Issues with Discourse 3.5.0.beta2-dev - SMTP and Background Jobs

[RGJ (Richard - Communiteq)]

TL;DR don’t rely on ChatGPT, these are all false alarms.

@Kirk

I’ve being relying on AI for help with tasks that I find difficult

It’s good to ask for help, it’s a bad idea to rely on it, as I will show below.
Thank you for reassuring I won’t be made jobless by ChatGPT soon.

@Kirk

Instead of the expected v3.4.0.beta4-dev, the installation defaulted to tests-passed, pulling a potentially unstable version.

beta4-dev is as potentially unstable as tests-passed

@Kirk

The VERSION file was missing, making it unclear what exact version was installed.

There is no such file.

@Kirk

The /etc/service/sidekiq directory was absent inside the Discourse container.

There should not be such a directory.

@Kirk

This prevented all background jobs (emails, notifications, scheduled tasks) from running.

I doubt that.

@Kirk

Running git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD inside the container returned tests-passed, confirming that an unintended version was installed.

This is expected.

@Kirk

Git threw a “detected dubious ownership” error, requiring manual intervention (git config --global --add safe.directory /var/www/discourse).

This is normal behaviour if you use git on a directory while not being the owner.

@Kirk

Even if an older version of Discourse is checked out, there is concern that newer dependencies (Ruby, Redis, Sidekiq) may be pulled during installation, potentially causing compatibility issues.

This does not make sense. And tests-passed is newer than what you ‘expected’, not older.

@Kirk

An attempt to obtain a new Let’s Encrypt SSL certificate failed due to the rate limit being exceeded.

This is because you tried too many times.