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  • Update to the latest minor release version first before upgrading to the most recent major release.
    A June 2018 example: a customer is considering an upgrade from 5.5.8 to 5.7. The correct upgrade sequence is: 5.5.8 → 

    Artifact resource link
    rangeHigherVersion5.6
    groupIdinfo.magnolia.bundle
    artifactIdmagnolia-bundle-parent
    label$version
    renderTypedisplay_only
    resourceTypePOM
     → 
    Artifact resource link
    rangeHigherVersion5.7
    groupIdinfo.magnolia.bundle
    artifactIdmagnolia-bundle-parent
    label$version
    renderTypedisplay_only
    resourceTypePOM
     → 5.7.x

  • Update all external libraries required by the Magnolia release to which you intend to upgrade.
  • Because the upgrade process takes time and is vulnerable to incidents, we recommend you minimize the risk by cleaning up your system, removing unused data, reindexing everything and doing a full backup first.

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