## TL;DR

Upgrade flyctl to the latest version (fly version upgrade) and FLY_ORG will be respected by org-level commands. This was a bug in flyctl v0.1.83; a fix was merged and confirmed by the maintainer.

## Steps

1. Issue superfly/flyctl#2757 (closed, 8 comments): **Describe the bug** Briefly, describe what broke and provide the following details: Setting the FLY_ORG env var does not replace `-o` in org-level commands. According to @michaeldwan, this is a bug: https://community.fly.io/t/flyctl-feature-request-fly-org-env-var/15099/4. * Operating system * `fly version`

``` fly v0.1.83 darwin/arm64 Commit: 64d1ddb772751c502a038458af4f93fcc9d6a199-dirty BuildDate: 2023-08-22T21:14:46Z ```

2. ** Command output: ** ```text ❯ fly apps list -o personal NAME OWNER STATUS PLATFORM LATEST DEPLOY twumblr personal deployed machines 2023-05-26T01:47:41Z ❯...

3. Setting the FLY_ORG env var did not replace -o in org-level flyctl commands (e.g. fly apps list -o personal). This was a bug in flyctl v0.1.83; a fix was merged and confirmed by the maintainer. Upgrade flyctl to the latest version (fly version upgrade) and FLY_ORG will be respected by org-level commands.

## When to use

You are seeing this: According to @michaeldwan, this is a bug: https://community.fly.io/t/flyctl-feature-request-fly-org-env-var/15099/4. Use this skill when you run into "FLY_ORG is not respected by org-level commands".

## When not to use

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## Versions

Versions mentioned in the source: fly v0.1.83. If you are on something much newer or older, the details may have shifted.

## Why this happens

The original report does not dig into a root cause. It documents the symptom and the fix that resolved it.

## Sources

- https://community.fly.io/t/flyctl-feature-request-fly-org-env-var/15099/4

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