Error 'Dynamic code seems intended but updating is "constant":'

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We have been running the same auditory detection task on the same laptop and same version of PsychoPy for a few years (using v2020.2.8), however it randomly started to crash (possibly after a Windows update). The only error code we get (other than the Alert 3115) is the below.

Note: Dynamic code seems intended but updating is “constant”:
“$BEGIN_TEST_TXT”, in Routine beginTest (text_10: Text)
“$PROBE_TXT”, in Routine decisionSpace (decisionTextProbe: Text)
“$CONTINUE_TXT”, in Routine instructions_9 (pressSpace_4: Text)
“$INSTRUCT_TXT3”, in Routine instructions_5 (text_3: Text)
“$WELCOME_TXT”, in Routine welcome (welcomeText: Text)
“$ISI_TXT”, in Routine practice_ISI (ISIVisualStimulus_3: Text)
“$CONTINUE_TXT”, in Routine instructions (pressSpace: Text)
“$PROBE_TXT”, in Routine practice_decisionSpace (decisionTextProbe_2: Text)
“$ISI_TXT”, in Routine ISI (ISIVisualStimulus: Text)
“$CONTINUE_BULB1_TXT”, in Routine instructions_5 (pressSpace_3: Text)
"$INSTRUCT_TXT1
", in Routine instructions (instructionsText: Text)
"$PRACTICE_COMPLETE_TXT
", in Routine practiceComplete (text_7: Text)
“$INSTRUCT_TXT4”, in Routine instructions_9 (text_4: Text)

We tried running the task on new versions of PsychoPy (v2022.2.2 and v2023.2.3) and more errors pop up (mostly because the task was written in v2020.2.8). I have tried the task on a different laptop (MacBook) and can get it to run on version v2022.2.2, so not sure it does run on the Windows one.

I tried searching the forum for posts with similar errors but they seem to be specific to each task. So any help would be much appreciated!

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The common cause of this error is that somewhere in a Builder component (image, text, etc.) you are specifying a variable, but the setting for the component is “constant”. Have you checked that whereever each of these things ($BEGIN_TEST_TXT, $PROBE_TXT, etc.) is defined, they are set to update dynamically (probably either every frame or every repeat, depending on your task?).

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