$version variable is displayed in Zotero 8 upgrade banner

dstillman · 2026-01-23T04:09:10+00:00

This discussion was created from comments split from: Announcing Zotero 8.

aborel · 2026-01-23T03:42:04+00:00

Very minor issue, in the status message displayed after the upgrade, the name of the $version variable is displayed instead of its value:

https://s3.amazonaws.com/zotero.org/images/forums/u9008/vqrg0rn1wq8f62nj018n.png

(Mac version, but probably not OS-specific)

dstillman · 2026-01-23T03:46:14+00:00

@aborel: Not a general issue. Do you have plugins installed?

https://s3.amazonaws.com/zotero.org/images/forums/u6/akuv5z4qs06wxy8waejb.png

aborel · 2026-01-23T04:08:00+00:00

Yes, several, I hadn't considered that. I'll try to downgrade and repeat the operation to identify which one(s) could be responsible.

dstillman · 2026-01-23T04:12:27+00:00

You don't need to repeat the upgrade. If you closed the banner already, you can just clear the extensions.zotero.postUpgradeBannerVersionShown pref in the Config Editor and restart.

aborel · 2026-01-23T04:39:05+00:00

Thanks for the tip, it will be much more efficient!

dstillman · 2026-01-23T04:57:33+00:00

(BBT has caused this sort of thing before, FWIW, though I'm not sure we ever figured out exactly why.)

aborel · 2026-01-23T05:16:52+00:00

I'm unable to reproduce with just this config change, the variable value is displayed correctly now with the same plugins as before (including BBT, which I suspected too) :-/
Is there a similar config option for "Zotero needs access to Word data to install the Word plugin." and "Zotero now automatically keeps attachment filenames in sync as you make changes to items."?