Where do you usually update your forum?
Our IT admin updates via the console.
Is this a standard install following the official instructions?
I have it after Upcoming changes. Try to use direct link?
Except… now I don’t see what version I have:
This new design is missing some information that is really needed upfront.
- Version Info is missing
- Backup and Disk Space Info is missing
- Problem Checks without the green ones" (?) Maybe a chance to include this one while on it.
Would it be a problem to add this back in? The UI is already there:
Maybe I am just sentimental about this smiley greeting me?
But this page is not a good replacement, claims “new version available” on each commit, and loads quite annoyingly slow (>3 seconds):
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For others interested, there’s more discussion about some of that over here too: Where did the version information go?
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Our update process is based on git pull to the latest version, then deploy with launcher rebuild.
Does this help?
why not just make the new dashboard for community managers and keep the old one for admins and link them both in the admin sidebar (instead of replacing the old one). problem solved.
clearly admins prefer the old one. i’ve disabled the new one in upcoming changes on my sites so i have the old one only. at some point when i have time, i might build a custom one.
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I don’t need help 
JammyDodger mentioned you might have removed the Docker manager plugin.
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no it doesn’t. most nonstandard installs are updated the same way. maybe have your admin post here instead.
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Thanks. I didn’t see any mention of this, but I’ll look into it.
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The page you mentioned is only visible when the Docker Manager plugin is installed/active, which is not desirable in some circumstances (and I’ve purposefully removed it).
I like the new Dashboard, but in its current state it’s not usable for many sysadmins.
Please add another selectable main block to it with the classic Version and Backups information, or make the new page you mentioned visible and working without the need for the Docker Manager plugin.
The main hurdle here is that Discourse does not differentiate between admins and sysadmins in its “Admin” role, so we both have to share it, with different considerations and expectations (which is one of the reasons why for example I had to remove the Discourse Manager plugin).
Please meet us halfway, I don’t think this is an unreasonable request.
Thank you for your work.
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Thanks for the feedback, something along these lines is in the works.
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Short feedback: we updated our Discourse instance to the latest version. The /admin/update page is available now.
Thanks again.
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We have added a redesigned system section. By default it can be found at the bottom of the dashboard (you can move this up in the configure menu).
This is visible for self-hosters only.
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That’s beautiful! Thank you!
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Some more updates to the dashboard to let you dig further into engagement data:
In the Engagement - Activity by Category section, the topics / posts counts can be selected to go to a filtered list of the new topics / topics with new posts in that category for the given period.
In the Engagement - Who’s posting? section, you can now add additional groups to compare. If you click through to the underlying report (/admin/reports/posters_by_member_type), you can see the specific users within the group and the number of posts they contributed in the given period.
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Will this still be pushed to hosted sites?
Yes, it will be available on your next update.
Happy cakeday, by the way! 
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