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Hi everyone,

 

I’ve been facing an ongoing Design System sync issue across multiple project files, and despite submitting detailed tickets to Figma Support, I haven’t received any response.

Posting here in hopes that someone from the Figma team or community can help.

 

Problem summary

 

Components from our shared Design System are randomly breaking or desyncing across files.

 

It started with an icon in a file uploader component that appeared oversized in one file, then moved to a modal background overlay, and now even affects button icons in other files.

 

Replacing the affected component instance fixes it temporarily, but after a while the same issue appears again on different components or files.

 


 

Why I’m posting

 

Since support hasn’t responded yet (Ticket #1569789 and #1560466), I’m posting here to see if anyone else is experiencing similar component desync or visual corruption issues across files, or if a Figma staff member can help escalate this.

 

Any insights or workarounds would be greatly appreciated 🙏

Hey Muhammad, thanks for flagging it and sharing these details!
I was able to locate your case (case number #1569789) and  the team has escalated it internally for further investigation from our Technical quality team. Someone will reply you soon, thanks for your patience in the meantime 🙏🏼

Hey Muhammad, I had the same problem a few weeks ago. Thank you for describing it.

Please write here in the comments how you solved this problem. I would be very grateful 🙏🏼

 

 

 

++++ It’s been like this for WEEKS now, my work is now detaching variants to be able to handoff

Hey everyone, just an update 👋

 

The issue is still happening — the modal and icon problems have now become the most consistent symptoms, and it’s continuing to spread across multiple files and components.

 

We’re seeing icons issue:

 

  • Randomly scaling, shifting, or ignoring constraints inside components (buttons, modals, file uploads, etc.).

  • Appearing fine in the Design System source file, but breaking in consuming files.

  • Only fixed temporarily by toggling variants or detaching instances.

  • Re-publishing components or updating the file’s library connection actually triggers the issue again, causing the same components to break.

  • Re-breaking later in other components or files, even when untouched.

 

This now affects almost every component that includes an icon or masked rectangle

Re-adding the library, resetting overrides, or re-syncing doesn’t fix it. It really feels like a library constraint or metadata desync that keeps reoccurring across shared files.

 

Would appreciate any updates from the technical team, or if anyone else has found a reliable workaround 🙏

 

 

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