# Upgrade failed. Database stopped. (multisite install)

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/upgrade-failed-database-stopped-multisite-install/387219
**Category:** Self-hosting
**Created:** [October 31, 2025, 1:02am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/upgrade-failed-database-stopped-multisite-install/387219 "2025-10-31T01:02:39Z")
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#### Post date: [October 31, 2025, 3:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/upgrade-failed-database-stopped-multisite-install/387219/4 "2025-10-31T15:19:42Z")

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> [@Stew\_Pid](#):
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> Haven’t updated in 11 months. Started with trying to upgrade the Docker Manager.

That’s mostly never going to work after 11 months.

Your definitely need to do the postgres 15 upgrade, and that’s part of what’s wrong. It’s possible that that can switch to the postgres 13 and get things going again before doing the upgrade.

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