SonarQube Update 9.9.8 to 2025.1

SonarQube Server / Community Build
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Hi,

I’m currently running the sonarqube “Community Edition v9.9.8 (build 100196)” LTA (via zip) and am trying to upgrade to 2025.1 LTA (also via zip).

After installing, I see this error in the es.log:

fatal exception while booting Elasticsearch
java.lang.IllegalStateException: cannot downgrade a node from version [8.16.3] to version [8.16.1]

I then noticed comparing the current download site to the historical downloads that there is no “community” option for the 2025.1 LTA, so I must have gotten the “developer” one.

My question is what is the upgrade process to get from the 9.9.8 community LTA to the 2025.1 LTA? Do I need to change my current 9.9.8 to “developer” first?

Thank you

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Hi,

There’s no LTA version for the Community Build. The most recent (and only) supported release is 25.2.

The new versioning scheme is a bit confusing:
Commercial builds: <year>.<release> (e.g.: 2025.1)
Community Build: <short year>.<month> (e.g.: 25.2)

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Thanks! That helps.

The more I read the docs, the more confused I got :slight_smile:
Monthly updates from now on, then.

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Just came across this post:
A better (free) SonarQube experience…

That also helped explain. Thanks again @Scott

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