# Forum upgrade failed: 5 days data loss, sorry

**URL:** <https://forum.johnnydecimal.com/t/forum-upgrade-failed-5-days-data-loss-sorry/541>\
**Category:** The Johnny.Decimal system\
**Created:** [September 7, 2022, 2:56am UTC](https://forum.johnnydecimal.com/t/forum-upgrade-failed-5-days-data-loss-sorry/541 "2022-09-07T02:56:58Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![johnnydecimal](https://forum.johnnydecimal.com/user_avatar/forum.johnnydecimal.com/johnnydecimal/32/1759_2.png) [@johnnydecimal](https://forum.johnnydecimal.com/u/johnnydecimal)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2022, 2:56am UTC](https://forum.johnnydecimal.com/t/forum-upgrade-failed-5-days-data-loss-sorry/541/1 "2022-09-07T02:56:58Z")

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Hey all. Hopefully a very minor inconvenience, but the Discourse upgrade process failed and I had to restore from a backup. Fortunately only 5 days ago and it’s been really quiet round here.

Sorry!

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**Author:** ![johnnydecimal](https://forum.johnnydecimal.com/user_avatar/forum.johnnydecimal.com/johnnydecimal/32/1759_2.png) [@johnnydecimal](https://forum.johnnydecimal.com/u/johnnydecimal)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2022, 2:57am UTC](https://forum.johnnydecimal.com/t/forum-upgrade-failed-5-days-data-loss-sorry/541/2 "2022-09-07T02:57:16Z")

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**Author:** ![bogenschlag](https://forum.johnnydecimal.com/user_avatar/forum.johnnydecimal.com/bogenschlag/32/117_2.png) [@bogenschlag](https://forum.johnnydecimal.com/u/bogenschlag)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2022, 6:50pm UTC](https://forum.johnnydecimal.com/t/forum-upgrade-failed-5-days-data-loss-sorry/541/3 "2022-09-07T18:50:32Z")

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Thanks for the heads-up. I think we’re fine, though—seems to be very quiet at the moment.😌

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**Author:** ![johnnydecimal](https://forum.johnnydecimal.com/user_avatar/forum.johnnydecimal.com/johnnydecimal/32/1759_2.png) [@johnnydecimal](https://forum.johnnydecimal.com/u/johnnydecimal)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2022, 1:05am UTC](https://forum.johnnydecimal.com/t/forum-upgrade-failed-5-days-data-loss-sorry/541/4 "2022-09-08T01:05:37Z")

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Yeah everyone in the northern hemisphere had August off while it was hot.

Meanwhile in Canberra… 🥶

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**Author:** ![dixonge](https://forum.johnnydecimal.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/a698b9/32.png) [@dixonge](https://forum.johnnydecimal.com/u/dixonge)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2022, 11:31pm UTC](https://forum.johnnydecimal.com/t/forum-upgrade-failed-5-days-data-loss-sorry/541/5 "2022-09-09T23:31:22Z")

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so you lost like maybe two people’s ‘likes’ on something? haha