# View resolved orb version

**URL:** <https://discuss.circleci.com/t/view-resolved-orb-version/50703>\
**Category:** Orbs\
**Created:** [March 5, 2024, 10:47am UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/view-resolved-orb-version/50703 "2024-03-05T10:47:59Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Wallman](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/circleci/user_avatar/discuss.circleci.com/wallman/32/34591_2.png) [@Wallman](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/Wallman)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2024, 10:47am UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/view-resolved-orb-version/50703/1 "2024-03-05T10:47:59Z")

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Hi,

When we are using orbs, we usually just specify the major version (e.g. orb-name@3), to decrease the amount of maintenance to keep these versions up to date. What we are missing right now, is some way to determine which version of an orb that a specific build actually resolved to. This can benefit build failure investigations.

i.e. a way to see what version of an orb a specific build used. Is this possible? It would be great for us.

Best,  
Daniel

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**Author:** ![wyardley](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/circleci/user_avatar/discuss.circleci.com/wyardley/32/19231_2.png) [@wyardley](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/wyardley)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2024, 1:21am UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/view-resolved-orb-version/50703/2 "2024-05-25T01:21:17Z")

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Yes, there is. I’m not in any orgs that are using CircleCI / orbs right now, so had to setup a test job to verify this, but one way is to go to the triple dots for a workflow, then click on ‘configuration file’ and toggle over from “source” to “compiled”.

There will be a comment near the top with the version it resolved to

So in my test, I had

```yaml
version: 2.1

orbs:
  shellcheck: circleci/shellcheck@3

workflows:
  checks:
    jobs:
      - shellcheck/check

```

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/circleci/original/3X/3/3/33ff1841d9cc18d9ee58f81472a59041e0ed4b45.png)