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Every time I try to update blocks with attributes of a given layout, this only updates the last active layout. example:

I have three layouts: Layout1, Layout2 and Layout3

layout of the three blocks I would need to update the reference but I can Layout1 default that always takes the last active layout. In the following paper space specific code, but as it would to tell a particular layout.

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