Just a FYI for people-- don’t try this upgrade during prime time. The 2.6.0b2 upgrade has been running on our server for well over 40 minutes when normally it takes just a couple of minutes, usually over before you check back. I was concerned it was broken, but logging into postgres I can see a hug…

A note on the extended Docker Manager and/or rebuild via SSH time has been added to the release notes.

The upgrade just finished successfully as my panic started to hit its peak. Good times, good times.

Yep, I suggest putting a note in the changelog warning people this one will probably take much longer than most updates, and not to kill it or do anything drastic because that’s expected.

@Wingtip Can I check the number of posts that you have on your forum? Unfortunately, this is going to be slow on sites with a large number of posts.

My local site didn’t have that many posts and it was still quite slow. Not 40 minutes slow but noticeably slower than previous upgrades by 3x-4x maybe?

FWIW: Just rebuilt and now running 2.6.0.beta2 ( 2aa1482421 ) The build process was not noticeably slower on our server.

Thanks @Wingtip , I thought it was just happening with us! Actually, I had to cancel the rebuild and restart the app because I thought it had got stuck on that query you mention. We have 6 million posts and after about 45 minutes was still not completed, so I guess I’ll have to be prepared for at l…

Just pulled out a stop watch and tested a rebuild (site with around 1M posts only) from 2.6.0b1 to b2; and from start to finish, it took 170 seconds. [IMG_9870] [Screen Shot 2020-08-21 at 6.34.31 PM] This is my second rebuild today, going from b1 to b2 and it seems very fine with no noticeable …

I also don’t use the docker manager and prefer to use the rebuild from command line. It’s better this way to see the log in case anything goes wrong. I also think it’s faster.

2.6.0b2 upgrade VERY slow

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codinghorror (Jeff Atwood) August 21, 2020, 1:04am 3

The upgrade was quite slow for me on fast colocated hardware as well. Not entirely sure why, but definitely something to be aware of.

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2.6.0b2 upgrade VERY slow

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