Thanks, yes I always do that as well, setting it to "Always Ask". But I have noticed that after some updates that setting sometimes gets reverted back to the default. That might have happened when I last updated the program.
Still, there should be a way to change that setting from within a forced update dialog, specifically to avoid the situation that I'm now in with my TY2024 return. Good coding wouldn't even allow such a bind to happen. But when Intuit stopped posting actual Revision History for this product several years ago it became obvious at that time that they would cut any corners they could to save money.
I'm sure that they would do away with the TT Desktop product altogether if they thought they could. But like I've seen you mention elsewhere here, the Online product is simply not in the same class, for so many reasons. I will revert to filling out the IRS's PDF forms myself and mailing in a pile of paper before I ever start using the Online product.
( "JohnQT" stands for John Q. Taxpayer, I'm not enamored with myself, really... 😁 )
