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Upgrade path from 3.5.15 to the latest (alien.top)

submitted 11 months ago by jamesgamble@alien.top to c/mastodon

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I just inherited a Mastodon server that was on 3.5.1. I've got it upgraded to 3.5.15, which appears to the be latest version of the 3.5 branch. Which branch should I upgrade to now? 4.x, 4.1.x, or 4.2.x?

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[–] nan05@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

In my opinion the latest.

Make sure you read the full release notes of every intermediary release, as some contain upgrade steps (skipping those labelled ‘beta’ or ‘rc’)

When I say ‘read the full release notes’ please note, that the release list at https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/releases only contains the beginning of each release note. You’ll need to click on the title of each release to read the full notes.

So: (1) read full release notes of all releases. (2) take a note of all steps required in each release. (3) check out 4.2.1. (4) execute all steps in order.

Don’t forget (0) make a backup though 😬