Text variable not updating

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Hi,
Kicad Version 8 under windows, (it was already the case with version 7)
I’ve got in the schematic a text variable for the Version of my board (FVersion).
And I use it in the schematic editor, for some text. and In the PCB editor, for some silscreen text.

When I update it in the schematic editor (file->schemaic setup->text variables), it does not update in the pcbeditor. Even if I do an update PCB from schematic.
To force the update, I must close kicad and reopen it.

I think this is a bug of Kicad.
But are you guys having the same issue, and may be someone as an easier workaround.

Application: KiCad Schematic Editor x64 on x64

Version: 8.0.1-rc1-1-gec7abb7bff, release build

Libraries:
wxWidgets 3.2.4
FreeType 2.12.1
HarfBuzz 8.3.0
FontConfig 2.14.2
libcurl/8.5.0-DEV Schannel zlib/1.3

Platform: Windows 10 (build 19045), 64-bit edition, 64 bit, Little endian, wxMSW

Build Info:
Date: Mar 5 2024 04:22:23
wxWidgets: 3.2.4 (wchar_t,wx containers)
Boost: 1.83.0
OCC: 7.7.1
Curl: 8.5.0-DEV
ngspice: 42
Compiler: Visual C++ 1936 without C++ ABI

Build settings:

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Please file a bug report by clicking Help->Report Bug.

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done Schematic variable not updated in the PCB by update PCB from schematic (#17412) · Issues · KiCad / KiCad Source Code / kicad · GitLab

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I think it’s the same behaviour in the latest 7.x.
I recently experienced it, but I thought it was a “feature” :wink: .

I’ve done ":+1: " on the bug report.
Thanks!

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Yes it was already the case on V7. But I’ve almost screwed a board order because of it. so I’ve decided that it needed to be reported, and hopfully fixed

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Closed as a duplicate of this one:

so please vote with your “:+1:” on this one.

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Done,
However, the description are not exactly the same.
In the #14360 it talking about automaticaly updating the variable in the PCB.
But I my case, I’ve done an update PCB with schematic action. So there is no question of doing a silent update of the variable which could create some issue (as discussed in the #14360 bug)

I’ll try to reopen my bug report

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Or add a new comment to #14360 with the differences between yours and this one.

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