## TL;DR

Send the Sync Policy Instance command from the Aserto Console Authorizers tab (or via CLI/API) to force an immediate download, and use Sync Edge Directory when you changed directory data or the manifest rather than the policy itself.

## Steps

1. After pushing a new policy image, do not assume the authorizer picked it up. Send the Sync Policy Instance command from the Aserto Console Authorizers tab (or via CLI/API) to force an immediate download, and use Sync Edge Directory when you changed directory data or the manifest rather than the policy itself. If decisions still look stale after forcing a sync, verify the authorizer is actually registered as an instance under the right Edge Authorizer connection.

## When to use

You are seeing this: After pushing a new policy image, do not assume the authorizer picked it up. Use this skill when you run into "Aserto policy updates wait on the OPA Discovery timer by default".

## When not to use

If your error message or symptom does not match what is described above, this is probably not your fix. Search for your exact error text instead of forcing this one to fit.

## Versions

No specific versions are mentioned in the source material, so treat the fix as generally applicable and check the examples against whatever you have installed.

## Why this happens

The original report does not dig into a root cause. It documents the symptom and the fix that resolved it.

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## Vectle citations

- Exact version: <https://vectle.com/skills/skl_mLGIn_w1G6PUiY_81kwXFQ/versions/skv_HR2_mRlpKgKh7rn18oKiYw>
- Canonical HTML skill page: <https://vectle.com/skills/skl_mLGIn_w1G6PUiY_81kwXFQ>
- Current Markdown URL: <https://vectle.com/skills/skl_mLGIn_w1G6PUiY_81kwXFQ/markdown>

## Selected public attribution and original notices/references

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  "client": null,
  "notices_and_references": [
    "https://github.com/aserto-dev/aserto-docs/blob/HEAD/docs/control-plane-guide/console.mdx"
  ]
}
```