Update problem, do I press the big scary red button?

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OK, I know I should have refrained from updating just before my bedtime. This happened:

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I still have that window open (is the journal useful?) but the rest of the site seems down :scream: .

Is this the moment to hit that red button which brings up a warning that this is a ā€œlast resortā€ thing to do?

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If itā€™s still working, and I bet it is, just go to bed.

Tomorrow you can do a command line upgrade.

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this doesnā€™t sound very promising:

Your Ruby version is 3.3.8, but your Gemfile specified ~> 3.4
Docker Manager: FAILED TO UPGRADE

I tried ask.discourse after posting and it suggests doing a full rebuild:

sudo git pull
sudo ./launcher rebuild app

yay or nay?

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Yeah, GUI updates can occasionally fail for various reasons, and the typical next step is a command line rebuild. In my experience thatā€™s always cleared things up.

(And the sudo on those commands assumes youā€™re not logged in as the root user.)

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I rebuilt, and itā€™s working new, phew! Was scary. :fearful:

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Sound familiar @pfaffman ?

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Just writing this for the visitors who will read this topic after having themselves issues with the GUI update:

  1. True, it seems more reliable nowadays, but I had enough issues with it in the past to often prefer using the command-line instead, even if itā€™s less straightforward.

  2. If your update from the interface didnā€™t work, ./launcher rebuild app from the command line is very likely going to repair it, and thereā€™s no reason for which it would result in data loss. Itā€™s safe to use.

    Happy Discoursing!

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In my experience, the big useless button.

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