2 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/ci_variable_list/ajax_variable_list.js b/app/assets/javascripts/ci_variable_list/ajax_variable_list.js
index 76f93e5c6bd..b33adff609f 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/ci_variable_list/ajax_variable_list.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/ci_variable_list/ajax_variable_list.js
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ export default class AjaxVariableList {
 
         if (res.status === statusCodes.OK && res.data) {
           this.updateRowsWithPersistedVariables(res.data.variables);
+          this.variableList.hideValues();
         } else if (res.status === statusCodes.BAD_REQUEST) {
           // Validation failed
           this.errorBox.innerHTML = generateErrorBoxContent(res.data);
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/ci_variable_list/ci_variable_list.js b/app/assets/javascripts/ci_variable_list/ci_variable_list.js
index d91789c2192..745f3404295 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/ci_variable_list/ci_variable_list.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/ci_variable_list/ci_variable_list.js
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ export default class VariableList {
       },
       protected: {
         selector: '.js-ci-variable-input-protected',
-        default: 'true',
+        default: 'false',
       },
       environment_scope: {
         // We can't use a `.js-` class here because
@@ -178,6 +178,10 @@ export default class VariableList {
     this.$container.find('.js-row-remove-button').attr('disabled', !isEnabled);
   }
 
+  hideValues() {
+    this.secretValues.updateDom(false);
+  }
+
   getAllData() {
     // Ignore the last empty row because we don't want to try persist
     // a blank variable and run into validation problems.