Packer tries to validate vars parameters that is comment out

[ahpooch]

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Overview of the Issue

When I run pucker build . I get error Invalid value for "vars" parameter: vars map does not contain key. Packer shows that referenced line is in .pkrtpl.hcl file and that line is commented out.

Reproduction Steps

Create simple packer template using .pkrtpl.hcl template, and in a Identity block use wrong var name.
For example: realname: ${wrong_var_name}. Run pucker build .

Packer version

Packer v1.12.0

Operating system and Environment details

Windows 11 24H2

Log Fragments and crash.log files

Call to function "templatefile" failed:
     var.guest_password_encrypted as "REPLACED",
C:/Users/User/Documents/GitHub/boilerplates/packer/proxmox/ubuntu_24.04/data/user-data.pkrtpl.hcl:43,30-31:
     var.guest_username as "REPLACED",
Extra characters after interpolation expression; Expected a closing brace to end
     var.vm_guest_os_timezone as "REPLACED",
the interpolation expression, but found extra characters.
     var.vm_name as "ubuntu-server-noble-numbat".

This can happen when you include interpolation syntax for another language, such

as shell scripting, but forget to escape the interpolation start token. If this
is an embedded sequence for another language, escape it by starting with "$${"
Call to function "templatefile" failed:
instead of just "${"..
C:/Users/User/Documents/GitHub/boilerplates/packer/proxmox/ubuntu_24.04/data/user-data.pkrtpl.hcl:43,30-31:

2025/05/02 02:54:39 [INFO] (telemetry) Finalizing.
Extra characters after interpolation expression; Expected a closing brace to end
the interpolation expression, but found extra characters.

This can happen when you include interpolation syntax for another language, such
as shell scripting, but forget to escape the interpolation start token. If this
is an embedded sequence for another language, escape it by starting with "$${"
instead of just "${"..

[ahpooch]

Also I got Error: Jira API error github action result emailed to me. Which is anderstandable (by me), but not a planned procedure I believe.
https://github.com/hashicorp/packer/actions/runs/14785779336/job/41513798988