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fix: inherit the foreach parent's env scope in body steps - #3657

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Inherit the parent step's env scope in foreach body steps

Fixes #3327

Problem

A foreach body step does not see environment values visible to the foreach step itself: output variables published by its predecessors (output: NAME) and the step's own env:. Only DAG-level env and params are visible in the body.

contextWithItemScope stores the parent's env (including its scope) in the context via WithEnv, but body steps build their env through newEnv, which reads rCtx.EnvScope from the DAG context. That scope is still the DAG-level one, so the parent's step env and predecessor output variables are dropped. The foreach payload itself is carried separately and is unaffected.

Change

contextWithItemScope now also copies the parent step's scope into the DAG context before the body runner starts. Body steps therefore resolve the same env and output variables as the parent, while the DAG-level scope is still inherited through the scope chain.

The foreach entry itself is deliberately not copied into the DAG context scope: it is already provided through WithEnv, and exposing it there would resolve bare $foreach references in body text, which spec 003 requires to be preserved (covered by the existing TestForeachUnbracedBody).

The PR has two commits: the first adds the regression test (fails on main), the second contains the fix.

Tests

  • New TestForeachRuntimeBodyInheritsParentEnvAndPredecessorOutputs: a predecessor publishes GREETING, the foreach step declares REGION, and a body step references both. On main the body leaves ${GREETING}|${env.REGION} unresolved; with the fix it resolves to hello|eu.
  • go test ./internal/runtime/ -run TestForeach and go test ./internal/runtime/builtin/foreach/ pass, including TestForeachUnbracedBody and the structured item-scope cases.
  • gofmt and go vet clean on the changed packages.

Summary by cubic

Fixes foreach body steps not seeing environment values available to the foreach step itself, such as its env: and predecessors' output: variables (#3327). Body steps now resolve the same env and output variables as the parent step, without Dagu-set per-step values, trace context, or leakage into child runs.

  • Carries the foreach step's env and output entries to body steps via Env, leaving the DAG context scope untouched.
  • Leaves out Dagu-set per-step values and trace context so each body step keeps its own; a child run started from a body step does not inherit the foreach step's values.
  • Leaves the foreach entry out so bare $foreach references in body text stay unresolved as the spec requires (covered by TestForeachUnbracedBody).
  • Documents the behavior in Spec 018, noting that passing these values to a child run requires pass_env.
  • Adds tests for parent env and predecessor output inheritance (fails on main), trace context isolation, and child run env.

Written for commit 3f3e440. Summary will update on new commits.

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  • Bug Fixes
    • Corrected environment handling in foreach workflows so body steps can access environment values configured on the foreach step alongside outputs from predecessor steps. Foreach item data remains available within the body. This helps ensure body steps receive the expected context when running with inherited settings and dependencies.

contextWithItemScope stored the parent scope only via WithEnv, while
body steps build their env from the DAG context's scope. Copy the parent
scope (without the foreach entry) into the DAG context so body steps see
the parent step's env and its predecessors' output variables.
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The foreach runtime context now copies the inherited scope into the DAG context. A runtime test checks that a foreach body resolves both a predecessor output and an environment value set on the foreach step.

Changes: Foreach Scope Inheritance

Layer / File(s) Summary
Copy and verify the inherited scope
internal/runtime/builtin/foreach/foreach.go, internal/runtime/foreach_spec018_test.go
contextWithItemScope copies the inherited scope to the DAG context. The test checks that the body resolves GREETING from a predecessor and REGION from the foreach step's environment.

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Possibly related PRs

  • dagucloud/dagu#3363: Changes the same scope-copy mechanism and tests foreach body access to the foreach step's scope.
Merge Risk: Low · previous review 0fb98

Foreach body commands can propagate the wrong span ID when tracing is enabled. This is a bounded tracing issue that should be fixed or accepted before merge.

