# Why doesn't an update button appear in the palette manager for some nodes that have available npm updates?

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**Created:** [22 January 2022 04:03 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/why-doesnt-an-update-button-appear-in-the-palette-manager-for-some-nodes-that-have-available-npm-updates/57036 "2022-01-22T04:03:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![hepcat72](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/hepcat72/32/8078_2.png) [@hepcat72](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/hepcat72)\
**Post date:** [22 January 2022 04:03 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/why-doesnt-an-update-button-appear-in-the-palette-manager-for-some-nodes-that-have-available-npm-updates/57036/1 "2022-01-22T04:03:24Z")

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I'm sure this is a dumb question, but I was trying to deal with errors in the log WRT node `node-red-contrib-homebridge-automation`. The palette manager showed I was on version 0.79 and there was no update button. It said the version was 11 months old. I looked it up on npm and its current version there was 0.85, and the notes suggested it might contain a fix for what I was seeing in the logs. And there have been updates through April '21.

I thought that if there was an update published in npm, it would appear in the palette manager. So why wasn't there an update button for that node?

I am on an old version of node-red (1.0.2). Is this an issue that has been fixed?

Thanks,  
Rob

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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:** [22 January 2022 08:02 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/why-doesnt-an-update-button-appear-in-the-palette-manager-for-some-nodes-that-have-available-npm-updates/57036/2 "2022-01-22T08:02:29Z")

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> [@hepcat72](#):
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> The palette manager showed I was on version 0.79 and there was no update button. It said the version was 11 months old. I looked it up on npm and its current version there was 0.85

Node-red installs the version that is present in the node catalogue here : [node-red-contrib-homebridge-automation (node) - Node-RED](https://flows.nodered.org/node/node-red-contrib-homebridge-automation)

 ![Screenshot_20220122-080248](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/d/2/d295ee0758cae735986f61ba2da9e3100fdfb136.jpeg)

If the developer updates npm they also need to update the flows library.

I will request a refresh - check again in a short while.

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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:** [23 March 2022 08:02 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/why-doesnt-an-update-button-appear-in-the-palette-manager-for-some-nodes-that-have-available-npm-updates/57036/3 "2022-03-23T08:02:53Z")

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