Global environment variables are not accessible outside of node { }

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    • Type: Bug
    • Resolution: Duplicate
    • Priority: Minor
    • Component/s: pipeline
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      When configuring Global Environment Variables in the "Manage Jenkins" view, the environment variables only seem to be accessible via the env global variable if it is inside the context of a node step.

      I find this to be rather confusing, and would expect global variables defined in Jenkins to be visible in any scope within a Jenkinsfile.

      See attached screenshot and the console output below for a reproduction case

      node {
    sh 'printenv | grep -i foo'
    echo "env.FOO_PIPELINE is: ${env.FOO_PIPELINE}"
}

echo "Outside of a node: env.FOO_PIPELINE is: ${env.FOO_PIPELINE}"

      Results in:

      Started by user admin
[Pipeline] node
Running on master in /tmp/jenkins/workspace/printenv
[Pipeline] {
[Pipeline] sh
[printenv] Running shell script
+ printenv
+ grep -i foo
FOO_PIPELINE=beepboop
[Pipeline] echo
env.FOO_PIPELINE is: beepboop
[Pipeline] }
[Pipeline] // node
[Pipeline] echo
Outside of a node: env.FOO_PIPELINE is: null
[Pipeline] End of Pipeline
Finished: SUCCESS

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          R. Tyler Croy

            Assignee:
            CloudBees Inc.
            Reporter:
            R. Tyler Croy
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