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Nested variables must not appear outside double quotes

Detects instances where nested variables are used outside of double quotes in `.env` files and might not be parsed correctly. This inspection ensures that nested variables are properly enclosed to avoid configuration issues.

This inspection helps maintain correct syntax in `.env` files by enforcing the use of double quotes for nested variables, preventing unexpected behavior during variable evaluation.

Quick Fix: The inspection provides a quick fix to automatically enclose the nested variable within double quotes. Click the provided quick fix to resolve the issue automatically.

Locating this inspection

By ID

Can be used to locate inspection in e.g. Qodana configuration files, where you can quickly enable or disable it, or adjust its settings.

NestedVariableOutsideDoubleQuotesInspection
Via Settings dialog

Path to the inspection settings via IntelliJ Platform IDE Settings dialog, when you need to adjust inspection settings directly from your IDE.

Settings or Preferences | Editor | Inspections | DotEnv

Inspection ID: NestedVariableOutsideDoubleQuotesInspection

Suppressing Inspection

You can suppress this inspection by placing the following comment marker before the code fragment where you no longer want messages from this inspection to appear:

//noinspection NestedVariableOutsideDoubleQuotesInspection

More detailed instructions as well as other ways and options that you have can be found in the product documentation:

Inspection Details

By default bundled with:

PyCharm 2025.2, Qodana for Ruby 2025.2, RubyMine 2025.2,

Last modified: 18 September 2025