# 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")
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### Author: ![bananaman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/bananaman/32/493705_2.png) [@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")

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> [@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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