# Stuck on “currently upgrading...”

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/stuck-on-currently-upgrading/111592
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [March 14, 2019, 3:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/stuck-on-currently-upgrading/111592 "2019-03-14T15:30:07Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author: ![mcnesium](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/mcnesium/32/133983_2.png) [@mcnesium](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mcnesium)
#### Post date: [March 14, 2019, 3:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/stuck-on-currently-upgrading/111592/1 "2019-03-14T15:30:07Z")

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1. Receive E-Mail “new version available”
2. Click the “upgrade with the _one-click-browser-upgrade_” link
3. Land on [https://my.discourse.instance/admin/upgrade](https://my.discourse.instance/admin/upgrade)
4. See _Currently upgrading…_ button in the discourse status column  
 ![Screenshot%20from%202019-03-14%2016-06-26](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/e/3/e3020dd9ff96a5ee71f3e50887a3d8ecd733ec25.png)

Why is it stating that it is (already) doing an upgrade? Is it really already that what _one-click-browser-upgrade_ is telling me?

1. Click _Currently upgrading…_ button
2. Land on [https://my.discourse.instance/admin/upgrade#/upgrade/discourse](https://my.discourse.instance/admin/upgrade#/upgrade/discourse)

Nothing is happening in that black “terminal view” thing, but in Firefox Devtools it states “unreachable code after return statement”:

 ![Screenshot%20from%202019-03-14%2016-18-48](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/a/b/abb03b76242a4087eaf54ed7164fa42747a100c7.png)

What is wrong here? This is happening on a plain Debian 9 with Discourse installed after [Beginner Docker install guide](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/master/docs/INSTALL-cloud.md)

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### Author: ![jomaxro](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jomaxro/32/126216_2.png) [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)
#### Post date: [March 14, 2019, 3:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/stuck-on-currently-upgrading/111592/2 "2019-03-14T15:31:56Z")

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What you mentioned in step 4 sounds like a _previous_ upgrade did not clean up properly. Go ahead and try clicking “Reset Upgrade”, then return to `/admin/upgrade` and attempt to upgrade again. If that still fails, you’ll need to upgrade via SSH.

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### Author: ![mcnesium](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/mcnesium/32/133983_2.png) [@mcnesium](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mcnesium)
#### Post date: [March 14, 2019, 3:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/stuck-on-currently-upgrading/111592/3 "2019-03-14T15:57:41Z")

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this worked. thx 👍

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### Author: ![jomaxro](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jomaxro/32/126216_2.png) [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)
#### Post date: [March 14, 2019, 6:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/stuck-on-currently-upgrading/111592/4 "2019-03-14T18:52:07Z")

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