Reference that backups should be manual

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Joshua M. Boniface
2025-10-19 23:13:25 -04:00
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**IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT YOU READ THIS SECTION BEFORE UPGRADING TO JELLYFIN 10.11.0!** Failure to do so may cause issues! Always feel free to [ask for help in our chat](/contact) if you are unclear or run into trouble.
1. As always for major upgrades, ensure you **STOP Jellyfin and take a [FULL BACKUP OF YOUR DATA AND CONFIG DIRECTORIES](/docs/general/administration/backup-and-restore) before upgrading**! While the upgrade process _should_ be seamless and has guardrails, we've seen a lot of strange bugs during RC testing and it's better to be safe than sorry.
1. As always for major upgrades, ensure you **STOP Jellyfin and take a [FULL MANUAL BACKUP OF YOUR DATA AND CONFIG DIRECTORIES](/docs/general/administration/backup-and-restore/#manual-backup) before upgrading**! While the upgrade process _should_ be seamless and has guardrails, we've seen a lot of strange bugs during RC testing and it's better to be safe than sorry.
2. You **MUST** be running Jellyfin 10.10.7 before upgrading to 10.11.0! You **may** be fine with Jellyfin 10.9.11 but this is less-extensively tested. **Upgrading from any other versions is NOT supported and WILL fail**; upgrade to 10.10.7 **first**, then upgrade to 10.11.0.