Setting a node attribute from chef_handler does not work for me

Chef Infra (archive)
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So I have a handler that lists all of the cookbooks used in a run. The handler works perfectly except that when I try to update a node resource i.e.

Node.default[“recipe_details”][recipe_name] = recipe_version

It does not make it to the node’s metadata.

Am I missing something ?

I can read node resources just fine from the handler, but setting attributes just does NOT work.
I used chef-client versions 11.6.X and 12.4.X and nothing happens…

Any help would be appreciated.

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You mean during the run or you want to save the data permanently to the
node? If you want to save it you need to use node.set/node.normal as that
persists to the node object, whereas node.default does not.

If you mean in run, then I’m not sure, but did you try ‘node’ instead of
’Node’?

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My initial post said I was using Node.default but in fact I am using node.default when I change it to Chef::Node I get an error. I have to look at the documentation but so far no luck with node.normal or node.set

Can I Interchangeably use Chef::Node ? If so what is the method to use to assign ?

Thanks for the Input.