# Maintenance page workaround - can this be done?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/maintenance-page-workaround-can-this-be-done/408967
**Category:** Self-hosting
**Tags:** cloudflare
**Created:** [July 31, 2026, 8:22am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/maintenance-page-workaround-can-this-be-done/408967 "2026-07-31T08:22:23Z")
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### Author: ![Andrew\_Rowe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/andrew_rowe/32/445877_2.png) [@Andrew\_Rowe](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Andrew_Rowe)
#### Post date: [August 24, 2026, 2:41am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/maintenance-page-workaround-can-this-be-done/408967/45 "2026-08-24T02:41:37Z")

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> [@satonotdead](#):
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> May I ask the dumb rule to take this into consideration and know when to use each available updating option?

I’m not an expert, others are much more well versed in these maters but… from my experience **never** count on the web interface succeeding, always be ready to rebuild from the command line. The recent PostgreSQL 15 to 18 upgrade [detailed here](https://meta.discourse.org/t/postgresql-18-update-for-self-hosters/406194/74) was a slam dunk, you know you are not going to get away with the web interface upgrade.

It’s not that hard, consider the web ui upgrade a convenience, if it works… great but be ready if it does not. At least when it doesn’t work, it gives you an informative explanation for what happened and what to do to fix it. Many pro discourse admins around here would tell you not to even bother trying. My forum is small low volume, I can afford to gamble, you may not have that luxury.

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