possible bug - environment variable value being cut

I have an ENV variable, say RANDOM_HASH in my .env file

.env

RANDOM_HASH="XXXXX#XXXXX%9^XX$4$FYNHtpPs6uc"

and on serverless.yml

custom:
  dotenv:
    include:
      - RANDOM_HASH

when i deploy it, what reaches my lambda function only is XXXXX#XXXXX%9^XX Somehow, it has been cut in the first $

same thing is found on the cloudformation-template-update-stack.json file

        "Environment": {
          "Variables": {
            "RANDOM_HASH": "XXXXX#XXXXX%9^XX"
          }
        }

so i suspect that the library somehow accidentally split the content. Do you have some work around in mind, so that I can upload the same env variable value?

Thanks in advance!

[tafelnl]

I think this should really be mentioned in the docs. Not everyone is aware of this, and they might bang their head against the wall while figuring this out 😉

[jeffski]

Hi @triwats, yes, I’m just using a backslash \ to secape a $, not using any kind of encapsulation around it.