How do I update a SPFx App in Dev without updating Staging or Prod?

Question

Ok, I did a change in one of my SPFx web parts, incremented the version in package-solution.json file and deployed the app in the app catalog.

In the Dev site I went into the Details for the app, and I saw the new version there and clicked in the Get It button.

I went in the page where the web part is and refreshed the page and it was updated successfully.

However, for my surprise, I went in the production site (in the same tenant) and refreshed the page and the changes were there as well! It was strange because I didn't go to the Details and clicked in the Get it button in the production site.

How can I have different versions of the same web part in Dev/Staging/Prod?

Answer 1

If you are using a same tenant for development, staging sites and production then it is not possible to update a SPFx App in Development environment without updating Staging or Production.

For such scenarios you should consider using Site collection level App catalog.

To configure Site collection level App catalog, check below official documentation by Microsoft:

Use the site collection app catalog