# Unblocker environment variables

**URL:** https://forum.buildkite.community/t/unblocker-environment-variables/332
**Category:** Announcements
**Created:** [February 26, 2019, 4:58am UTC](https://forum.buildkite.community/t/unblocker-environment-variables/332 "2019-02-26T04:58:41Z")
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### Author: ![sj26](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.buildkite.community/sj26/32/17_2.png) [@sj26](https://forum.buildkite.community/u/sj26)
#### Post date: [February 26, 2019, 4:58am UTC](https://forum.buildkite.community/t/unblocker-environment-variables/332/1 "2019-02-26T04:58:41Z")

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> **[Unblocker environment variables](https://buildkite.com/changelog/49-unblocker-environment-variables)**
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> Block steps record the person who unblocks them, and this information is available to subsequent steps via $BUILDKITE\_UNBLOCKER environment variables. 👮‍♂️