# Migration failed: relation "user\_required\_fields\_versions" already exists

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/migration-failed-relation-user-required-fields-versions-already-exists/325378
**Category:** Self-hosting
**Tags:** unsupported-install
**Created:** [September 6, 2024, 9:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/migration-failed-relation-user-required-fields-versions-already-exists/325378 "2024-09-06T21:16:58Z")
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### Author: ![pfaffman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pfaffman/32/120154_2.png) [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [September 7, 2024, 1:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/migration-failed-relation-user-required-fields-versions-already-exists/325378/5 "2024-09-07T13:39:08Z")

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> [@Clo](#):
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> Do you think it will be possible to fix it without losing all my data?

Absolutely.

Not a problem.

> [@Clo](#):
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> I created a backup right before updating, but I didn’t download it to my local server before the site crashed

Perfect.

I don’t have any ideas that I can easily explain, but we can get you going again.

The team is off for the weekend, so it’ll likely be a bit before someone who knows about this will be online.

I might be able to fix it today for a fee. See [Contact Us - Literate Computing](https://www.literatecomputing.com/contact/)

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