# "Zlib::BufError: buffer error" - Discourse update fails

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/zlib-buffer-error-discourse-update-fails/311347
**Category:** Self-hosting
**Created:** [June 10, 2024, 6:53am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/zlib-buffer-error-discourse-update-fails/311347 "2024-06-10T06:53:31Z")
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### Author: ![JammyDodger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jammydodger/32/254611_2.png) [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [June 10, 2024, 6:59am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/zlib-buffer-error-discourse-update-fails/311347/2 "2024-06-10T06:59:39Z")

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There have been a couple of reports of a similar error recently:

[Cannot build on arm, Zlib::BufError during assets:precompile](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-build-on-arm-zlib-buferror-during-assets-precompile/309300)  
[Rebuild fails when these plugins are present](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rebuild-fails-when-these-plugins-are-present/310455)

Not sure if an exact cause has been found, but one was thought to be Animated Avatars and the other Subscriptions (though Subscriptions has been rebuilding fine for me).

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