Variables with the following scopes are not currently supported: Machine

[akirayamamoto]

Team

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Severity

Several customers affected, workaround does not reach expectations

Version

Present in 2021.1

Latest Version

I could reproduce the problem in the latest build

What happened?

A project cannot be exported if there is one machine scoped variable.

Reproduction

1. Set up a deployment target.
2. Create a project.
3. Go to Variables, Project, add a new variable.
4. Set the scope of the variable to the deployment target from step 1.
5. Export the project.

Error and Stacktrace

The items you are exporting are not currently supported: Variables with the following scopes are not currently supported: Machine. Found variables named my-proj-variable443. Reference path: Project 'my-proj437' => Project Variables

More Information

Affected customers:

1. https://help.octopus.com/t/project-export-library-variable-set-issue/26930
2. [Internal] https://octopus.zendesk.com/agent/tickets/85401
3. [Internal] https://octopusdeploy.slack.com/archives/C01HZFJRYSH/p1660175107817279
4. [Internal] https://octopus.zendesk.com/agent/tickets/82785
5. [Internal] https://octopus.zendesk.com/agent/tickets/82734

More info: https://octopus.com/blog/exporting-projects

Workaround

Remove the machine scoped variable, export the project and add the variable back again.

[paraicoceallaigh]

Another affected customer (enterprise): https://octopus.zendesk.com/agent/tickets/144287

[RobMcCarther]

Affected another customer: https://octopus.zendesk.com/agent/tickets/152902

• also appears to be affecting the project export process (tenants associated w/ project do not get exported)
• my thoughts are that it doesn't make it that far in the process

[patrick-smergut-octopus]

Another affected user [internal link]: https://octopus.zendesk.com/agent/tickets/155490

[RobMcCarther]

Another affected user [internal link]: https://octopus.zendesk.com/agent/tickets/170816

[LewisJohnsonOctopus]

Another affected user [internal link]: https://octopus.zendesk.com/agent/tickets/179273