Retool Apps Showing In-Progress Changes Before Release

💬 App Building
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Goal:

I want to ensure that when we are making updates to a Retool app, those changes remain hidden from end users until we explicitly release them.

Issue:

Currently, while editing the app, any in-progress changes are immediately visible to users—even though we haven’t released a new version yet. This is causing confusion because users are seeing incomplete or experimental updates.

Steps Taken to Troubleshoot:

I’ve tried accessing the app using sample embed URLs specifying the releaseVersion, such as:

https://retool.reap.global/embed-redirect?nonce=nonce1&destination=dest%3F_environment%3Dproduction%26_releaseVersion%3Dlatest

https://retool.reap.global/embed-redirect?nonce=nonce1&destination=dest%3F_environment%3Dproduction%26_releaseVersion%3D2.9.11

However, even with releaseVersion set, users still seem to see the latest edits before an official release.

Additional Information:

I’m looking for guidance on how to properly configure Retool so that edits remain invisible to users until published. Any suggestions, recommended best practices, or pointers to relevant documentation would be much appreciated.