From b268aa9f988409dccfe4aa78e1d2338f8818ddf1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: naman-bruno <naman@usebruno.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2026 15:37:56 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] fix: global environment flag for cli (#6969)

* fix: global environment flag for cli

* fixes
---
 packages/bruno-cli/src/commands/run.js              | 11 ++++-------
 packages/bruno-cli/src/runner/interpolate-string.js |  5 ++++-
 packages/bruno-cli/src/runner/interpolate-vars.js   |  2 ++
 packages/bruno-cli/src/runner/run-single-request.js | 12 ++++++++++--
 4 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/bruno-cli/src/commands/run.js b/packages/bruno-cli/src/commands/run.js
index 78b9dc259..9691df431 100644
--- a/packages/bruno-cli/src/commands/run.js
+++ b/packages/bruno-cli/src/commands/run.js
@@ -467,11 +467,6 @@ const handler = async function (argv) {
         console.error(chalk.red(`Failed to parse global environment: ${err.message}`));
         process.exit(constants.EXIT_STATUS.ERROR_INVALID_FILE);
       }
-
-      envVars = { ...globalEnvVars, ...envVars };
-      if (!envVars.__name__ && globalEnvVars.__name__) {
-        envVars.__name__ = globalEnvVars.__name__;
-      }
     }
 
     if (envVar) {
@@ -632,7 +627,8 @@ const handler = async function (argv) {
             collectionRoot,
             runtime,
             collection,
-            runSingleRequestByPathname
+            runSingleRequestByPathname,
+            globalEnvVars
           );
           resolve(res?.response);
         }
@@ -657,7 +653,8 @@ const handler = async function (argv) {
         collectionRoot,
         runtime,
         collection,
-        runSingleRequestByPathname
+        runSingleRequestByPathname,
+        globalEnvVars
       );
 
       const isLastRun = currentRequestIndex === requestItems.length - 1;
diff --git a/packages/bruno-cli/src/runner/interpolate-string.js b/packages/bruno-cli/src/runner/interpolate-string.js
index 20c395d71..4e21a684f 100644
--- a/packages/bruno-cli/src/runner/interpolate-string.js
+++ b/packages/bruno-cli/src/runner/interpolate-string.js
@@ -7,13 +7,15 @@ const buildCombinedVars = ({
   folderVariables,
   requestVariables,
   runtimeVariables,
-  processEnvVars
+  processEnvVars,
+  globalEnvVars
 }) => {
   processEnvVars = processEnvVars || {};
   runtimeVariables = runtimeVariables || {};
   collectionVariables = collectionVariables || {};
   folderVariables = folderVariables || {};
   requestVariables = requestVariables || {};
+  globalEnvVars = globalEnvVars || {};
 
   // we clone envVars because we don't want to modify the original object
   envVars = envVars ? cloneDeep(envVars) : {};
@@ -32,6 +34,7 @@ const buildCombinedVars = ({
 
   // runtimeVariables take precedence over envVars
   return {
+    ...globalEnvVars,
     ...collectionVariables,
     ...envVars,
     ...folderVariables,
diff --git a/packages/bruno-cli/src/runner/interpolate-vars.js b/packages/bruno-cli/src/runner/interpolate-vars.js
index 3bf0bc142..659eaf53f 100644
--- a/packages/bruno-cli/src/runner/interpolate-vars.js
+++ b/packages/bruno-cli/src/runner/interpolate-vars.js
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ const getContentType = (headers = {}) => {
 };
 
 const interpolateVars = (request, envVariables = {}, runtimeVariables = {}, processEnvVars = {}) => {
+  const globalEnvironmentVariables = request?.globalEnvironmentVariables || {};
   const collectionVariables = request?.collectionVariables || {};
   const folderVariables = request?.folderVariables || {};
   const requestVariables = request?.requestVariables || {};
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@ const interpolateVars = (request, envVariables = {}, runtimeVariables = {}, proc
 
     // runtimeVariables take precedence over envVars
     const combinedVars = {
+      ...globalEnvironmentVariables,
       ...collectionVariables,
       ...envVariables,
       ...folderVariables,
diff --git a/packages/bruno-cli/src/runner/run-single-request.js b/packages/bruno-cli/src/runner/run-single-request.js
index f5dc104ee..da813c623 100644
--- a/packages/bruno-cli/src/runner/run-single-request.js
+++ b/packages/bruno-cli/src/runner/run-single-request.js
@@ -44,9 +44,10 @@ const getCACertHostRegex = (domain) => {
  * @returns {string[]} An array of extracted prompt variables
  */
 const extractPromptVariablesForRequest = ({ request, collection, envVariables, runtimeVariables, processEnvVars, brunoConfig }) => {
-  const { vars, collectionVariables, folderVariables, requestVariables, ...requestObj } = request;
+  const { vars, collectionVariables, folderVariables, requestVariables, globalEnvironmentVariables, ...requestObj } = request;
 
   const allVariables = {
+    ...globalEnvironmentVariables,
     ...envVariables,
     ...collectionVariables,
     ...folderVariables,
@@ -63,6 +64,7 @@ const extractPromptVariablesForRequest = ({ request, collection, envVariables, r
   prompts.push(...extractPromptVariables(allVariables));
 
   const interpolationOptions = {
+    globalEnvVars: globalEnvironmentVariables,
     envVars: envVariables,
     runtimeVariables,
     processEnvVars
@@ -94,7 +96,8 @@ const runSingleRequest = async function (
   collectionRoot,
   runtime,
   collection,
-  runSingleRequestByPathname
+  runSingleRequestByPathname,
+  globalEnvVars = {}
 ) {
   const { pathname: itemPathname } = item;
   const relativeItemPathname = path.relative(collectionPath, itemPathname);
@@ -127,6 +130,9 @@ const runSingleRequest = async function (
 
     request = await prepareRequest(item, collection);
 
+    // Set global environment variables on the request for scripts to access via bru.getGlobalEnvVar()
+    request.globalEnvironmentVariables = globalEnvVars;
+
     // Detect prompt variables before proceeding
     const promptVars = extractPromptVariablesForRequest({ request, collection, envVariables, runtimeVariables, processEnvVars, brunoConfig });
 
@@ -247,6 +253,7 @@ const runSingleRequest = async function (
     }
 
     const interpolationOptions = {
+      globalEnvVars: request.globalEnvironmentVariables || {},
       envVars: envVariables,
       runtimeVariables,
       processEnvVars
@@ -471,6 +478,7 @@ const runSingleRequest = async function (
       try {
         // Prepare interpolation options with all available variables
         const oauth2InterpolationOptions = {
+          globalEnvVars: request.globalEnvironmentVariables || {},
           envVars: envVariables,
           runtimeVariables,
           processEnvVars,