Smarter & Less Intrusive Update Notifications — Respect Server Version Compatibility

[JoeCat]

The current update notification in Alteryx Designer can feel overly persistent and disruptive — especially for enterprise users whose Designer must stay compatible with an Alteryx Server version. Users often see repeated prompts to upgrade Designer to the newest version, even when doing so would break compatibility with their organization’s Server, which can cause errors, confusion, or rework.

Proposed Solution:

Server Version Awareness:
When Designer is connected to Alteryx Server, automatically check the Server version and suppress any upgrade prompt that would lead to a version mismatch.

Flexible Dismissal:
Allow users to snooze or permanently dismiss the update notification for the current version cycle - or dismisal longer than 30 days which is the current max - rather than re-seeing the prompt each launch.

Impact:

Prevents accidental incompatibility between Designer and Server

Reduces user frustration with repetitive prompts

Why This Matters:

Many organizations cannot upgrade Designer independently of Server, and compatibility mismatches lead to support tickets and lost productivity. A smarter, quieter update experience respects these realities and makes version management more reliable for everyone.

[patrick_digan]

This is great! I administer our server and some users are quite confused by the notice.

[MikeA]

Hi @JoeCat 

The server version awareness idea is an interesting one that I definitely want to see if we can add to our backlog. It would be a great way for organizations to help keep users in sync with their server versions.

As for the flexible dismissal idea; in our 2024.2 release we updated Designer Desktop's alerts and notifications to a more modern UI. Along with the UI update we also added additional controls in User Settings to allow the individual user to enable or disable receiving product update notifications rather than continuing to snooze them. 

Thanks!

Mike