AlgorithmID is overwritten

[Doggie52]

Expected Behavior

The AlgorithmId set in Initialize() using SetAlgorithmId() is kept constant throughout the life of the algorithm.

Actual Behavior

AlgorithmId is overwritten at

Lean/Engine/Engine.cs

Line 271 in 642437d

algorithm.SetAlgorithmId(job.AlgorithmId);

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Potential Solution

Perhaps the job.AlgorithmId should try to pull its value from the algorithm first?

Reproducing the Problem

In Initialize() execute SetAlgorithmId( "test" );. Somewhere outside of this function, debug and inspect the value of AlgorithmId.

System Information

Windows x64.

Related Issue

#2472

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[Martin-Molinero]

Hey @Doggie52!
Believe SetAlgorithmId() isn't intended to be called by the algorithm itself. Recently we merged PR #4156 where we added a couple of configuration options and cmdline arguments "algorithm-id" & "results-destination-folder", which I think should help solve the underlying issue and avoid calling SetAlgorithmId(). Let us know if this solves the issue and we can close it

[Doggie52]

Hey!

Looks great - I won't be able to test this anytime soon but it does look like #4156 would have solved it.

[Martin-Molinero]

Hey!

Looks great - I won't be able to test this anytime soon but it does look like #4156 would have solved it.

Thanks! Closing this issue for now then