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# Unable to evaluate SpEL variables in an email notification

### Issue <a href="#issue" id="issue"></a>

When configuring an email notification to be sent from a pipeline's stage, users can be referring to a variable from the execution context in the textbox for the email's body. The received email does not evaluate the variable, and instead displays the literal string of the SpEL expression.

### Cause <a href="#cause" id="cause"></a>

The textbox in the email notification window does **not** evaluate variables by design.