Project only visible to the CI run on master and not any other branch

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Project only visible to the CI run on master and not any other branch.

I am creating review environments and production environment using the Gitalab CI/CD.
For this I am using the image repository.
When running the pipeline on master everything works my variables defined in the settings with the scope set to all.
The master environment is production. However, when trying to create a new branch and therefore a review environment the runner cannot see my Variables that I have defined in the settings (Remember the scope is set to all environments)

Here is my production deploy code:

deploy:
  stage: deploy
  variables:
    DEPLOY_SUFFIX: prod
    DEPLOY_HOST: todo.chrupek.tech
  environment:
    name: production
    url: http://todo.chrupek.tech
  image: roffe/kubectl:v1.13.2
  script:
   - kubectl delete --ignore-not-found=true secret gitlab-auth
   - kubectl create secret docker-registry gitlab-auth --docker-server=$CI_REGISTRY --docker-username=$KUBE_PULL_USER --docker-password=$KUBE_PULL_PASS
   - cat deployment.yaml | envsubst | kubectl apply -f -
  only:
    - master

And here is the code for the review

review:
  stage: deploy
  variables:
    DEPLOY_SUFFIX: $CI_COMMIT_REF_SLUG
    DEPLOY_HOST: ...
  environment:
    name: review/$CI_COMMIT_REF_SLUG
    url: ...
    # on_stop: stop_review
  image: roffe/kubectl:v1.13.2
  script:
  - echo $KUBE_PULL_USER
  #  - kubectl delete --ignore-not-found=true secret gitlab-auth
  #  - kubectl create secret docker-registry gitlab-auth --docker-server=$CI_REGISTRY --docker-username=$KUBE_PULL_USER --docker-password=$KUBE_PULL_PASS
  #  - cat deployment.yaml | envsubst | kubectl apply -f -
  only:
    - branches
  except:
    - master

As you can see i am trying to print the $KUBE_PULL_USER which works in production deploy stage, however it does not work in the review stage.

If anyone would have an idea what is wrong I will be greatefull.

PS. The … are personal names and they are filled in.

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Hi @chrupdogg , welcome to the GitLab Community forum! :tada:

Based on your description, it sounds like the variable(s) not showing up on other branches are Protected Variables.

Protected variables are only passed to pipelines running on protected branches or protected tags. (master is protected by default)

Can you check Settings > CI/CD > Variables on this project and verify whether these variables are protected variabels?