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<@ULVA73B9P> I’m trying to set environment variables for my flow in the prefect.yml file. Below is the flow definition. The variable `EXECUTION_ENVIRONMENT` is not being set once the flow is deployed. I see an empty `job_variables` object in the deployment configuration in Prefect Cloud.
```- name: flow-name
    description: Description
    entrypoint: "main.py:entrypoint"
    path: "/app"
    parameters: {}
    schedule: {}
    work_pool:
      name: managed-pool
    job_variables:
      image: prefecthq/prefect:2-latest
      env:
        EXECUTION_ENVIRONMENT: 'dev'```

:white_check_mark: thought for 47.8 seconds

```bash
prefect deploy
```

This should properly set your environment variables. You can verify the environment variables are set correctly by:
1. Checking the deployment configuration in the UI under the Configuration tab
2. Adding a simple print statement or log in your flow to output the environment variable value

If you're still having issues after making these changes, let me know and I can help troubleshoot further!

<@ULVA73B9P> I am deploying the flow with `prefect deploy` but the environment is still empty in the deployment.

:white_check_mark: thought for 48.5 seconds

Run:
```bash
prefect deployment inspect "your-flow-name/deployment-name"
```

3. Let's also try to set the environment variable explicitly when deploying. Try:

```bash
EXECUTION_ENVIRONMENT=dev prefect deploy
```

4. Another approach would be to modify your flow code to verify the environment variable is accessible. Add this to your flow:

```python
from prefect import flow
import os

@flow
def your_flow():
    print("Environment variables:", os.environ)
    print("EXECUTION_ENVIRONMENT:", os.environ.get("EXECUTION_ENVIRONMENT"))
```

5. If none of the above work, try creating a new deployment from scratch:
```bash
rm prefect.yaml  # Remove existing deployment file
prefect deploy --help  # Get the latest syntax
```

Could you try these steps and let me know:
1. What does the deployment inspection show?
2. If you add the environment variable printing to your flow, what does it output?
3. Are you seeing any error messages when running `prefect deploy`?

This will help us narrow down where exactly the environment variable setting is failing.