Preview of what changes have been made exactly to each component before publishing them

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this is urgently needed

+1, we need to preview component modifications before publishing.

Also, it would be nice if Figma didn't force you to republish a component if there are no differences from the currently published version. Sometimes just selecting a component gives Figma the illusion that the component has been modified, when it is strictly the same...

totally needed. i just joined a new team and they have a lot of unpublished changes by a designer who is not longer working here. I don’t know what has been changed and what i will mess up.

When I was making images for my website: Legal Advice Basics
I felt and observed something very similar.

We use a shared library that multiple team members can modify, and when it’s time to publish updates, I often notice changes that I didn’t personally make. Sometimes it turns out to be an old change I made that unexpectedly affected another component — but it’s really hard to identify what exactly changed because the preview is so small.

A before-and-after preview on hover for each item in the “changes” list would be extremely helpful. Being able to quickly compare what was there before versus what’s new would significantly reduce the risk of publishing components that aren’t fully ready or that introduce unintended side effects.

Right now, the only workaround is asking teammates whether they touched certain components, which breaks focus and slows down the workflow. A clearer visual comparison would save time, improve confidence before publishing, and make collaboration much smoother.

Thanks for considering this — it would be a genuinely valuable improvement ✨

+1

Oh lordy! This is a huge pain point with the Figma publish. For the love of all that is good in Figma, please consider having a preview of the diffs before publishing.