From e5b7aa5ab4f74b881bf1cd3f79281d8b96f67f42 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bijin A B <bijin@usebruno.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2026 17:28:36 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] fix: variables set via setVar should be interpolated only
 during runtime (#6823)

---
 packages/bruno-js/src/bru.js            | 2 +-
 packages/bruno-js/tests/runtime.spec.js | 4 ++--
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/bruno-js/src/bru.js b/packages/bruno-js/src/bru.js
index 0ee1ba67a..9f9cfe45e 100644
--- a/packages/bruno-js/src/bru.js
+++ b/packages/bruno-js/src/bru.js
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ class Bru {
       );
     }
 
-    this.runtimeVariables[key] = this.interpolate(value);
+    this.runtimeVariables[key] = value;
   }
 
   getVar(key) {
diff --git a/packages/bruno-js/tests/runtime.spec.js b/packages/bruno-js/tests/runtime.spec.js
index 352be604f..797e30598 100644
--- a/packages/bruno-js/tests/runtime.spec.js
+++ b/packages/bruno-js/tests/runtime.spec.js
@@ -248,14 +248,14 @@ describe('runtime', () => {
   });
 
   describe('bru.setVar random variable', () => {
-    it('should not be equal to {{$randomFirstName}}', async () => {
+    it('should be able to set random variables as values', async () => {
       const script = `bru.setVar('title', '{{$randomFirstName}}')`;
 
       const runtime = new ScriptRuntime({ runtime: 'nodevm' });
 
       const result = await runtime.runRequestScript(script, {}, {}, {}, '.', null, process.env);
 
-      expect(result.runtimeVariables.title).not.toBe('{{$randomFirstName}}');
+      expect(result.runtimeVariables.title).toBe('{{$randomFirstName}}');
     });
   });
 });