# Failed to bootstrap - pups

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/failed-to-bootstrap-pups/282956>\
**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Created:** [October 21, 2023, 1:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/failed-to-bootstrap-pups/282956 "2023-10-21T01:50:13Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 21, 2023, 1:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/failed-to-bootstrap-pups/282956/1 "2023-10-21T01:50:13Z")

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- I am running into a upgrade issue after a recent update.

- The app suddenly stopped for me with the “oops” message.

- And then as I am trying to trying to the update (./launcher rebuild app), I am running into this.

- I have disabled all plugins too.

Any suggestions on how to bring my app back up?

```plaintext

FAILED
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Pups::ExecError: cd /var/www/discourse && su discourse -c 'bundle exec rake db:migrate' failed with return #<Process::Status: pid 749 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.
481a982e1362643c5caed63c5d9fdc1312e051782b7cb43d151c39421ff8adcd

```

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