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A platform for packaging and launching ephemeral backend stacks with a focus on approachability for the average developer.
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Using `run_sh` output in "description" arg results in a future reference string #2571

Open MegaRedHand opened 1 week ago

MegaRedHand commented 1 week ago

What's your CLI version?

1.3.1

Description & steps to reproduce

I'm using run_sh to get a value from a JSON file artifact. I later use the output in the description of a call to run_sh that uses that value. This description contains a reference string instead of the runtime value:

... {{kurtosis:195f3ae3b53a4f83979445a725695a37:output.runtime_value}}

A workaround would be to print the value, but it's not the same.

Desired behavior

I expected the reference string to be replaced with the runtime value.

What is the severity of this bug?

Papercut; this bug is frustrating, but I have a workaround.

What area of the product does this pertain to?

CLI: the Command Line Interface

tedim52 commented 1 week ago

Ah so the descriptions are created and populated at interpretation time, and at that time the value isn't known. Curious if there's a reason you'd like to use that value in a description as opposed to a print?

MegaRedHand commented 1 week ago

Just because the info is related to the command in the run_sh. I'm generating a value with the first run_sh and later acting on that value inside the second run_sh, so I was trying to somehow convey that information, but it's true that it can be done with a print. I was unsure if this was intended or not, so I marked it as bug.