diff --git a/packages/bruno-electron/src/store/global-environments.js b/packages/bruno-electron/src/store/global-environments.js
index 8a88674ef..57367fd23 100644
--- a/packages/bruno-electron/src/store/global-environments.js
+++ b/packages/bruno-electron/src/store/global-environments.js
@@ -41,6 +41,18 @@ class GlobalEnvironmentsStore {
   getGlobalEnvironments() {
     let globalEnvironments = this.store.get('environments', []);
     globalEnvironments = this.decryptGlobalEnvironmentVariables({ globalEnvironments });
+    
+    // Previously, a bug caused environment variables to be saved without a type.
+    // Since that issue is now fixed, this code ensures that anyone who imported
+    // data before the fix will have the missing types added retroactively.
+    globalEnvironments?.forEach(env => {
+      env?.variables?.forEach(v => {
+        if (!v.type) {
+          v.type = 'text';
+        }
+      });
+    });
+    
     return globalEnvironments;
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/bruno-electron/tests/store/global-environments.test.js b/packages/bruno-electron/tests/store/global-environments.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..41c59ef51
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/bruno-electron/tests/store/global-environments.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+const { globalEnvironmentsStore } = require('../../src/store/global-environments');
+
+// Previously, a bug caused environment variables to be saved without a type.
+// Since that issue is now fixed, this code ensures that anyone who imported
+// data before the fix will have the missing types added retroactively.
+describe('global environment variable type backward compatibility', () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    globalEnvironmentsStore.store.clear();
+  });
+
+  it('should add type field for existing global environments without type', () => {
+    // Mock global environments without type field
+    const mockGlobalEnvironments = [
+      {
+        uid: "env-1",
+        name: "Test Environment",
+        variables: [
+          {
+            uid: "var-1",
+            name: "regular_var",
+            value: "regular_value",
+            enabled: true,
+            secret: false
+            // Missing: type field
+          },
+          {
+            uid: "var-2", 
+            name: "secret_var",
+            value: "secret_value",
+            enabled: true,
+            secret: true
+            // Missing: type field
+          }
+        ]
+      }
+    ];
+
+    globalEnvironmentsStore.store.set('environments', mockGlobalEnvironments);
+
+    const processedEnvironments = globalEnvironmentsStore.getGlobalEnvironments();
+
+    expect(processedEnvironments).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(processedEnvironments[0].variables).toHaveLength(2);
+
+    const regularVar = processedEnvironments[0].variables.find(v => v.name === 'regular_var');
+    const secretVar = processedEnvironments[0].variables.find(v => v.name === 'secret_var');
+
+    expect(regularVar.name).toBe('regular_var');
+    expect(regularVar.type).toBe('text');
+
+    expect(secretVar.name).toBe('secret_var');
+    expect(secretVar.type).toBe('text');
+  });
+});