Indeed I can report similar issues with \getmarking after updating to the latest version of Context. Did something change regarding its definition / use recently? context -version mtx-context | ConTeXt Process Management 1.04 mtx-context | mtx-context | main context file: /Users/aleks/context-osx-64/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/mkiv/context.mkiv mtx-context | current version: 2021.10.08 20:18 mtx-context | main context file: /Users/aleks/context-osx-64/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/mkxl/context.mkxl mtx-context | current version: 2021.10.08 20:18 Alex