Describe the issue or problem I recently upgraded my OJS installation from version 3.4.0.8 to 3.5.0.3. While the upgrade seemed successful in some areas, I am facing two major issues: 1. Version Mismatch in Dashboard: Even though the journal dashboard shows the new interface and updated features, …

I do not get the problem where it thinks I haven’t installed 3.5.0.3 but I do get the same “plugin is version higher than” message when I try to update things like Shareif and keyword cloud, which it says have updates but the version installed is the same as the latest github release.

Hi @shahin , If your OJS is still reporting version 3.4.0.8, then it’s likely that the upgrade to 3.5.0-x did not successfully complete. Did you receive an error message during the upgrade? Regards, Alec Smecher Public Knowledge Project Team

Hello - On the missing plugins I had a similar problem as the original poster. The plugins would say “upgrade available” but when I tried to upgrade through the web interface it failed saying installed was newer. When I looked through /var/www/html/plugins/generic for example I did not see the plugi…

Hi Alec, Thank you for your response. Regarding the upgrade, I did encounter an error initially during the process related to a missing table. However, I addressed and fixed that issue, and the upgrade appeared to proceed after that. Despite this, I am facing two specific problems: Version Rep…

Dear Asmecher, I have been stuck in a frustrating loop of database migration errors. A database error has occurred: SQLSTATE[42S22]: Column not found: 1054 Unknown column ‘redirect’ in ‘site’ (Connection: mysql, SQL: alter table `site` modify `redirect` bigint null) A database error has occurred:…

Hi @shahin , If an upgrade attempt fails, you’ll need to restore from backup and address the issue before trying again. You can be sure the upgrade succeeded when you get a message stating that. It sounds like you may have continued in production with a half-upgraded installation, however – this ca…

[image] shahin: A database error has occurred: SQLSTATE[42S22]: Column not found: 1054 Unknown column ‘redirect’ in ‘site’ (Connection: mysql, SQL: alter table site modify redirect bigint null) A database error has occurred: SQLSTATE[42S22]: Column not found: 1054 Unknown column ‘context’ in ‘n…

Hi @shahin , If you don’t have the original error message you encountered during the first failed upgrade, then you won’t know how much of the upgrade completed successfully and which parts were not executed. You’ll need to look over the upgrade process and compare it against your database in order…

Version Mismatch in Admin Dashboard and Missing Plugins after Upgrading OJS to 3.5.0.3

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