prevent undef errors related to group manager
a test fix
Revert "prevent undef errors related to group manager"

This reverts commit 162180e2cc12e2fd38e9a3a68ed5ad6df466da61.
Revert "a test fix"

This reverts commit 4f5eedfa972d2ef0974eeb77aefe4a51814cfa40.
undo revert
removed unneeded var declaration
Update version id file