if I do changes to a global variable in setup it is not reflected outside of setup(), is it because setup runs once while global runs per vu. // clobals var mycache = __ENV.CACHE || {}; inside setup() // cache the groupid so we do not look it up if(!(testenvs[i] in mycache)) { …

Global scope in setup

mstoykov June 20, 2023, 7:09am 6

As I mentioned in your other question this won’t work as VUs are completely separate and setup is executed in a separate VU once.

You can see more detailed explanation here

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