# Forum not working after update – what’s missing?
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/forum-not-working-after-update-what-s-missing/381242
**Category:** Self-hosting
**Created:** [September 2, 2025, 7:38am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/forum-not-working-after-update-what-s-missing/381242 "2025-09-02T07:38:23Z")
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### Author:  [@wenqin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/wenqin)
#### Post date: [September 4, 2025, 3:56am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/forum-not-working-after-update-what-s-missing/381242/27 "2025-09-04T03:56:40Z")
Tried skipping the steps and ran `./launcher rebuild app` again. During the process, some **errors** appeared but it still continued:
```plaintext
I, [2025-09-04T03:40:40.494062 #1] INFO -- :
I, [2025-09-04T03:40:40.494476 #1] INFO -- : > /usr/local/bin/create_db
2025-09-04 03:40:40.678 UTC [63] postgres@postgres ERROR: database "discourse" already exists
2025-09-04 03:40:40.678 UTC [63] postgres@postgres STATEMENT: CREATE DATABASE d iscourse;
createdb: error: database creation failed: ERROR: database "discourse" already exists
2025-09-04 03:40:40.783 UTC [66] postgres@discourse ERROR: role "discourse" alr eady exists
2025-09-04 03:40:40.783 UTC [66] postgres@discourse STATEMENT: create user disc ourse;
ERROR: role "discourse" already exists
最后的输出
112:M 04 Sep 2025 03:42:39.706 # User requested shutdown...
112:M 04 Sep 2025 03:42:39.706 * Saving the final RDB snapshot before exiting.
2025-09-04 03:42:39.726 UTC [45] LOG: database system is shut down
112:M 04 Sep 2025 03:42:39.924 * DB saved on disk
112:M 04 Sep 2025 03:42:39.925 # Redis is now ready to exit, bye bye...
FAILED
--------------------
Pups::ExecError: cd /var/www/discourse && su discourse -c 'bundle exec rake db:m igrate' failed with return #
Location of failure: /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/3.3.0/gems/pups-1.3.0/lib/pups/exe
```
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