How to enable update notifications?

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My main Node-red server has v4.1.4.
The telemetry section of settings.js looks like this

telemetry: {
        /**
         * By default, telemetry is disabled until the user provides consent the first
         * time they open the editor.
         *
         * The following property can be uncommented and set to true/false to enable/disable
         * telemetry without seeking further consent in the editor.
         * The user can override this setting via the user settings dialog within the editor
         */

        enabled: true,
        /**
         * If telemetry is enabled, the editor will notify the user if a new version of Node-RED
         * is available. Set the following property to false to disable this notification.
         */
         updateNotification: true    // Also tried with this commented out
    },

It does show me available updates for nodes

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But nether before nor after updating the nodes does it show that NR 4.1.6 is available.

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What am I missing?

2

You likely denied previously so try editing (or deleting) .config.runtime.json
Key name is telemetryEnabled

3

Hmm.

.config.runtime.json did indeed contain enableTelemetry: false (or similar) but neither changing it to true nor deleting the file, and restarting Node-red restored the notification.

Rebooting the Pi broke my network...

However now I see

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Thanks Steve.

4

Just to add, the telemetry ping happens 30mins after Node-RED starts and every 24 hrs after that. So the notification won't appear instantly on a just-started instance.

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