I have had this issue many times before and I am getting it again. Why does this issue continue to crop up? Has anyone figured out the fundamental causes? I can’t complete my project with this issue.
No I even created a new variable to test whether something else was setting it. Get the exact same issue.
I create the widgets and then later I set the item id of this widget whenever I update the inventory. If I print the value before setting it the value is correct. If I check it some time later it has been reset to the default value for no reason.
Any details, references, other threads about it?
You gotta give us something to work with. 
As you know, a widget does not reset values, not normally. Consider providing a semblance of circumstances at least. What makes this case different? What are you doing with those widgets?
Otherwise it is a bit like working under the assumption that 20 is a lot.