Enable automatic UI updates

Enable automatic UI updates to receive the most recent UI features and bug fixes for supported Splunk Web UI pages.

You can disable automatic UI updates and return to the default Splunk Web UI in the current version of Splunk Cloud Platform at any time.

Requirements

To enable automatic UI updates a user's role must hold the edit_auto_ui_updates, rest_properties_get, and rest_properties_set capabilities.

Supported UI pages

Splunk Cloud Platform currently supports automatic UI updates for the following Splunk Web UI pages:

• Uploaded apps
• IP allow list

Enable automatic UI updates in Splunk Web

After you enable Automatic UI updates on a search heard, you receive automatic updates on this search head. To receive automatic updates on all search heads, enable the feature on each. The updates are not replicated across search heads.

To enable automatic UI updates:

1. In Splunk Web, click Settings > Automatic UI updates.
2. Toggle the switch to Enable automatic UI updates.
   Your Splunk Cloud Platform deployment will now display the most recent UI updates for the supported Splunk Web UI pages.

Enabling automatic UI updates does not require a restart.