App Variables are included in the install state, and are available in job plans. Using our example secret named external_api_key, you could interpolate it’s value in your app config using {{ .nuon.app.variables.external_api_key }}.
If you add or a update an app default after an install has been created. You will need to update that install’s state before the value will be included in plans. Running a deploy or sandbox provision will trigger a state update.