Automation branching fails when condition is based on State step

[mjashanks]

Tested on: Latest cloud.

Repro Steps

1. Create an automation with steps as shown here:

2. My State step has the following values:

• key: sanitized_output
• value: { "category": "Partnership" }

3. The condition on the first branch is

4. Run test

RESULT: The automation always takes Branch 2

Additionally i have confirmed

• This also happens when the condition is based on the output of a JS step
• DOES NOT happen when based on the output of an API request

Project Export:

Test - Branching Fail-project-export-1786539572467.tar.gz

[melohagan]

I noticed that this works:

return $("steps.State.value").category

But this does not:

return $("State.sanitized_output").category

Despite there being two bindings:

And:

So if I use value, I'm using the output of the automation step, and that works. The "State" store does not seem to be holding the value.