Make version history searcheable

I totally agree. Being able to search and filter version history would make managing saves much easier. A text search could help you quickly locate specific changes, while a date filter would let you narrow down to the time period you need. A creator filter would also be really useful in collaborative projects to see who made each version. These features would save a lot of time and frustration compared to scrolling through long lists of versions.

There might be two possible workarounds:

• First, by using the Figma REST API version history endpoints.
• Second, by creating a custom plugin that saves file version history along with the version ID for future use, using figma.saveVersionHistoryAsync().

It would also be practical/useful to have access to different levels of history viewing, especially when dealing with files that are old (more than a year). For example, a view by month, in addition to a more detailed view (the current view). This would be more practical to be able to go back in the history (which can sometimes contain a lot of elements, which makes searching for a very old version quite tedious.

PLEASE implement this. I beg you, Figma. I don’t believe it’s that complicated, but it adds so much value to us. I literally need to dig through a version history from 2 years ago, and it’s PAINING me to keep clicking “Show older”. Give us a date range filter and search by version name.

Workaround: Access file version history through API. It works on any paid plan.

You need to generate Personal access token with file_versions:read scope https://help.figma.com/hc/en-us/articles/8085703771159-Manage-personal-access-tokens
Afterwards, you can scrape file version history of any Figma file with a script or AI agent of your choice.

Thank you for the tip! Will have to try this :)