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Published Color Styles Not Updating In other files with the linked library

  • June 27, 2025
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Pascale D'Offay

I have a design system Figma file with styles and components which are shared to another file.

I created new styles and components in the Design System file and published the changes (I could see them in the list of updates).

These new styles and components are not updating in my second file. 

I’ve read and tried all the community suggestions and nothing fixes the issue.

Please help!  The whole purpose of shared [published] styles is for them to sync and auto-update in all associated douments

Best answer by Celine_

Hey Pascale D’Offay, sorry to hear you're running into issues with your library! Thanks for sharing the context, I totally get how important it is for your Design System updates to sync correctly.

If you’ve already published the new styles and components but they’re not showing in the second file, could you please try to remove the library file, then add to the file once again?
Here are the steps:

  1. Go to Assets Panel and click the Library icon (the book icon).
  2. In the Manage Libraries menu, click Remove for the affected library.
  3. After it’s removed, re-add the library by selecting it again and clicking Add to file.
  4. Close the file and open the file again.


If you're still seeing issues with the styles not updating, I’d recommend reaching out directly to the support team so they can take a closer look at your file here: Submit a bug report

When filling out the form:

  • Use your Figma email account
  • Include links to both the library file and the file where the issue is happening
  • Grant “can edit” access to support-share@figma.com to these files (this won’t affect your billing) 
    This will help the team investigate and try to reproduce the issue on their end. Thank you!

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Celine_
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  • June 27, 2025

Hey Pascale D’Offay, sorry to hear you're running into issues with your library! Thanks for sharing the context, I totally get how important it is for your Design System updates to sync correctly.

If you’ve already published the new styles and components but they’re not showing in the second file, could you please try to remove the library file, then add to the file once again?
Here are the steps:

  1. Go to Assets Panel and click the Library icon (the book icon).
  2. In the Manage Libraries menu, click Remove for the affected library.
  3. After it’s removed, re-add the library by selecting it again and clicking Add to file.
  4. Close the file and open the file again.


If you're still seeing issues with the styles not updating, I’d recommend reaching out directly to the support team so they can take a closer look at your file here: Submit a bug report

When filling out the form:

  • Use your Figma email account
  • Include links to both the library file and the file where the issue is happening
  • Grant “can edit” access to support-share@figma.com to these files (this won’t affect your billing) 
    This will help the team investigate and try to reproduce the issue on their end. Thank you!
Ralph_Jones
  • Ralph_Jones
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  • June 30, 2025

Ha

I have a design system Figma file with styles and components which are shared to another file.

I created new styles and components in the Design System file and published the changes (I could see them in the list of updates).

These new styles and components are not updating in my second file. 

I’ve read and tried all the community suggestions and nothing fixes the issue.

Please help!  The whole purpose of shared [published] styles is for them to sync and auto-update in all associated douments

Did you find a fix, this is also happening to me

Enrique_Stanziola1

Hey, I have the same problem as Pascale with color variables. I tried the remove-add again trick, but to no avail.

Please fix this bug because it’s creating a lot of extra effort.

Girish Gandhi
  • Girish Gandhi
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  • October 7, 2025

I am also facing the same issue, as suggested in some of comment, I tried reconnecting the design system file but didn’t help.

Also for sample purpose I created new color variable and published but no luck.

Celine_
Figmate
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  • October 7, 2025

Hey everyone! If the steps I shared in my previous post don’t resolve the issue, Iod recommend to reach out directly to our Support team through this form: Submit a bug report.

The root cause may vary depending on how your design system is set up, so when submitting the report, please use your Figma account email, include the URL of the affected file, and grant edit access to support-share@figma.com. This will help our team take a closer look and investigate more effectively your case. Thank you 🙏🏼


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