Pain point · Self-hosting & upgrades · Causes churn
LTS changes were announced with little notice
1 source thread · first seen 2026-09
Summary
The author says Rocket.Chat provided inadequate notice that 8.5, rather than 8.8, would replace 7.10 as LTS, leaving only 24 hours to test and upgrade. The short notice created pressure to upgrade MongoDB and Rocket.Chat on an unsuitable timeline.
- Affects
- Self-hosted administrators managing LTS upgrades
Evidence
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“Rocket slipped out 8.5 as LTS **with no warning apart from a tiny note in the docs**”