fix environment availability

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -42,18 +42,25 @@ jobs:
           coverage: codecov
           pytest-results-summary: true
         - linux: py3-dev
+  environment:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - id: data_path
+        run: echo "path=${{ env.DATA_PATH }}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+    outputs:
+      data_path: ${{ steps.data_path.outputs.path }}
   crds_contexts:
     uses: spacetelescope/crds/.github/workflows/contexts.yml@master
   test_downstream:
     uses: OpenAstronomy/github-actions-workflows/.github/workflows/tox.yml@main
-    needs: [ crds_contexts ]
+    needs: [ environment, crds_contexts ]
     with:
       setenv: |
-        CRDS_PATH: ${{ env.DATA_PATH }}/crds
+        CRDS_PATH: ${{ needs.environment.outputs.data_path }}/crds
         CRDS_SERVER_URL: https://jwst-crds.stsci.edu
         CRDS_CLIENT_RETRY_COUNT: 3
         CRDS_CLIENT_RETRY_DELAY_SECONDS: 20
-      cache-path: ${{ env.DATA_PATH }}/crds
+      cache-path: ${{ needs.environment.outputs.data_path }}/crds
       cache-key: crds-${{ needs.crds_contexts.outputs.jwst }}
       envs: |
         - linux: py311-test-jwst-cov-xdist