# How critical is this update?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-critical-is-this-update/94517
**Category:** Self-hosting
**Created:** [August 12, 2018, 9:21am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-critical-is-this-update/94517 "2018-08-12T09:21:56Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author: ![Openmind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/openmind/32/88333_2.png) [@Openmind](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Openmind)
#### Post date: [August 12, 2018, 9:21am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-critical-is-this-update/94517/1 "2018-08-12T09:21:56Z")

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Hi, can you please take a look at my version, how critical is the update? In other words, do I need to update my version or can I wait?

 ![discourse_version](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/1/d/1db8ecc9750886d89c5bd2fd60ccadff6983188e.png)

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### Author: ![merefield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/merefield/32/176214_2.png) [@merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/merefield)
#### Post date: [August 12, 2018, 9:25am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-critical-is-this-update/94517/2 "2018-08-12T09:25:32Z")

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FYI, here’s [what’s in 2.1 so far …](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-version-2-1/86339) as to which of these is considered critical …

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### Author: ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [August 12, 2018, 9:31am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-critical-is-this-update/94517/3 "2018-08-12T09:31:50Z")

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You’re providing kinda bad info here.

If a release is marked critical, that means there are important security issues fixed in the release that should make the update mandatory.

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### Author: ![merefield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/merefield/32/176214_2.png) [@merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/merefield)
#### Post date: [August 12, 2018, 9:34am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-critical-is-this-update/94517/4 "2018-08-12T09:34:42Z")

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Apologies, not my intention … obviously makes sense to upgrade asap whenever you get notified of a critical update