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Hi, I am using the new variables feature. It worked early on but now just freezes up indefinitely
```@flow(name="test", flow_run_name="dev &gt; test")
def test():
    return variables.get("test")```

What version are you running? Do you use `variables.get` outside the flow?

cc <@U02EBC3N05N>

Maybe resolved by <https://github.com/PrefectHQ/prefect/pull/9665>

i'm using it exactly like the code i pasted

this usage freezes for me as well
```from prefect import flow, variables

bar = variables.get("test")


@flow
def main():
    return bar

main()```

The later is the one that we just fixed and will be released tomorrow.

Your first one is not executable, what additional code are you running?

```from prefect import flow, variables


@flow(name="test", flow_run_name="dev &gt; test")
def test():
    return variables.get("test")


test()```
runs fine for me on 2.10.9

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not the same flow run name i realized, but still is the case

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```❯ poetry run prefect version
Version:             2.10.9
API version:         0.8.4
Python version:      3.10.4
Git commit:          1655c1fa
Built:               Thu, May 11, 2023 2:29 PM
OS/Arch:             darwin/x86_64
Profile:             default
Server type:         cloud```

So matching as much as I can…
```❯ prefect version         
Version:             2.10.9
API version:         0.8.4
Python version:      3.10.10
Git commit:          1655c1fa
Built:               Thu, May 11, 2023 2:29 PM
OS/Arch:             darwin/arm64
Profile:             prod
Server type:         cloud```

I cannot reproduce with `python example.py`

fwiw I'm also not able to reproduce. Maybe worth installing from `main` and see if it's resolved from the linked pr above? (the fix would be included in the next release `2.10.11`)

`pip install git+<https://github.com/prefectHQ/prefect>`

maybe this helps it was installed as a dependency to prefect-gcp i believe

`prefect-gcp = {extras = ["bigquery", "cloud_storage", "secret_manager"], version = "^0.2.3"}`

in any case, thanks for helping, i'll check on next release, great work :slightly_smiling_face: