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```cy.task('renameFile', file).then((result) => {
  const renamed_file = result;
cy.wrap(renamed_file).as('updated_file');
cy.log('@updated_file');
cy.log('renamed_file);
}```

my cy.task() function, renameFile, simply takes a file path and name and renames it for me and then returns me the new file name as a String.

In my test, i'm trying to retrieve that renamed file and THEN assign it to a variable I made in the test called 'renamed_file'.

I tried to log updated_file and renamed_file to see if either one is going to be the new string but they both return Null! 

How can I fix my cy.task() to get it to return the text value instead of a null object? I know i'm missing something but I just can't put my finger on it.. Thanks

Hard to say without seeing what the `renameFile` task actually looks like.

I just added all the code. I seriously don't know what i'm doing wrong 😦. Thanks for your help.

So this is a classic thing people struggle with when it comes to the Async nature of Cypress.

One way to get around this is to wrap and reference the value you need.

E.g.
```
cy.wrap(uniqueFilename).as('uniqueFilename');
// ... some more code
cy.wrap(res).as('uniqueFilename);
// ... some more stuff
cy.get('@uniqueFilename').then((value) => cy.log(value));
```