Library Automatic Upgrade FAQs

It gets you immediate access to the latest Yottaa functionality and saves you extra time spent performing manual updates.

Yottaa typically updates libraries quarterly and sometimes as often as monthly depending on the new capabilities being added.

Yottaa suspends all library releases during the holiday code freeze, which typically begins in late October and continues through early January. The specific dates are chosen each year depending on conditions at the time. Yottaa may publish a portal release in December if changes to the UI are necessary to keep the Yottaa portal current with evolving security requirements.

Library updates normally include some combination of: 

• New features for your site.

• Improvements to existing features.

• Bug fixes.

• Security enhancements.

For a list of recent releases and the updates they include, see Library Releases and Versions.

No. All version updates are backwards compatible and have been through Yottaa's rigorous regression testing and feature validation process. In the very rare case of issues occurring, they are addressed with the utmost priority and urgency.

Yottaa provides two weeks notice prior to a major new release becoming available, one week before a minor release, and 3 days before a patch release. For details, see Library Releases and Versions.

Click Settings > Site Actions > Change Library and scroll to the bottom of the screen. If the Automatically update check box is checked, you are enrolled.

If you have the current Latest version installed, the automatic update feature is enabled by default.

You can enroll or un-enroll at any time by doing the following:

1. In the Yottaa portal, click Settings > Site Actions.

2. Click Change Library.

3. Check or uncheck the Automatically update check box at the bottom of the screen. 
4. Click Save.

For more information, see Library Management Slider.

On the Library Management screen, when you select a library with a version assigned to it (Next or Latest) and enroll in automatic updates by checking the Automatically update check box, your site will automatically be updated each time a new release is available for your selected version.

On the Library Management screen, each of the current library releases has a version assigned to it, as follows.