Environments

Same flow, different values

An environment is a named set of variable values. The steps stay the same. The data changes when you hit Play.

Typical split:

• Staging — {BASE_URL} points at staging, a QA user, test payment details
• Prod smoke — production host, a dedicated smoke user, no real charges

When to use one

• The same journey against more than one host
• Alternate users, locales, or feature flags
• Payment × currency, plan, or other config matrix

If only one value ever exists, a single variable is enough. Add an environment when you would otherwise duplicate the whole flow.

Play time

Choose the environment when you play a flow or a folder. Do not bake a host name into a recorded navigation if you already know you will switch.

Local only

Environment names and values sit in IndexedDB with everything else. Switching environment does not talk to our servers — there are none. A prod environment in the extension is still you, in Chrome, hitting the URL you configured.