Strapi v4 to v5 upgrade breaks content types or plugins.
V5 brings the Document Service API, lifecycle changes and plugin breaking changes. Do not run the upgrade against production.
Try this first
- 1Upgrade locally first with a clone of the production DB
- 2Run the Strapi codemod for entity to document
- 3Upgrade plugins one by one, not all at once
- 4Migrate the frontend only after the backend is stable
When to bring us in
Custom plugins with deep v4 internals: consider rebuilding or replacing the plugin, patching a port rarely ends well.
See also
- WordPress, plugins and theme have gone 6+ months without updatesOut-of-date WP is the number-one entry for malware. Don't just hit 'update all', back up first.
- Theme update broke the layout or threw a fatal errorThemes overwrite custom CSS on update unless you use a child theme.
- WordPress shows a blank screen after a plugin install or updateWSOD (white screen of death) is usually one crashing plugin. You isolate it.
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