Hello, we just upgraded to the latest build from a recent version (around 1 week ago), and our website is currently down. Categories.json is not loading, and this is the error we see in the logs: ActiveRecord::StatementInvalid (PG::UndefinedColumn: ERROR: column categories.suppress_from_latest do…

Hello Sam, I thought it was the official one because it was under the discourse/ repository, but it looks like it was not developed by you guys (and not updated in 2 years). You just ported it to Ember 2. https://github.com/discourse/plugin_discourse_dynamic_sidebar The issue is in plugin.rb, whe…

Try rebuilding again and see if that helps.

[image] Magnetidog: a recent version (around 1 week ago) This column was dropped recently, so check to see if this error was raised in plugin code. A more complete backtrace should show this information.

Rebuild apparently did not help! This is the full error. ActiveRecord::StatementInvalid (PG::UndefinedColumn: ERROR: column categories.suppress_from_latest does not exist LINE 1: ...ory_id AND categories.read_restricted = false AND categories... …

[image] Magnetidog: abstract/query_cache.rb:105:in select_all’ /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/rub From the backtrace it looks like it might be the sidebar plugin - checking it-.

Hello! It is the official discourse sidebar plugin causing this, disabling it fixes the issue. Here is the backtrace again /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.6.0/gems/rack-mini-profiler-1.1.3/lib/patches/db/pg.rb:69:in `async_exec_params' /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.6.0/gems/rack-…

Can you link me to the plugin, are you sure it has the official tag?

Installing Dynamic Sidebar FAILED -------------------- Pups::ExecError: cd /var/www/discourse/plugins && git clone https://github.com/tcreativo/plugin_discourse_dynamic_sidebar.git failed with return #<Process::Status: pid 329 exit 128> Location of failure: /pups/lib/pups/exec_command.rb:112:in `sp…

Discourse Upgrade Breaks Categories.json

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codinghorror (Jeff Atwood) April 10, 2020, 7:49pm 10

Did you follow the advice printed above in your post and scroll up and look for error messages?

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Discourse Upgrade Breaks Categories.json

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