In prototype mode, the hover effect ("while hovering") sticks and does not disappear

I think i kinda found the solution. To solve this issue you need to replace one «hover» interaction with «mouse enter» and «mouse leave» interactions inside of master component. 

The example below is very simple but this also worked in a much more complex prototype with components added from library
 

 

 

Appreciate your effort on this, but this is actually what everyone was dreading on as a workaround for the past almost 4 years. Don’t get me wrong, this is a great workaround. It’s just that it’s not new to us and would be a lot or work for other scenarios like hovering on tabs or table headers. Still, thanks for sharing.

This still happens to me. “Closing and reopening the prototype helps solve the problem.
But after some time, the bug may appear again.” 
It’s very annoying when I’m presenting or conducting usability test. I can’t just keep refreshing

Adding my humble upvote to please fix this 🥲

This is a particularly frustrating bug. When demoing prototypes to product owners, stakeholders, and users, it creates the impression that the UX designer is either overlooking key details or lacks expertise—which can undermine trust in the design process. Figma, this feels like a major issue. It's surprising and disappointing that it's been reported for so long without resolution.

I have the same issue, and I am confusing everyone with my prototype.  Seems like a basic fix. Figma seems to have a lot of issues in prototype mode!

It doesn’t make any sense to me but after trying all the combo I can think of… using

• mouse enter->variant 2 (hover state) and mouse leave->default on Default
• hover->default and mouse leave->default on Hover state, it seem to fixed the issue.

I hope it helps. 

I’m using Mouse Down instead of On Click as a workaround and the hover works consistently.