It just so happens that we haven’t updated Discourse in a very long time. We’re currently at v2.8.5. I recently discovered that Discourse is well beyond version 3. I’d like to update to the current version, but for now, I’d like to at least update to the latest version 2.8.x - 2.8.14. And here’s a…

Upgrading old version 2.8.5 issues

Falco (Falco) November 20, 2025, 1:04pm 5

Please share your app.yml file, sans passwords.

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