diff --git a/src/components/graph/GraphCanvas.vue b/src/components/graph/GraphCanvas.vue
index 8ef41fb34..1a85b4efb 100644
--- a/src/components/graph/GraphCanvas.vue
+++ b/src/components/graph/GraphCanvas.vue
@@ -302,6 +302,17 @@ onMounted(async () => {
   CORE_SETTINGS.forEach((setting) => {
     settingStore.addSetting(setting)
   })
+
+  // to determine if the user is "new user" or not, we check if the settingValues is empty. only it is empty, we set Comfy.InstalledVersion.
+  // more info: user settings are loaded in the BE folder ComfyUI/user/default/comfy.settings.json and new instance of ComfyUI will have no settings.
+  // if this settings file is not empty, it means the user has already used ComfyUI before, and we should not set the Comfy.InstalledVersion, according to https://github.com/Comfy-Org/ComfyUI_frontend/issues/4073
+  if (Object.keys(settingStore.settingValues).length == 0) {
+    await settingStore.set(
+      'Comfy.InstalledVersion',
+      __COMFYUI_FRONTEND_VERSION__
+    )
+  }
+
   // @ts-expect-error fixme ts strict error
   await comfyApp.setup(canvasRef.value)
   canvasStore.canvas = comfyApp.canvas
diff --git a/src/constants/coreSettings.ts b/src/constants/coreSettings.ts
index 295ea01fd..ee884ef68 100644
--- a/src/constants/coreSettings.ts
+++ b/src/constants/coreSettings.ts
@@ -747,6 +747,13 @@ export const CORE_SETTINGS: SettingParams[] = [
     defaultValue: false,
     versionAdded: '1.8.7'
   },
+  {
+    id: 'Comfy.InstalledVersion',
+    name: 'Installed frontend version',
+    type: 'hidden',
+    defaultValue: null,
+    versionAdded: '1.24.0'
+  },
   {
     id: 'LiteGraph.ContextMenu.Scaling',
     name: 'Scale node combo widget menus (lists) when zoomed in',
diff --git a/src/schemas/apiSchema.ts b/src/schemas/apiSchema.ts
index da637612e..db55f61f0 100644
--- a/src/schemas/apiSchema.ts
+++ b/src/schemas/apiSchema.ts
@@ -451,6 +451,7 @@ const zSettings = z.object({
   'Comfy.Toast.DisableReconnectingToast': z.boolean(),
   'Comfy.Workflow.Persist': z.boolean(),
   'Comfy.TutorialCompleted': z.boolean(),
+  'Comfy.InstalledVersion': z.string().nullable(),
   'Comfy.Node.AllowImageSizeDraw': z.boolean(),
   'Comfy-Desktop.AutoUpdate': z.boolean(),
   'Comfy-Desktop.SendStatistics': z.boolean(),