# Smoke-testing plugins during upgrade process **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature\ **Created:** [October 1, 2017, 8:18am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/smoke-testing-plugins-during-upgrade-process/71118 "2017-10-01T08:18:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 1
**Author:** ![ChrisBeach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/chrisbeach/32/214628_2.png) [@ChrisBeach](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ChrisBeach)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2017, 8:18am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/smoke-testing-plugins-during-upgrade-process/71118/1 "2017-10-01T08:18:48Z")
Continuing the discussion from [Blank page loaded after todays upgrade due to incompatible plugin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/blank-page-loaded-after-todays-upgrade-due-to-incompatible-plugin/71093/8): Plugin compatibility is an issue that has bitten me a couple of times. Yes - I have been using unsupported plugins. But no - these shouldn’t be able to take down my forum when I innocently hit the upgrade button on Discourse core. Firstly, I accept that the hard-working core Discourse team have enough on their plate, and they shouldn’t have to support myriad third party plugins. This would slow core development down and create all sorts of awkward developer coordination bottlenecks. However, there may be a simple and universal solution here that doesn’t require ongoing effort from the core team. I propose that on hitting the upgrade button, a new docker image is built in the background, and within it, acceptance tests of all plugins are run _before_ the switch-over happens from old to new docker image (apologies if I have mis-stated any technical terminology). If any tests fail, the upgrade is cancelled and the admin is alerted to the failing tests. No site downtime. No errors seen by users. All third party plugins should come with acceptance tests that will fail if the plugin has b0rked the Discourse instance upon core upgrade (eg blank screens, JavaScript errors etc). With this in place I can be confident that upgrading the forum is not a “Russian roulette” operation. --- _[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/smoke-testing-plugins-during-upgrade-process/71118)._