[image] Visiting /admin/upgrade may lead to a server error 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 …

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?

There is another report here [image] While trying to load /admin/docker/repos Error code: 500 error Support 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:…

Thanks! Let’s consolidate the discussion there.

500 error on /admin/upgrade

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Moin January 8, 2026, 10:06am 3

There is another report here

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Update Discourse link server error 500 Support	2	66	January 8, 2026
Link to upgrade shows 500 error Bug	7	1017	October 2, 2017
:cn: 500 error when upgrading Discourse \| Discourse 升级时候 500 错误 Sysadmins chinese-translation	2	319	May 19, 2024
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500 error on /admin/upgrade

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