dont know what data is stored in "current environment" ... is it a version number?

Regardless, if its not writable to firestore it shouldnt appear as an option for that operation.

[paulperez-dev]

I'm not entirely sure how the environment is stored, but it makes sense not to show it if it's not a valid option. Thanks for your suggestion!