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Mahzyar Soodmand
Mahzyar Soodmand
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October 1, 2026
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Overrides reset after publishing a library component update. Any way to prevent this?

I have a chip component in our design system library (1 text layer + 2 icon instances). When I make changes to it and publish, then accept the update in our project files, the text and icon overrides on all instances reset to the defaults. It's used in about 1,000 places.

Is there a way to prevent this, or to recover the overrides? Has anyone found a reliable workflow for updating components at this scale?

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    Sitsiilia
    Sitsiilia
    New Participant
    October 14, 2026

    They usually reset when the update replaces layers instead of just editing them, like deleting and re-adding the text, swapping an icon for a different component, or wrapping things in a new frame. 
    But to get them back, open version history in the project file, find the version right before you accepted the update, and choose duplicate. That gives you a copy of the old state without touching the current file, and you can copy the instances back over from there. It’s manual, so probably only worth it for the files that matter most. 

    For next time, I’d make the text and both icons component properties (a text property plus instance swap), those survive structural edits much better.

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