Help: manager extensions open the same dialog as settings

[vilanele]

Hello,
When I click on Manage Extensions, it open the same dialog as when clicking Settings. Normally it should open the ComfyUI Manager new UI. I have ComfyUI Manager installed properly, I don't know what's going on. Anyone with the same problem ? Any solution ? Thanks in advance ! ;)

[dosubot[bot]]

Hi @vilanele! I'm Dosu and I’m helping the ComfyUI_frontend team.

This is a known issue and is often caused by conflicts with certain extensions—most notably, the ComfyUI-LJNodes extension. Disabling ComfyUI-LJNodes and restarting ComfyUI has resolved the problem for other users, allowing the Manager to open its correct UI instead of the Settings dialog. There’s also a bug where the legacy Manager UI can still appear in the top bar and open the wrong dialog, especially in some recent frontend versions. If you have other custom nodes installed, try disabling them as well to see if the issue goes away. If you’re on a recent frontend version and still see this, double-check that all custom nodes are disabled and restart ComfyUI to troubleshoot further [source] [source] [source].

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[vilanele]

Thank you for your reply bot, but I have no custom node sinstalled, only ComfyUI-Manager. I've tried a fresh install again, same problem.

[dosubot[bot]]

This issue can happen even with only ComfyUI-Manager installed—other users have reported the same, and disabling the Manager extension makes the problem go away, which points to a bug or conflict within the Manager itself [source]. Recent frontend updates removed legacy Manager UI fallback, so if the Manager extension isn’t detected or fails to initialize, the Settings dialog opens instead [source].

Here are the most effective troubleshooting steps:

• Make sure both ComfyUI-Manager and ComfyUI_frontend are fully up to date. To update Manager, open a terminal in ComfyUI/custom_nodes/ComfyUI-Manager and run git pull [source].
• Try a clean reinstall: back up your models, input, output, and extra_model_paths.yaml folders, then delete and reinstall ComfyUI. Some persistent files outside custom_nodes can cause conflicts even after a fresh install [source].
• Disable any browser extensions (especially translation plugins), as these have been known to interfere with the frontend UI [source].

If the issue persists after these steps, it’s likely a bug in the Manager or a frontend detection problem. The latest frontend changes rely on correct Manager extension detection—if that fails, you’ll get the Settings dialog instead of the Manager UI [source].

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[vilanele]

Ok thanks but I doubt you are going to be helpful there ;) Still not working

[dosubot[bot]]

I get it—this issue is frustrating, and you’re definitely not alone. Based on everything I’ve found, when “Manage Extensions” opens the Settings dialog instead of the Manager UI, it’s usually because the frontend isn’t detecting the Manager extension properly. This can happen even if you’ve done a clean install and only have ComfyUI-Manager enabled; other users have hit the same wall, and disabling the Manager extension actually makes the problem go away, which points to a bug or detection failure in the Manager itself [source].

Recent frontend updates removed the fallback to the legacy Manager UI, so if the extension isn’t detected or the required feature flags aren’t set, you’ll just get the Settings dialog [source]. There’s no reliable workaround right now—if you’ve already tried updating everything, reinstalling, and disabling browser extensions, it’s likely just a bug that needs a fix upstream.

If you want to help the maintainers track it down, sharing your ComfyUI and Manager versions, plus any browser console errors, could be useful—but it’s totally optional. For now, keeping an eye out for future updates is probably the best move.

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[JorgeR81]

When I try to open the new Manager, it takes me to the "native" extensions menu.

But even before that, the new Manager was broken for me: #5561

Maybe this is a way to "disable" this feature, until it works properly?

[JorgeR81]

Also, I can still use the old Manager, but I'm not even using this cmd --enable-manager-legacy-ui

Comfy-Org/ComfyUI-Manager#1761 (comment)

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So maybe they just decided to enable the old Manager, by default, for everybody, until all major issues with the new Manager are fixed ?