Hi all, I’m a tech for an online Discourse Forum that for some reason?? (which I can’t put my finger on) is running a beta version 2.5.0 beta 3 I have the owner who isn’t very tech savvy who I think has continually checked in and pressed the Update button until we’ve arrived at a Beta version. Thi…

Downgrading isn’t supported, there’s an existing topic with some more detail here: Downgrade to stable? By default Discourse installs use the beta branch (we generally recommend it), clicking update shouldn’t change that.

Thanks!! I WILL check out that thread. So the Beta version is common place on install? One of the problems I’ve had is that the owner upgraded to the next beta version and it was reliant on the Docker upgrade. So, he upgraded Docker and the Forum crashed. I then reverted back to a backup on the S…

Make sure to read the PostgreSQL 12 update topic here: [image] PostgreSQL 12 update megaphoneAnnouncements warning WARNING! If your database is very large, you will need a lot of extra disk space (2x database size) and should be very careful with this upgrade…

Thanks Kane. My intention is to update any software other than Discourse would be to do it via apt on the terminal at the Server. I will only update Discourse via the Discourse update button.

[image] Vaughan: I will only update Discourse via the Discourse update button. Several times a year you will need to upgrade from the command line.

Discourse Update Probs. Help please

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pfaffman (Jay Pfaffman) May 16, 2020, 2:45pm 6

Several times a year you will need to upgrade from the command line.

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Discourse Update Probs. Help please

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