<![CDATA[App update failing with "Downgrades are not permitted"]]>I am facing an issue with an app marked as needed an update even if the the app shows as already being on the latest package version.

  • App: Vaultwarden
  • Current version on the server it is running on: Vaulwarden 1.36.0
  • Package version: com.github.bitwardenrs@1.25.0

I believe that this is already the latest version of the Cloudron package / Vaulwarden app.

The app however shows as having an update available:
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Upon attempting to update, the process fails with the following error:

Downgrades are not permitted for apps installed from AppStore or Community. force to override

This sounds similar to this. However, contrarily to this post, I am not at the liberty to restore backup of the app since I cannot be sure when the issue started and there has been some update to the data within the app since then.

A couple of sidenote:

  • cloning the app works and the cloned app does not suffer from the same issue.
  • cloudron-support --troubleshoot is clean.

Any suggestion on how to solve the underlying issue?

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/topic/15675/app-update-failing-with-downgrades-are-not-permittedRSS for NodeSun, 19 Jul 2026 14:01:07 GMTFri, 03 Jul 2026 09:55:45 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to App update failing with "Downgrades are not permitted" on Sat, 04 Jul 2026 18:44:00 GMT]]>Thanks @nebulon - Much appreciated.

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/126413https://forum.cloudron.io/post/126413Sat, 04 Jul 2026 18:44:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to App update failing with "Downgrades are not permitted" on Sat, 04 Jul 2026 17:27:47 GMT]]>Thanks for giving us access to debug this. It turns out the update info was not cleared on the backend, maybe the update task crashed at the end just before it would have cleared it. We have added a fix for the next release with https://git.cloudron.io/platform/box/-/commit/4c0033f57210b233754f66f2cf4c70c3ff39db1f

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/126411https://forum.cloudron.io/post/126411Sat, 04 Jul 2026 17:27:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to App update failing with "Downgrades are not permitted" on Sat, 04 Jul 2026 03:42:48 GMT]]>

@jdaviescoates said:

By guess is some sort of browser cache or something like that.

Firefox?

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/126400https://forum.cloudron.io/post/126400Sat, 04 Jul 2026 03:42:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to App update failing with "Downgrades are not permitted" on Fri, 03 Jul 2026 18:11:05 GMT]]>By guess is some sort of browser cache or something like that.

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/126392https://forum.cloudron.io/post/126392Fri, 03 Jul 2026 18:11:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to App update failing with "Downgrades are not permitted" on Fri, 03 Jul 2026 11:55:32 GMT]]>then unless we can somehow reproduce this otherwise, I guess we would need to debug this on your system then. If you want that, please send a mail to support@cloudron.io

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/126381https://forum.cloudron.io/post/126381Fri, 03 Jul 2026 11:55:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to App update failing with "Downgrades are not permitted" on Fri, 03 Jul 2026 10:55:57 GMT]]>

@nebulon said:

And if you run systemctl restart box on the server, does the issue persist?

Yes, the issue persist.

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/126379https://forum.cloudron.io/post/126379Fri, 03 Jul 2026 10:55:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to App update failing with "Downgrades are not permitted" on Fri, 03 Jul 2026 10:30:52 GMT]]>And if you run systemctl restart box on the server, does the issue persist?

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/126374https://forum.cloudron.io/post/126374Fri, 03 Jul 2026 10:30:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to App update failing with "Downgrades are not permitted" on Fri, 03 Jul 2026 10:02:29 GMT]]>

@nebulon said:

looks like something has the cached app update info. If you click the "check for updates" button and reload the dashboard, does the situation change?

Unfortunately no, nothing changed - The app is still marked as "update-able"

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/126373https://forum.cloudron.io/post/126373Fri, 03 Jul 2026 10:02:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to App update failing with "Downgrades are not permitted" on Fri, 03 Jul 2026 09:57:34 GMT]]>looks like something has the cached app update info. If you click the "check for updates" button and reload the dashboard, does the situation change?

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/126372https://forum.cloudron.io/post/126372Fri, 03 Jul 2026 09:57:34 GMT