Hot Reload/Update does not work with new Variables

[alexleybourne]

Is there an existing issue for this?

• I have searched the existing issues

Describe the bug

Relates to #8087 (comment)

When adding a new variable it will not work properly until you preview the app and then you can update the webviews you are using to see the variable.

Steps to reproduce

1. Have the web preview on
2. Add a new variable
3. Update the web preview/hot reload and the variable value will not load
4. Do a local preview and then close it and press update to reload your web view
5. The variable now works

GDevelop platform

Desktop

GDevelop version

5.6.252-285e3f8656cc6702decbf348f6c52ce3b6a634df, core version: 5.6.252-0

Platform info

Details

OS (e.g. Windows, Linux, macOS, Android, iOS)

MacOS

OS Version (e.g. Windows 10, macOS 10.15)

MacOS 26.2

Browser(For Web) (e.g. Chrome, Firefox, Safari)

Chrome

Additional context

Thank you for all of your hard work and this great program

[D8H]

Thank you for reporting an issue.

I'm not able to reproduce the issue. Please give more details about the step "Add a new variable":

• Is it a scene variable?
• Is it a child variable?
• Do you make any change in the events (to use this new variable for instance)?