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Confirming that Discourse backup worked properly after updating the app to pick up the 5.0.0 image. Thank you!

@joseph I ran into the same issue with Discourse after upgrading to Cloudron 8.3.0. Here's what I see when connecting via psql:

psql (14.9 (Ubuntu 14.9-0ubuntu0.22.04.1), server 16.6 (Ubuntu 16.6-0ubuntu0.24.04.1))
WARNING: psql major version 14, server major version 16.
         Some psql features might not work.
Type "help" for help.

Looks like it’s running well again. Thanks!

@girish Great to hear!

I'm seeing this in the app's logs. Looks like there is an additional step needed somewhere in the process...

[1] Error processing link <...> for user <...>: browserType.launch: Executable doesn't exist at /home/cloudron/.cache/ms-playwright/chromium-1124/chrome-linux/chrome
[1] ╔═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗
[1] ║ Looks like Playwright Test or Playwright was just installed or updated. ║
[1] ║ Please run the following command to download new browsers:              ║
[1] ║                                                                         ║
[1] ║ yarn playwright install                                                 ║
[1] ║                                                                         ║
[1] ║ <3 Playwright Team                                                      ║
[1] ╚═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝
[1] at archiveHandler (/app/code/lib/api/archiveHandler.ts:64:34)
[1] at archiveLink (/app/code/scripts/worker.ts:112:27)
[1] at /app/code/scripts/worker.ts:133:17
[1] at processBatch (/app/code/scripts/worker.ts:133:6)
[1] at async init (/app/code/scripts/worker.ts:148:7) {
[1] name: 'Error'
[1] }
...
[1] Error processing link <...> for user <...>: browserType.launch: Executable doesn't exist at /home/cloudron/.cache/ms-playwright/chromium-1124/chrome-linux/chrome
[1] ╔═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗
[1] ║ Looks like Playwright Test or Playwright was just installed or updated. ║
[1] ║ Please run the following command to download new browsers:              ║
[1] ║                                                                         ║
[1] ║ yarn playwright install                                                 ║
[1] ║                                                                         ║
[1] ║ <3 Playwright Team                                                      ║
[1] ╚═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝
[1] at archiveHandler (/app/code/lib/api/archiveHandler.ts:64:34)
[1] at archiveLink (/app/code/scripts/worker.ts:112:27)
[1] at /app/code/scripts/worker.ts:133:17
[1] at processBatch (/app/code/scripts/worker.ts:133:6)
[1] at async init (/app/code/scripts/worker.ts:148:7) {
[1] name: 'Error'
[1] }
...
...
[1] /app/code/lib/api/archiveHandler.ts:41
[1] new Error(
[1] ^
[1] Error: Browser has been open for more than 5 minutes.

@nebulon I believe that blocker has been resolved. Perhaps time to revisit? It's a great application.

@girish It did resolve the issue! Currently running n8n@1.48.3 with no problems. Thank you for the upstream coordination!

Great to hear!

I originally posted this issue upstream at https://community.n8n.io/t/all-workflows-deactivated/49352/1, but given that at least one other person who reported the same issue was also running on Cloudron, I think it’s worth flagging here.

After updating to n8n 1.47.1, I started seeing this error:

WorkflowActivationError:

There was a problem activating the workflow: “crypto is not defined”

@girish Two ideas based on this experience for small additions to https://docs.cloudron.io/apps/discourse/

1. Would be great to mention Safe Mode as a useful debugging tool on this page.
2. Would be helpful to add a section on how to uninstall plugins. When I searched online, everything pointed to removing an entry from app.yml, which doesn't exist in the Cloudron setup. I'd imagine it's a modified version of the current section on installing plugins: removing a directory and perhaps re-running plugin:install_all_gems but that's just a guess.

Next step was visiting /admin/customize/themes and checking for updates on the theme and each theme component. After installing all of the updates, I exited Safe Mode and visit in a new window. Discourse is accessible again!

I just discovered Safe Mode, and that helped me narrow the source of the issue to either the theme and theme components that I'm using. Next step is tracking that down, but this helped considerably.

Wanted to share in case others run into the same issue! Visit <discourse_app>/safe-mode to toggle off three different potential sources of issues.

I have four plugins installed, but only one is active. Could an inactive plugin still cause issues?

Rolling back to my 2.3.0 backup fixed the problem. Seems like the issue entered in 2.3.0=>2.4.0.

@girish Rolling back now. Will report what I find.

@girish Looking at the Event Log tab, I see that I was running v2.2.3 until this week and then updated to 2.3 and then 2.4 in a day. So entirely possible this broke with v2.3.0.

After the last update, I'm no longer able to view my forum. Restarting app didn't help.

When I load the app in browser, I see a loading indicator bouncing indefinitely. The browser console suggests that there is an issue with Ember (v5.5.0):

I took a look in my Cloudron app logs, and don't see any notable errors. Saw a few iterations of these two messages while on the loading screen, which I suspect is normal/expected, but wanted to mention just in case.

Feb 07 08:45:00 Redirected to <...>/login
Feb 07 08:45:00 Filter chain halted as :redirect_to_login_if_required rendered or redirected

(This Discourse is configured to put all functionality behind a login.)

It's wonderful to see the Cloudron packaging updated so quickly after the Discourse release! I wanted to share a few notes on my upgrade to v3.1, in case it helps anyone else.

First, I had to remove login.invite_only.validator (which was previously set to "EnableInviteOnlyValidator") from site_settings.yml in order to get the server to start after updating.

Second, one of the featured additions in the 3.1 announcement was the modular Discourse AI plugin. I was interested to test it out, but was unsuccessful in trying it. After adding the plugin and restarting the server, I got caught on this:

PG::UndefinedFile: ERROR: could not open extension control file "/usr/share/postgresql/14/extension/vector.control": No such file or directory

Looks like there is a Postgresql extension that needs to be installed/configured to use this plugin.

I needed to comment out a number of lines in the site_settings.yml file before Discourse would finish starting up.

Specifically, I commented out the following:

• users.min_username_length: min line and max line
• users.max_username_length: min and max
• basic.categories_topics: min and max

After doing this, everything appears to be running smoothly!