Reusing variable names creates some trouble, workaround explained

Be aware, that reusing a variable is currently broken. Look at this example. I changed from an API request block to an HTTP request block. I wanted to reduce my effort and reused the var_api_response (green arrow).

Unfortunately despite it appearing to be connected to the variable in the third block (red arrows show blue highlighted variable), both variables were not “connected” anymore. You will need to remove them and re-add them with the same name. It looks exactly as before, but its now working as expected.

If I remember correctly I ran into this too… I want to say that I selected all, cut, pasted and everything relinked itself automatically.

There’s a slim chance that I’m thinking of calculation fields on the front end. I mostly certain that it works on the back end as well.

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