SET Environment Variables is not working in Inso CLI

[hangadi]

Summary

https://docs.insomnia.rest/inso-cli/cli-command-reference/inso-run-collection inso run collection -w ~/simple.yaml -e env_2eecf85b7f wrk_0702a5

The Inso Command has to reload the Environment File for every request but instead the environment file is read only once and any write to the environment file is discarded.

$ inso run collection -w ~/simple.yaml -e envFile wrk_name When Above command is Executed , it reads all variables from this Environment File envFile , While Request are processed the values are updated in the same Environment File Ex: Insomnia.environment.set("track",track) , both read and write operation are performed on the environment file, the environment.set values are not picked up in the next requests.

Expected Behavior

Request 2 ( GET /a1/Init/track) -> The track should have value

Actual Behavior

Request 2 ( GET /a1/Init/track) -> The track value is empty

Reproduction Steps

I am using Insomnia Inso CLI to execute the collection

$ inso run collection -w ~/simple.yaml -e envFile wrk_0702a5

There are two requests in My collection.

- Request 1 ( POST /A1/Init )
                Response:
                    {
                       "track": "ABCXYZ"
                    }
                            
- Request 2 ( GET /A1/Init/track)

I am using the JSON response output value (track) from Request 1 in the of Request 2 , from CLI not working but works fine via UI.

In Request 1, I have used insomnia.environment.set("track",track) in After response and When use this variable In Request 2, the value is not shown

Is there an existing issue for this?

• [x] I have searched the issue tracker for this problem.

Which sync method do you use?

• [ ] Git sync.
• [ ] Insomnia Cloud sync.
• [x] Local only

Additional Information

No response

Insomnia Version

10.0.0

What operating system are you using?

Windows

Operating System Version

Windows 10

Installation method

Downloaded from Insomnia

Last Known Working Insomnia version

NA

[hangadi]

ihexxa

I don't see anyone looking into this issue, our company is planning to migrate from postman to Insomnia and we are dependent on CLI

[ihexxa]

cc@ @jackkav for vis.

[ZxBing0066]

Hi @hangadi, after a test, I think it works as expected. Could you confirm if your requests are running in the order you expected? By default, it runs the requests from the latest created to the oldest created. If you want to control the order, please use -i: inso run collection -i req_c7f49cf84c28489c9ede23332b6afb51 -i req_f946517c528d4afa9046461ef027cb92 -w ~/Downloads/Insomnia_2025-08-06.yaml