Backend: Set variables as raw in Manual Job->Play
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Summary
Currently, the majority of variables sent by GitLab to Runner are subject to variable expansion and does not support special characters such as $. When users add a variable value with $ (which is very common for generated passwords), the value is treated as a variable reference, which isn't expected behavior.
Users find it surprising that the variable gets expanded by default when the value contains a $. Often times the value is machine generated and might contain a $ to make it more secure.
Proposal
This issue is to make it possible to set variables as non-expanded in the Manual Job->Play page
Implementation Table
Implementation Table
| Group | Issues | Issue Link | Notes |
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| backend | Backend: Make it possible to set variables as non-expanded in CI/CD Settings > Variables | #361934 (closed) | MVC |
| backend | Backend: Backend: Make it possible to set a raw variable in our syntax | #353991 (closed) | MVC |
| frontend | Frontend: Make it possible to set variables as non-expanded in CI/CD Settings > Variables | #217309 (closed) | MVC |
| backend | Backend: Allow special characters to be used for raw variable types | #352657 (closed) | MVC |
| backend | Backend: Make it possible to set variables as non-expanded in Project->pipelines/new | #362539 | TBD at a later date |
| backend | Backend: Make it possible to set variables as non-expanded in Manual Job->Play |
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TBD at a later date |
| backend | Backend: Make it possible to set variables as non-expanded in Project->pipeline_schedules/new | #362549 | TBD at a later date |
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