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Workspace with password protection overwrites FME_MF_NAME

  • March 27, 2026
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alexandre
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I started protecting my workspaces with passwords because they sometimes contain sensitive informations (like embedded connections) and I noticed a weird issue when I uploaded them on FME Flow 2024.2.5.

I use the parameter FME_MF_NAME in different places, for naming different outputs. As soon I added the password, the workspaces started to fail. 

Notably I have one workflow which requires launching multiple workspaces sequentially, the main one launching the others with FMEFlowJobSubmitter. 

All the protected workspaces have their FME_MF_NAME overwrited by the FME Flow. 

All the logs show the same message upstream, something like this:

FME Configuration: FME_MF_NAME is 'wb-tmpXXXX'

Which is weird because the parameter of the workspace is correctly set with a message like this:

`--FME_MF_NAME' `myworkspacename.fmw'

Using the parameter FME_MF_NAME during the job gives 'wb-tmpXXXX' instead of ‘myworkspacename.fmw'.

I can find workarounds but it is annoying and I am wondering if it is a bug or a normal behavior due to password protection.

Kind regards,

Alexandre