# Failing update **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/failing-update/379986 **Category:** Self-hosting **Created:** [August 23, 2025, 7:26am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/failing-update/379986 "2025-08-23T07:26:23Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 12
### Author: ![itsbhanusharma](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/itsbhanusharma/32/180717_2.png) [@itsbhanusharma](https://meta.discourse.org/u/itsbhanusharma) #### Post date: [August 23, 2025, 10:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/failing-update/379986/12 "2025-08-23T22:08:39Z")
This is a permission issue on Postgres. You need to manually enter the database and install or update the vector extension. More help here > [@Build error: permission denied to create extension "vector"](https://meta.discourse.org/t/build-error-permission-denied-to-create-extension-vector/378562): > > Hi, I’m having problems rebuilding my multisite discourse install. I get the errors pasted below. I’m running ./launcher rebuild app as root. git status in /var/discourse says I’m up to date with branch main. it reports running postgres 15.13: 2025-08-14 10:35:04.390 UTC [45] LOG: starting PostgreSQL 15.13 (Debian 15.13-1.pgdg120+1) on x86\_64-pc-linux-gnu, compiled by gcc (Debian 12.2.0-14) 12.2.0, 64-bit I have disabled all plugins apart from docker\_manager discourse-doctor doesn’t find an… --- _[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/failing-update/379986)._