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process.env.IS_OFFLINE is always undefined
- Dominant language
- JavaScript
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- 74
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- 16
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Description
### Scenario
Suppose you have configured plugins `serverless-dynamodb-local`, `serverless-offline` and `serverless-dynamodb-client`. Then, you execute commands
> `$ sls offline &` [1]
> `$ sls invoke local -f function --path input.json` [2]
### Result
The *AWS* dynamodb instance will be used, not the local one.
### Explanation
The reason is that:
* command [1] sets environment variable `IS_OFFLINE` not to the parent shell but to the `sls offline` process
* when command [2] is executed, it inherits the environment of the shell, which has no `IS_OFFLINE` defined. So, when `require('serverless-dynamodb-client')` is called, `isOffline()` always returns false.
### Workaround
Execute
> `$ export IS_OFFLINE=true`
before command [2]
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Research direction
Start by tracing the `require('serverless-dynamodb-client')` entry point and the `isOffline()` check described in the issue, using the `sls offline` and `sls invoke local` commands to reproduce the environment behavior. Done means invoking the function locally selects the local DynamoDB instance without requiring `export IS_OFFLINE=true`.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript
- Domain
- databases
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 38/100