# How to enable update notifications?

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-enable-update-notifications/100488>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [3 March 2026 09:07 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-enable-update-notifications/100488 "2026-03-03T09:07:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![jbudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5f8ce5/32.png) [@jbudd](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/jbudd)\
**Post date:** [3 March 2026 09:07 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-enable-update-notifications/100488/1 "2026-03-03T09:07:18Z")

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

```auto
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

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/1/e/1e12912422f0aa45593b1466ea5faf02623390f5.png)

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

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/a/2/a2b518475b917e8e2f6c640dfa43f41671e8ccc9.png)

What am I missing?

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**Author:** ![Steve-Mcl](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/steve-mcl/32/4826_2.png) [@Steve-Mcl](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Steve-Mcl)\
**Post date:** [3 March 2026 09:30 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-enable-update-notifications/100488/2 "2026-03-03T09:30:40Z")

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

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**Author:** ![jbudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5f8ce5/32.png) [@jbudd](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/jbudd)\
**Post date:** [3 March 2026 10:43 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-enable-update-notifications/100488/3 "2026-03-03T10:43:10Z")

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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

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/3/9/395b24a5d8d17ebeed8de17b006bdce6b2683baa.png)

Thanks Steve.

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**Author:** ![knolleary](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/knolleary/32/3_2.png) [@knolleary](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/knolleary)\
**Post date:** [3 March 2026 11:09 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-enable-update-notifications/100488/4 "2026-03-03T11:09:55Z")

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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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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/1X/d073cd938eafa2e558d7c2cd59003b3ef4963033.png) [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [1 June 2026 11:09 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-enable-update-notifications/100488/5 "2026-06-01T11:09:55Z")

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