As a new self-hosted Discourse user, I’m still trying to figure out how things work, so please bear with me… When it comes to updating, I noticed today that when the Docker_manager has an update, I can’t update anything else such as Discourse and the plugins. It took me a while to understand that I had to click Update in the Docker_manager row to then have the Update All button as well as the individual Update buttons for the plugins unlocked. Is this the normal behavior, and why? (I also thought that “Processes” was the progress of the update… I could sit and wait forever :man_facepalming:t2:). When you update, is there any “best practices”, such as updating the components, first, then the plugins, then Discourse? I’m trying to avoid as many potential errors as possible. Thank you. Suggestion to the team: when we click the “Update” button, instead of just sending us to the update page, it should also start updating right away. I clicked the Update button in the Docker_manager and I was just sitting there waiting for the progress bar to show, until I realized I had to click Start Updating. Seems counterintuitive to click some Update button twice.

I think a similar request has been made here: [image] Update docker manager first instruction in admin/upgrade section Feature When entering the admin/upgrade section for the first time to upgrade, the update all or any upgrade button will not be clickable except for the docker manager. There is no information on those pages on why the upgrade buttons don’t work, this process could be more user friendly and just show a message “update docker manager first”

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alltiagocom (Tiago) July 9, 2025, 10:55pm 3

Thank you. Just left my feedback there.

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