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The title "fix: inherit the foreach parent's env scope in body steps" matches the main change. The raw summary and PR objectives both say contextWithItemScope now copies the parent step's scope into the DAG context, so foreach body steps resolve the parent's env and predecessor output variables. The title is specific and concise, and it does not include file lists or vague wording.

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Issue #3327 has one active direct target and one coding requirement. Body steps of a foreach must see the foreach step's own env: and its predecessors' output variables, as DAG-level env and params already do. The Expected section allows either inheritance or documentation. The PR chooses inheritance.

Implementation at head: in internal/runtime/builtin/foreach/foreach.go, contextWithItemScope now sets rCtx.EnvScope to the parent step's scope (the scope read from GetEnv(ctx) before the foreach entry is added) and returns runtime.WithDAGContext(ctx, rCtx). The issue Notes state that body nodes build their scope from rCtx.EnvScope via runtime.newEnv, and that the parent scope is dropped. This change targets that exact path. The parent scope carries the foreach step's env and predecessor outputs, and the DAG-level scope remains reachable through the scope chain.

Test evidence: TestForeachRuntimeBodyInheritsParentEnvAndPredecessorOutputs in internal/runtime/foreach_spec018_test.go sets a predecessor output GREETING and parent REGION=eu, then asserts the body resolves ${GREETING}|${env.REGION} to hello|eu. The PR description reports that this test fails on main and passes with the fix. I did not execute the tests. The verdict relies on the diff and the test source.

Unverified detail: the issue also reports $GREETING in a body run: command. The new test covers only executor config values. The shared newEnv path suggests run: commands are covered too, but this was not tested.

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The whole-PR diff (merge base 752930f to head 0fb9829) changes two files. internal/runtime/builtin/foreach/foreach.go gains an 8-line change in contextWithItemScope. internal/runtime/foreach_spec018_test.go gains one regression test. Both directly serve the #3327 objective. The change to contextWithItemScope also affects the key expansion call in expandItems, which uses the same helper. That effect is part of the same scope inheritance and is not unrelated work. The code comment explains why the foreach entry is excluded from the DAG scope, which keeps bare $foreach references behaving as spec 003 requires. No unrelated files or refactors appear in the reviewed diff.

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Review comments at @internal/runtime/builtin/foreach/foreach.go:
- Line 516: Update the `rCtx.EnvScope = scope` inheritance in the foreach body
setup to exclude the generated `TRACEPARENT` injected for the foreach step,
while preserving user-declared `TRACEPARENT` values. Ensure
`withStepTraceContext` can apply the body step’s own trace context rather than
treating the inherited generated header as a local override.

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CJstate and others added 4 commits November 8, 2026 12:46
A foreach body step reads the foreach step's env and its predecessors'
output variables, but those values belong to the foreach step. The
tests pin what must not follow from that: a child run started from a
body step does not inherit them, the body step keeps its own step name,
and the foreach step's trace context is not carried over.
Assigning the foreach step's scope to the DAG context scope made body
steps see its env and predecessor outputs, but that scope is also what
a child run inherits and what pass_env forwards. A sub-DAG started from
a body step therefore received the foreach step's env, its step name,
log file paths, and working directory. The inherited trace context also
looked step-local, so body steps exported the foreach step's span.

Leave the DAG context scope alone and hand the foreach step's own env
and output entries to body steps through Env instead. Values Dagu sets
per step and the trace context are left out so each body step keeps its
own.
State what a body step reads from its foreach step, which per-step
values stay the body step's own, and that a child run started from a
body step does not inherit the foreach step's values.
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Thanks for picking this up @CJstate, and for the clear write-up and the test-first commits.

I pushed a few commits on top. Setting the run scope also made sub-DAGs started from a body step inherit the foreach step's env, so the values now travel through Env instead. I also added a Spec 018 rule and a conformance case.

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Thanks for tracking this down and for the clear write-up, @CJstate. I pushed a follow-up so the foreach step's values don't leak into child runs or the trace context. The two red checks are unrelated to this change. Merging.

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yohamta0 merged commit f13d3ad into dagucloud:main Nov 12, 2026
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