Incrementing an environment variable appears to have the environment file cached

[carlMosettig]

Describe the bug
Incrementing a variable within an environment file does not take effect until the request completes

To Reproduce
Assuming an environment variable in place 'incrementCount' set with a value of 0.

Create a new get request, add a new post execution code element that will loop the request 20 times, for example

let incrementCount = tc.getVar('incrementCount') || 0

while( incrementCount < 20)
{
      // acting as if i didnt get the desired response so would like to retry
      tc.runRequest(<this request id>)
      incrementCount = incrementCount + 1
      tc.setVar( 'incrementCount', incrementCount)
      console.log(incrementCount)
}

Expected behavior
incrementCount should be incrementing and the console log should read similar to
1
2
3
4

**actual behaviour **

behaves like incoming environment is cached, console outputs

0
0
0
0
0

acts as if the final write to the environment isnt done until the request and code behind ends.

Platform:

• OS: macos
• vscode version: 1.82.3
• extension version: v2.13.0 - (2023-10-08)

tried free and trial

[rangav]

Hi @carlMosettig

Thanks for reporting the bug, Will fix it asap.

[rangav]

This bug is fixed now, please update to v2.13.5

See all features released
https://github.com/rangav/thunder-client-support/releases/tag/v2.13.5

Please test and let me know your feedback.

[rangav]

Also I think you should use if condition instead of while because when you call runRequest it is doing the loop already.

[rangav]

Also, you should rearrange the code

• change while to if condition
• move runRequest at the bottom of the if condition, otherwise the next part of code is not reached, as you are calling runRequest which starts to process same request again.

let incrementCount = tc.getVar('incrementCount') || 0

if(incrementCount < 20)
{
      incrementCount = incrementCount + 1
      tc.setVar( 'incrementCount', incrementCount)
      console.log(incrementCount)
     // acting as if i didnt get the desired response so would like to retry
      await tc.runRequest(<this request id>) // <<--------------
}