# 500 error on /admin/upgrade
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/500-error-on-admin-upgrade/392957
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [January 8, 2026, 10:04am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/500-error-on-admin-upgrade/392957 "2026-01-08T10:04:41Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@bananaman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/bananaman)
#### Post date: [January 8, 2026, 10:04am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/500-error-on-admin-upgrade/392957/1 "2026-01-08T10:04:41Z")
> [@Visiting /admin/upgrade may lead to a server error](https://meta.discourse.org/t/visiting-admin-upgrade-may-lead-to-a-server-error/274411/1):
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> **Server Error**
> while trying to load /admin/docker/repos
> Error code: 500 error
I’m getting this error after installing updates today. Never seen this before and updates were installing fine even yesterday. Up to date Hetzner server and Docker.
Command line rebuild didn’t help. I’m going to restore server backup and try again.
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### Author:  [@david](https://meta.discourse.org/u/david)
#### Post date: [January 8, 2026, 10:05am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/500-error-on-admin-upgrade/392957/2 "2026-01-08T10:05:35Z")
It’s unlikely to be the same root cause, two years later. So I’ll move this into a fresh topic.
Please can you take a look at `/logs` and see if there’s any more info about the server error?
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### Author:  [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)
#### Post date: [January 8, 2026, 10:06am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/500-error-on-admin-upgrade/392957/3 "2026-01-08T10:06:48Z")
There is another report here
> [@While trying to load /admin/docker/repos Error code: 500 error](https://meta.discourse.org/t/while-trying-to-load-admin-docker-repos-error-code-500-error/392939):
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> What’s happening with Discourse? When I try to load the admin page for an update, I get this error: “while trying to load /admin/docker/repos Error code: 500 error”. I remember this happening when there was a new plugin implemented and it was also installed on the system. But now I don’t have any that I have installed, and I only use the implemented ones. I completed: cd /var/discourse ./launcher rebuild app And everything went smoothly, but the same error occurs again for the update page i…
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### Author:  [@david](https://meta.discourse.org/u/david)
#### Post date: [January 8, 2026, 10:07am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/500-error-on-admin-upgrade/392957/4 "2026-01-08T10:07:27Z")
Thanks! Let’s consolidate the discussion there.
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### Author:  [@david](https://meta.discourse.org/u/david)
#### Post date: [January 8, 2026, 10:07am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/500-error-on-admin-upgrade/392957/5 "2026-01-08T10:07:30Z")