0017683: tmux session does not inherit exported shell variable from parent shell

ID	Project	Category	View Status	Date Submitted	Last Update

0017683	CentOS-7	tmux	public	2020-08-20 10:22	2020-08-20 19:19

Reporter	foxhound	Assigned To
Priority	normal	Severity	minor	Reproducibility	always
Status	new	Resolution	open
Platform	x86-64	OS	CentOS	OS Version	7.8-2003
Product Version	7.8-2003

Summary	0017683: tmux session does not inherit exported shell variable from parent shell
Description	When user exports a variable in the shell and run tmux session then the tmux session does not inherit the variable when should.
Steps To Reproduce	$ export myvar='sth' $ printf '%s\n' $myvar sth $ tmux new-session -s mysession (inside tmux): $ printf '%s\n' $myvar $
Tags	centos 7, variables

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Date Modified	Username	Field
2020-08-20 10:22	foxhound	New Issue
2020-08-20 10:22	foxhound	Tag Attached: centos 7
2020-08-20 10:22	foxhound	Tag Attached: variables
2020-08-20 19:19	foxhound	Note Added: 0037578

foxhound 2020-08-20 19:19 reporter ~0037578	After further tests and investigation it started to work. Looks like the issue has been caused for an unknown reason by screen sessions. After few of them were terminated then tmux started to inherit exported variables.