Modules cache when they shouldn't in Play Solo

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#1
  • Describe the bug. Describe what is happening when the bug occurs. Describe what you would normally expect to occur.

In Play Solo mode on Studio, requiring a module on the server then requiring the same module on the client will return a cached result from the server. In Start Server/Live Games this doesn’t happen

In the repro file, it prints ‘Server - true’ and ‘Client - true’ when you Play Solo. Now go into Start Server and it prints ‘Server - true’ and ‘Client - nil’ and the same with live games.

repro.rbxl (13.3 KB)

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#2

This isn’t a cached result. It is apparently. Play solo is a special hybrid mode in which client and server code coexist. This is why an accurate FilteringEnabled environment cannot be ran in play solo, hence the existence of test servers.

tl;dr use test servers.

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#3

This is a cached result. The rest of what you say is true. The cached results are shared between server/client in Play Solo because it is a hybrid.

It would be nice if we had a sort of “fast test server” that looked like Play Solo but ran a hidden server in the background and would show output logs for both the server and client in the window.

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