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d
Hello, I've got a problem with growthbook experiments. Consider this example. 1. I'm setting a cookie for a user 
guestId
and passing it to 
setAttributes
2. in growthbook GUI I've got 1 feature created 
test-feature
with override rule set to 
experiment
and 1 experiment corresponding with the feature 3. 
guestId
was generated for the user when I had traffic set to 
100%
and traffic split set to 
old-view: 1
and 
new-view: 0
4. After some tests I wanted to manipulate 
traffic split
parameters so that I put 
100%
to 
old-view: 0
and 
new-view: 1
5. Unfortunately for the same 
guestId
I'm still receiving 
old-view
variation My question is whether this behaviour is expected according to this piece of documentation
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In the vast majority of cases, you want to split traffic based on either a logged-in user id or some sort of anonymous identifier like a device id or session cookie. As long as the user has the same value for this attribute, they will always get assigned the same variation.
Only if I delete 
guestId
and generate new one it seems that I receive proper variation. Thanks for your answer.
f
The assigned value for the user should change id you change the traffic split like that. The quote from the docs is only true if the traffic split remains the same.
What code are you using to pass the guestId into the SDK?
d
Im passing guestId via 
setAttributes
. id is being generated with the use of this formula
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[...Array(30)].map(() => Math.random().toString(36)[2]).join("")
then Im putting it into cookie
f
When you do setAttributes, are you calling it "guestId" or just "id"?
d
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growthbook.setAttributes({
      "id": Cookies.get('guestId'),
      "loggedIn": true,
      "deviceId": "abcdef123456",
      "employee": true,
      "company": "acme",
      "country": "US",
      "browser": navigator.userAgent,
      "url": router.pathname,
    })
im calling it like in the docs 
id
f
Ok. And what is returned if you do
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growthbook.evalFeature("test-feature")
Specifically the "source" property of the returned object.
d
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f
That looks correct. You are assigning 100% of traffic to the first variation (true). And that is what the user is being assigned.
d
Okey thanks for letting me know that this is fine. Can u consider this example? I just flipped traffic for the same example as we're discussing.
and somehow im still getting `new-view``
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I did not change/remove existing 
guestId
f
You were getting variation id 0 before, but are now getting variation id 1, so it seems to be working.
d
It looks like I've got something wrong
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no matter if I change 
traffic split
Im getting 
variationId = 0
when triggering 
growthBook.evalFeature('test-feature')
I get what I want when I remove 
guestId
from 
cookies
so that my script can assign a new one
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