I had a long-standing issue with a Discourse install that was stuck at v2.9.0.beta1—due to personal challenges, I couldn’t resolve it for years. Back then, it seemed impossible to move to v2.9.0.beta2. Recently, while troubleshooting a rebuild problem, I commented out certain hooks in my app.yml (sp…

You can take a look at this guide: [image] Configure a supported tracking branch to get Discourse software updates Self-Hosting bookmark This guide explains how to configure a supported tracking branch for your Discourse instance to manage software updates. pe…

Change tests-passed to stable in your app.yml. If you don’t have that in your yml you can look at the samples directory.

Thanks, so I had: ## Which Git revision should this container use? (default: tests-passed) #version: tests-passed I updated it to be: ## Which Git revision should this container use? (default: tests-passed) version: stable After rebuild, the system is now at: 3.5.0.beta1-dev Which seems…

[image] M. Reacher: After rebuild, the system is now at: 3.5.0.beta1-dev It would appear that you changed the version to stable after the rebuild. You’re beyond stable now, so you’ll need to change it to beta or tests-passed until the next stable release (and since there was one in the past w…

No, unfortunately I did not… I am 100% certain of this, it was on 3.4.0.beta4-dev and then I changed the app.yml and then did the rebuild. Then 3.5.0.beta1-dev showed up. This is 100% the path that was followed… I have ZERO doubt just to be clear about this. I literally verified things prior to the …

[image] M. Reacher: and then I changed the app.yml and then did the rebuild. Does the line with tests-passed in it start with a #?

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It’s commented out, so what you put there does not matter and the default is tests passed. When you rebuilt to rebuilt to the latest tests passed

Thanks again for your help @pfaffman . To summarize my current understanding: Our instance was running 3.4.0.beta4-dev, which is not considered a stable release. When I updated my configuration to use version: stable (with the default commented out), I expected that future rebuilds would lock the i…

[image] Jay Pfaffman: It’s commented out Hmm. Doesn’t look like it to me: [image]

Stuck at v2.9.0.beta1 – Now Running 3.4.0.beta4-dev after Disabling Hooks: How Can I Lock to Stable Releases?

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NateDhaliwal (Nate Dhaliwal) February 6, 2025, 7:15am 2

You can take a look at this guide:

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Stuck at v2.9.0.beta1 – Now Running 3.4.0.beta4-dev after Disabling Hooks: How Can I Lock to Stable Releases?

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