Username when launching workflows

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Is there a way to find which user invoked a workflow? The “tower_user_name” extra_var is undefined when a workflow is launched.

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Huh, that should be provided. We have worked to touch up the AWX metavars that go into playbooks.

https://github.com/ansible/awx/blob/d04bbde3c217cb03b7729b7abc38702bbc6c0d80/awx/main/models/unified_jobs.py#L1380-L1410

I expect awx_user_name and tower_user_name to reflect the user who launched the workflow. If you find that the outcome doesn’t match those expectations, we would love for you to file an issue. Thanks!

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The meta vars are passed as expected when a user launches a job template but they are not passed when a workflow is launched, which is weird.

I am on AWX version 1.0.5.20 and Ansible version 2.5. I will update AWX to the latest version and file an issue if I encounter the same behavior.

Thanks.