Error 500 when updating the application

Known Error

Published on Oct 2, 2023 · Updated on Nov 8, 2026

An error 500 can be displayed when updating October CMS.

Solution

Increase or disable the request timeout on the web server. For example, Apache's FastCGI sometimes has the -idle-timeout option set to 30 seconds.

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