# How to reset or set the acknowledge of the announcement message?

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**Created:** [February 4, 2025, 3:23pm UTC](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/how-to-reset-or-set-the-acknowledge-of-the-announcement-message/4014 "2025-02-04T15:23:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![xpillons](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/discourse.openondemand.org/xpillons/32/1256_2.png) [@xpillons](https://discourse.openondemand.org/u/xpillons)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2025, 3:23pm UTC](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/how-to-reset-or-set-the-acknowledge-of-the-announcement-message/4014/1 "2025-02-04T15:23:30Z")

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My environment have an announcement file which has been ack by end users. how to reset this so that the message can appear again ?  
Thank you

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**Author:** ![travert](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/discourse.openondemand.org/travert/32/3074_2.png) [@travert](https://discourse.openondemand.org/u/travert)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2025, 6:02pm UTC](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/how-to-reset-or-set-the-acknowledge-of-the-announcement-message/4014/2 "2025-02-04T18:02:04Z")

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The docs for the new announcements features can be seen here:  
[https://osc.github.io/ood-documentation/latest/customizations.html#announcements](https://osc.github.io/ood-documentation/latest/customizations.html#announcements)

The key thing to note would be the announcement `dismissible` feature defaults  
to `true` but if you are using a `.yml` file and set a key of `dismissible: false`  
this prevents the user from being able to ack and dismiss the announcement.

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**Author:** ![jeff.ohrstrom](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/discourse.openondemand.org/jeff.ohrstrom/32/136_2.png) [@jeff.ohrstrom](https://discourse.openondemand.org/u/jeff.ohrstrom)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2025, 9:08pm UTC](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/how-to-reset-or-set-the-acknowledge-of-the-announcement-message/4014/3 "2025-02-04T21:08:52Z")

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_Any_ change to the content will generate a new announcement. I made sure the unique identifier for any notification is the checksum of it’s content (mostly so I can reuse the same filename over and over). So adding something trivial like a new space or comma here or there should be recognized as a new announcement.

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**Author:** ![xpillons](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/discourse.openondemand.org/xpillons/32/1256_2.png) [@xpillons](https://discourse.openondemand.org/u/xpillons)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2025, 10:35pm UTC](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/how-to-reset-or-set-the-acknowledge-of-the-announcement-message/4014/4 "2025-02-04T22:35:35Z")

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Thanks both for your answers, problem solved for me.

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**Author:** ![abujeda](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/discourse.openondemand.org/abujeda/32/2162_2.png) [@abujeda](https://discourse.openondemand.org/u/abujeda)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2025, 9:46am UTC](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/how-to-reset-or-set-the-acknowledge-of-the-announcement-message/4014/5 "2025-02-11T09:46:26Z")

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Another solution if you use YAML configuration for the announcement, there is an optional parameter named `id`. If the `id` value changes, the announcement will appear again.

```auto
id: 001-2025-02
msg: This is my announcement

```

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/osc/original/2X/b/bae70bd0ed39a3ae769c2108155f4cb3e9da8385.png) [@system](https://discourse.openondemand.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2025, 9:46am UTC](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/how-to-reset-or-set-the-acknowledge-of-the-announcement-message/4014/6 "2025-08-10T09:46:59Z")

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Closed on August 10, 2025, 9:46am UTC

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