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Description of changes from library not showing on design files.

  • July 29, 2026
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Jackie_T

The description of changes that is added in the library when publishing is no longer showing in the design files when reviewing updates. The post here mentions the function 🔗.

I’m using the desktop app on Mac. Enterprise plan. 
I followed all steps from the Quick fixes on troubleshooting checklist.

I’m not sure if the feature changed or it’s a bug since the new UI, because I noticed that the help article doesn’t mention the description. 

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djv
Figmate
  • Community Support
  • July 29, 2026

Hi ​@Jackie_T, thanks for flagging this again! 

I believe I just asked you some clarifying questions in the other forum topic here. Just to clarify the issue again:

  1. When making changes, are you not seeing the area to add an Optional description of changes?
  2. When accepting changes, are you not seeing the Optional description of changes?
  3. Or are you expecting to always see the description of recent changes? 

As I mentioned under the other topic, right now, the description of changes is only shown once when approving changes. Please let me know what you’re seeing and/or expecting on your end, so we can continue troubleshooting together, as needed. 


Jackie_T
  • Author
  • New Participant
  • July 29, 2026

Hello ​@djv,

Thanks for getting back so soon to me. My answers follow below:

  1. When making changes, we do see the area to add an Optional description of changes. And we are able to add the content there and publish. The description shows as expected also on the Version History. This part in the feature is fine.
  2. When accepting changes in a design file using the library, the Optional description of changes doesn’t appear at all. Not even once.
  3. I would expect to see the description of recent changes once I take on the changes. It used to appear as a kind of list, first the description, then below, there would be listed all the components/styles/variables that were changed in the last “publish”. 

 


djv
Figmate
  • Community Support
  • July 29, 2026

Thanks for the additional context, ​@Jackie_T

In this case, this definitely doesn’t seem like the feature is working as expected. I’ll flag this to our team to investigate. 


Jackie_T
  • Author
  • New Participant
  • July 29, 2026

Thanks for taking care of it, ​@djv