# Failed to Bootstrap after upgrade

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/failed-to-bootstrap-after-upgrade/280283>\
**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Created:** [September 27, 2023, 9:43am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/failed-to-bootstrap-after-upgrade/280283 "2023-09-27T09:43:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![packman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/packman/32/289322_2.png) [@packman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/packman)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2023, 9:43am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/failed-to-bootstrap-after-upgrade/280283/1 "2023-09-27T09:43:19Z")

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After applying the latest set of patches I’m getting a bootstrap failure…

```plaintext
FAILED
--------------------
Pups::ExecError: cd /var/www/discourse && su discourse -c 'bundle exec rake db:migrate' failed with return #<Process::Status: pid 1581 exit 1>
Location of failure: /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/pups-1.1.1/lib/pups/exec_command.rb:117:in `spawn'
exec failed with the params {"cd"=>"$home", "hook"=>"db_migrate", "cmd"=>["su discourse -c 'bundle exec rake db:migrate'"]}
bootstrap failed with exit code 1
**FAILED TO BOOTSTRAP** please scroll up and look for earlier error messages, there may be more than one.
./discourse-doctor may help diagnose the problem.

```

The logs show…

```plaintext
I, [2023-09-27T09:27:53.120283 #1] INFO -- : > cd /var/www/discourse && su discourse -c 'bundle exec rake db:migrate'
rake aborted!
Gem::LoadError: can't activate ffi-1.15.5, already activated ffi-1.16.2
/var/www/discourse/lib/plugin_gem.rb:25:in `load'
/var/www/discourse/lib/plugin/instance.rb:825:in `gem'
/var/www/discourse/plugins/discourse-migratepassword/plugin.rb:28:in `activate!'
/var/www/discourse/lib/plugin/instance.rb:722:in `instance_eval'
/var/www/discourse/lib/plugin/instance.rb:722:in `activate!'
/var/www/discourse/lib/discourse.rb:347:in `block in activate_plugins!'
/var/www/discourse/lib/discourse.rb:344:in `each'
/var/www/discourse/lib/discourse.rb:344:in `activate_plugins!'
/var/www/discourse/config/application.rb:227:in `block in <class:Application>'
/var/www/discourse/lib/plugin.rb:6:in `initialization_guard'
/var/www/discourse/config/application.rb:227:in `<class:Application>'
/var/www/discourse/config/application.rb:75:in `<module:Discourse>'
/var/www/discourse/config/application.rb:74:in `<top (required)>'
<internal:/usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/3.2.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb>:38:in `require'
<internal:/usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/3.2.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb>:38:in `require'
/var/www/discourse/Rakefile:7:in `<top (required)>'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.2.0/gems/rake-13.0.6/exe/rake:27:in `<top (required)>'
/usr/local/bin/bundle:25:in `load'
/usr/local/bin/bundle:25:in `<main>'
(See full trace by running task with --trace)

```

I’m currently trying various things to bring my forum back to life.

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