Is there a way to define an execution-wide environment variable when creating an execution (either via

flytectl

or flyte remote)? We'd like to inject some metadata from CI into the workflow application code (in a way that labels or annotations don't immediately solve) We could theoretically hack around this by using the downward API to mount

metadata.labels

or

metadata.annotations

as a volume, but being able to directly set env var(s) seems more idiomatic/breaks fewer abstractions. Curious if anyone else has had to deal with this

Hey @Rahul Mehta, so I currently added (not yet merged) the option to set environment variables on the

ExecutionConfig

of a workflow execution. This would allow a user to set envvars during workflow execution (UI / flytectl / pyflyte) or on the launchplan. These envvars are then set on every container that Flyte starts. Does this sound like what you're looking for? Currently, these PRs won't be merged for awhile, but maybe it makes sense to refactor this bit out and get it merged relatively quickly.

I think that's just the ticket!