Is there any way to keep the workflow environment variables when updating？

[Nauxscript]

Setup info

• Workflow name: OneUpdater
• Alfred version: 4
• macOS version: 12.6
• Architecture: (Intel or Apple Silicon) Apple M1 pro

Description of issue

hey, thanks for your workflows, its amzing and helpful!

I had made a workflow and use the OneUpdater workflow to implement auto-update. but i found that every time the workflow update, the workflow environment variables will be covered and my workflow have a custom variable set by user, so when user updated the workflow, the variable they set is gone.

Is there any way to keep the workflow environment variables when updating？

[vitorgalvao]

If the variable is being overwritten, it’s because when the workflow opens to be updated, the user is unticking this checkbox on the bottom left:

Leave it ticked and the variables will be preserved.

[Nauxscript]

Thank you for your reply! I will try it.

[Nauxscript]

hey, thank for your previous answer.

I have tried the way you mentioned before, but it doesn't seem to work.after ticking Migrate my workflow customisations, the local environment variables still being overwritten.

[vitorgalvao]

The variable needs to exist in the first place. If you don’t want the value to be exported, tick the checkbox. This isn’t related to OneUpdater.

In Alfred 5 you should be using Workflow Configuration instead of Workflow Environment Variables for things users are meant to change.