# Troubleshooting bootstrap failures in Discourse

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/troubleshooting-bootstrap-failures-in-discourse/376072
**Category:** Self-hosting
**Created:** [July 27, 2025, 6:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/troubleshooting-bootstrap-failures-in-discourse/376072 "2025-07-27T18:20:00Z")
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### Author: ![sam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sam/32/102149_2.png) [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [July 27, 2025, 9:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/troubleshooting-bootstrap-failures-in-discourse/376072/8 "2025-07-27T21:38:22Z")

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> [@Thomas\_Rother](#):
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> ```plaintext
> HINT: The plugin 'discourse-openid-connect' is now bundled with Discourse and should not be included in your container configuration.
> Remove the line 'git clone https://github.com/discourse/discourse-openid-connect' from your containers/web_only.yml file, then try again.
> For more information, see https://meta.discourse.org/t/373574
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> ```

Wait is this `discourse-openid-connect` plugin anywhere in your yml file?

> [@Thomas\_Rother](#):
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> ```plaintext
> FAILED
> --------------------
> Pups::ExecError: cd /var/www/discourse && su discourse -c 'bundle exec rake db:migrate' failed with return #<Process::Status: pid 669 exit 1>
> Location of failure: /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/3.3.0/gems/pups-1.3.0/lib/pups/exec_command.rb:131:in `spawn'
> exec failed with the params {"cd"=>"$home", "tag"=>"migrate", "hook"=>"db_migrate", "cmd"=>["su discourse -c 'bundle exec rake db:migrate'"]}
> 
> ```

This is an issue migrating, can you scroll up to find what failed to migrate?

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