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This page shows administrators of Self-Managed W&B deployments how to disable automatic version upgrades for W&B Server and pin its version to a specific release. Pinning a version gives you control over when upgrades happen. This control is useful when you need to coordinate upgrades with internal change management processes or validate a release in a staging environment before you roll it out. These instructions work only for deployments managed by the W&B Kubernetes Operator.
W&B supports a major W&B Server release for 12 months from its initial release date. Customers with Self-Managed instances are responsible for upgrading in time to maintain support. Avoid staying on an unsupported version. W&B recommends that customers with Self-Managed instances update their deployments with the latest release at least once per quarter to maintain support and to receive the latest features, performance improvements, and fixes.

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Requirements

  • W&B Kubernetes Operator v1.13.0 or newer
  • System Console v2.12.2 or newer
To verify that you meet these requirements, refer to the W&B Custom Resource or Helm chart for your instance. Check the version values for the operator-wandb and system-console components.

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Disable automatic updates

To disable automatic updates, use the System Console to pin W&B Server to a specific version, then check the Operator reconciliation logs to confirm that version pinning is active.
  1. Log in to the W&B App as a user with the admin role.
  2. Click the user icon at the top, then click System Console.
  3. Go to Settings > Advanced, then select the Other tab.
  4. In the Disable Auto Upgrades section, turn on Pin specific version.
  5. Click the Select a version drop-down list, then select a W&B Server version.
  6. Click Save.
    System Console showing Pin specific version turned on with a selected W&B Server version
    Automatic upgrades are turned off and W&B Server is pinned at the version you selected.
  7. Verify that automatic upgrades are turned off. Go to the Operator tab and search the reconciliation logs for the string Version pinning is enabled. 
│info 2025-04-17T17:24:16Z wandb default No changes found
│info 2025-04-17T17:24:16Z wandb default Active spec found
│info 2025-04-17T17:24:16Z wandb default Desired spec
│info 2025-04-17T17:24:16Z wandb default License
│info 2025-04-17T17:24:16Z wandb default Version Pinning is enabled
│info 2025-04-17T17:24:16Z wandb default Found Weights & Biases instance, processing the spec...
│info 2025-04-17T17:24:16Z wandb default === Reconciling Weights & Biases instance...