# Have Discourse's requirements changed recently?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/have-discourses-requirements-changed-recently/358732
**Category:** Self-hosting
**Created:** [March 25, 2025, 9:34am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/have-discourses-requirements-changed-recently/358732 "2025-03-25T09:34:10Z")
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### Author: ![Samir\_Faci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/samir_faci/32/119582_2.png) [@Samir\_Faci](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Samir_Faci)
#### Post date: [March 25, 2025, 11:53am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/have-discourses-requirements-changed-recently/358732/2 "2025-03-25T11:53:56Z")

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> [@Canapin](#):
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> Either the requirements have changed, in which case the documentation should be updated, or there’s something wrong.

Agreed. Though the setup for the VM i was using really should have some swap, the machine should have had more than enough RAM to handle the build. Maybe just call out the need for a swap partition/file in the docs?

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