# 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: ![david](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/david/32/157490_2.png) [@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")

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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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