If you’re currently running a standard installation of Discourse earlier than v3.1.0.beta7 (or stable earlier than v3.0.6), there is a chance you will be met with this error when attempting to upgrade via the admin UI: Server Error while trying to load /admin/docker/repos Error code: 500 error …

Visiting /admin/upgrade may lead to a server error

david (David Taylor) Split this topic January 8, 2026, 10:05am 3

2 posts were split to a new topic: 500 error on /admin/upgrade

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