From 603d0986857b915c21435b470fdde81cfe95c19b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sergio Cazzolato <sergio.cazzolato@canonical.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2025 13:18:01 -0300
Subject: [PATCH] storing USE_ALTERNATIVE_BACKEND in gce bucket instead of
 using a var

This is needed because the vars are not shared to forked environments
---
 .github/workflows/spread-tests.yaml | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/spread-tests.yaml b/.github/workflows/spread-tests.yaml
index 414edb813b7..7b75776dee2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/spread-tests.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/spread-tests.yaml
@@ -139,8 +139,6 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: Setup run tests variable
       if: "!contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'Skip spread')"
-      env:
-          USE_ALTERNATIVE_BACKEND: ${{ vars.USE_ALTERNATIVE_BACKEND }}
       run: |
           get_new_tasks() {
             local prefix=$1
@@ -162,6 +160,7 @@ jobs:
           # Determine if the alternative backend has to be used for the current group
           # Alternative backends usage depends on the value stored in the var USE_ALTERNATIVE_BACKEND,
           # where it is defined the backend to use when images are ready in both google and openstack.
+          USE_ALTERNATIVE_BACKEND="$(curl -s https://storage.googleapis.com/snapd-spread-tests/snapd-tests/ci/USE_ALTERNATIVE_BACKEND)"
           SPREAD_BACKEND="${{ inputs.backend }}"
           if [ -n "${{ inputs.alternative-backend }}" ] && grep "${{ inputs.group }}: true" <<< "$USE_ALTERNATIVE_BACKEND"  ; then
               SPREAD_BACKEND="${{ inputs.alternative-backend }}"