# 500 Error trying to upgrade discourse

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/500-error-trying-to-upgrade-discourse/304364>\
**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Created:** [April 17, 2024, 8:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/500-error-trying-to-upgrade-discourse/304364 "2024-04-17T20:48:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![pfaffman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pfaffman/32/120154_2.png) [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2024, 11:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/500-error-trying-to-upgrade-discourse/304364/8 "2024-04-17T23:30:19Z")

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The good news is that it’s not a Discourse problem.

The easiest thing to do is likely to spin up a new vm. Next is to get your IT team to figure it out. If you’re the team, then I’d check the clock again, the network, and dns. It’s always dns, I hear.

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