# The /admin/upgrade link in the Admin Quick Start Guide is broken

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-admin-upgrade-link-in-the-admin-quick-start-guide-is-broken/80563
**Category:** Bug
**Created:** [February 14, 2018, 7:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-admin-upgrade-link-in-the-admin-quick-start-guide-is-broken/80563 "2018-02-14T19:43:04Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author: ![notriddle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/notriddle/32/133055_2.png) [@notriddle](https://meta.discourse.org/u/notriddle)
#### Post date: [February 14, 2018, 7:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-admin-upgrade-link-in-the-admin-quick-start-guide-is-broken/80563/1 "2018-02-14T19:43:04Z")

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It’s apparently trying to resolve the route within the Discourse Ember app, which doesn’t work because the upgrader isn’t actually part of the app. It needs to perform a browser-level page navigation.

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### Author: ![techAPJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/techapj/32/342990_2.png) [@techAPJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/techAPJ)
#### Post date: [February 15, 2018, 12:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-admin-upgrade-link-in-the-admin-quick-start-guide-is-broken/80563/2 "2018-02-15T12:53:26Z")

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Fixed via:

[https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/585fc26f8ee66b2fd5b442b699bfb6954181a21b](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/585fc26f8ee66b2fd5b442b699bfb6954181a21b)

Thanks for reporting this issue @notriddle. 👍

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### Author: ![techAPJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/techapj/32/342990_2.png) [@techAPJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/techAPJ)
#### Post date: [February 15, 2018, 12:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-admin-upgrade-link-in-the-admin-quick-start-guide-is-broken/80563/3 "2018-02-15T12:53:31Z")

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