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Updates to channel description and disclaimer not appearing in Teams/365 Chat

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For my published agent in a managed solution, I edited the Channel description for the provided "Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Teams" channel, and saved. The changes do not appear in Teams. I have saved & Published. Same problem.

I had done the same operation in a lower environment, and changes appeared.

Anyone have an idea of why it seems to work "sometimes?" or how I can force it? I've tried a trivial change deployment up to my managed environment, and while I see *instruction* changes, no new details in my Teams.

I have waited multiple days, because I know that (for some reason) changes to Teams take time. But not 72-hours time.

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Beyond The Platforms 215 on at

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Hi,

This is a known behavior when updating channel descriptions/disclaimers for agents published via managed solutions.

"You must submit a new approval request to update the icon and descriptions for agents that were previously approved."

This means that changes to the channel description and disclaimer are NOT propagated automatically after a re-publish — they require a new admin approval cycle.

Here's what you should do:

1. Open the Teams & M365 Copilot channel configuration panel in Copilot Studio
2. Go to Availability options → Submit for admin approval (even if the agent was previously approved)
3. An admin will need to review and re-approve the updated metadata in the Teams Admin Center
4. Once approved, all users will receive the updated description/disclaimer

This explains why instruction changes appear (those propagate with a standard re-publish) but channel metadata (description, disclaimer) does not — they follow a separate approval flow.

Hope this helps!
Paolo

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Thank you Paolo, that was exactly it -- the environment from which I had the disclaimer appearing was a side-loaded environment, not approved by our admin in teams admin center.

I knew that manifest & icon changes required new approval, but this was the first attempt at adding a disclaimer. Will be useful for future knowledge.

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