A new Discourse admin, stephtara, asks if updates are automatic, noting that the system seems to have updated 14 hours ago. Canapin clarifies that updates are not automatic and require manual action, such as clicking “Mettre à jour,” with occasional exceptions requiring command-line updates like ./launcher rebuild app. NateDhaliwal adds that the system may have simply fetched the latest version without applying it, reinforcing that updates are not automatic and can be delayed until prompted by the dashboard.
Hi there! Newbie Discourse admin here. A geekier friend did the install for me, so I’m probably missing some prior knowledge I would have if I had done it myself.
I see this in my admin space:
Does this mean things update automatically? Do I need to take any action (like clicking on that update button) or not? I don’t recall having done anything but it seems to have updated 14 hours ago…
Thanks!
Updates aren’t applied automatically, you must click “Mettre à jour”. Sometimes, Docker_manager must be updated before you can update the rest, like in your screenshot.
And less frequently, Discourse must be updated from the command line (./launcher rebuild app), the interface will notify you about this.
Updates are very frequent, but you can just wait for the dashboard to prompt you to update, it’s not necessary to update as soon as new updates are available.
I think it’s that the latest version was fetched 14 hours ago. Like Canapin said, updates aren’t automatic.
