diff --git a/testplan/common/entity/base.py b/testplan/common/entity/base.py
index 6af947d19..23b10c171 100644
--- a/testplan/common/entity/base.py
+++ b/testplan/common/entity/base.py
@@ -742,16 +742,15 @@ def filter_locals(cls, local_vars):
             if key not in EXCLUDE and value is not None
         }
 
-    def context_input(self) -> Dict[str, Any]:
+    def context_input(self, exclude: list = None) -> Dict[str, Any]:
         """All attr of self in a dict for context resolution"""
         ctx = {}
+        exclude = exclude or []
         for attr in dir(self):
-            if attr == "env":
-                ctx["env"] = self._env
-            elif attr:
-                ctx[attr] = getattr(self, attr)
+            if attr in exclude:
+                continue
+            ctx[attr] = getattr(self, attr)
         return ctx
-        # return {attr: getattr(self, attr) for attr in dir(self)}
 
 
 class RunnableStatus(EntityStatus):
diff --git a/testplan/testing/base.py b/testplan/testing/base.py
index 27a2450b4..36ad93a1c 100644
--- a/testplan/testing/base.py
+++ b/testplan/testing/base.py
@@ -543,20 +543,24 @@ def __init__(self, **options):
         self._resolved_bin = None  # resolved binary path
 
     @property
-    def stderr(self) -> str:
-        return os.path.join(self._runpath, "stderr")
+    def stderr(self) -> Optional[str]:
+        if self._runpath:
+            return os.path.join(self._runpath, "stderr")
 
     @property
-    def stdout(self) -> str:
-        return os.path.join(self._runpath, "stdout")
+    def stdout(self) -> Optional[str]:
+        if self._runpath:
+            return os.path.join(self._runpath, "stdout")
 
     @property
-    def timeout_log(self) -> str:
-        return os.path.join(self._runpath, "timeout.log")
+    def timeout_log(self) -> Optional[str]:
+        if self._runpath:
+            return os.path.join(self._runpath, "timeout.log")
 
     @property
-    def report_path(self) -> str:
-        return os.path.join(self._runpath, "report.xml")
+    def report_path(self) -> Optional[str]:
+        if self._runpath:
+            return os.path.join(self._runpath, "report.xml")
 
     @property
     def resolved_bin(self) -> str:
@@ -726,7 +730,9 @@ def get_proc_env(self):
         # override with user specified values
         if isinstance(self.cfg.proc_env, dict):
             proc_env = {
-                key.upper(): render(val, self.context_input())
+                key.upper(): render(
+                    val, self.context_input(exclude=["test_context"])
+                )
                 for key, val in self.cfg.proc_env.items()
             }
             env.update(proc_env)
diff --git a/testplan/testing/multitest/driver/app.py b/testplan/testing/multitest/driver/app.py
index 904576b02..88a7279b3 100644
--- a/testplan/testing/multitest/driver/app.py
+++ b/testplan/testing/multitest/driver/app.py
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ def env(self) -> Optional[Dict[str, str]]:
             return self._env
 
         if isinstance(self.cfg.env, dict):
-            ctx = self.context_input()
+            ctx = self.context_input(exclude=["env"])
             self._env = {
                 key: expand(val, self.context, str) if is_context(val)
                 # allowing None val for child class use case
diff --git a/tests/functional/testplan/testing/cpp/test_gtest.py b/tests/functional/testplan/testing/cpp/test_gtest.py
index 8a80d92ec..b8a4a84b6 100644
--- a/tests/functional/testplan/testing/cpp/test_gtest.py
+++ b/tests/functional/testplan/testing/cpp/test_gtest.py
@@ -52,7 +52,11 @@ def test_gtest(mockplan, binary_dir, expected_report, report_status):
         )
         pytest.skip(msg)
 
-    mockplan.add(GTest(name="My GTest", binary=binary_path))
+    mockplan.add(
+        GTest(
+            name="My GTest", binary=binary_path, proc_env={"NAME": "{{name}}"}
+        )
+    )
 
     assert mockplan.run().run is True