Inconsistent behavior: initial variants are treated as fallback when source is local storage

[helloendoftheworld]

Initial variants are fallback when source is local storage, disabling automatic exposure. However, local storage variants are not fallback when source is initial variants. Is there a reason for that?

experiment-js-client/packages/experiment-browser/src/types/source.ts

Line 50 in 3d6f5ba

source === VariantSource.SecondaryInitialVariants

[tyiuhc]

Hi @SherifGhoz, many thanks for your question. Local storage variants are always fetched variants (via remote evaluation), and thus not considered fallbacks.
Some additional context for expected behavior, happy to provide additional clarification if needed!