Upgrade gitlab-ce from 18.3.1 to 18.4.0

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Hello we have a problem during upgrade on-premise gitlab from 18.3.1 to 18.4.0

# cat /opt/gitlab/embedded/cookbooks/cache/cinc-stacktrace.out
Generated at 2025-09-19 07:57:52 +0200
Chef::Exceptions::RecipeNotFound: could not find recipe config for cookbook gitlab
/opt/gitlab/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/chef-18.3.0/lib/chef/cookbook_version.rb:207:in `load_recipe'
/opt/gitlab/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/chef-18.3.0/lib/chef/run_context.rb:429:in `load_recipe'
/opt/gitlab/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/chef-18.3.0/lib/chef/run_context/cookbook_compiler.rb:228:in `block in compile_recipes'
/opt/gitlab/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/chef-18.3.0/lib/chef/run_context/cookbook_compiler.rb:225:in `each'
/opt/gitlab/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/chef-18.3.0/lib/chef/run_context/cookbook_compiler.rb:225:in `compile_recipes'
/opt/gitlab/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/chef-18.3.0/lib/chef/run_context/cookbook_compiler.rb:109:in `compile'
/opt/gitlab/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/chef-18.3.0/lib/chef/run_context.rb:259:in `load'
/opt/gitlab/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/chef-18.3.0/lib/chef/policy_builder/expand_node_object.rb:103:in `setup_run_context'
/opt/gitlab/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/forwardable-1.3.3/lib/forwardable.rb:240:in `setup_run_context'
/opt/gitlab/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/chef-18.3.0/lib/chef/client.rb:499:in `setup_run_context'
/opt/gitlab/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/chef-18.3.0/lib/chef/client.rb:294:in `run'
/opt/gitlab/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/chef-18.3.0/lib/chef/application.rb:305:in `run_with_graceful_exit_option'
/opt/gitlab/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/chef-18.3.0/lib/chef/application.rb:281:in `block in run_chef_client'
/opt/gitlab/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/chef-18.3.0/lib/chef/local_mode.rb:42:in `with_server_connectivity'
/opt/gitlab/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/chef-18.3.0/lib/chef/application.rb:264:in `run_chef_client'
/opt/gitlab/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/chef-18.3.0/lib/chef/application/base.rb:354:in `run_application'
/opt/gitlab/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/chef-18.3.0/lib/chef/application.rb:67:in `run'
/opt/gitlab/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/chef-bin-18.3.0/bin/cinc-client:25:in `<top (required)>'
/opt/gitlab/embedded/lib/ruby/site_ruby/3.2.0/rubygems.rb:319:in `load'
/opt/gitlab/embedded/lib/ruby/site_ruby/3.2.0/rubygems.rb:319:in `activate_and_load_bin_path'

# apt upgrade
Načítají se seznamy balíků… Hotovo
Vytváří se strom závislostí… Hotovo
Načítají se stavové informace… Hotovo
Propočítává se aktualizace… Hotovo
Následující balíky byly nainstalovány automaticky a již nejsou potřeba:
  linux-image-6.1.0-34-amd64 linux-image-6.1.0-37-amd64
Pro jejich odstranění použijte „apt autoremove“.
Následující balíky budou aktualizovány:
  filebeat gitlab-ce
2 aktualizováno, 0 nově instalováno, 0 k odstranění a 0 neaktualizováno.
Nutno stáhnout 1 525 MB archivů.
Po této operaci bude na disku použito dalších 38,6 MB.
Chcete pokraÄŤovat? [Y/n] y
Stahuje se:1 https://artifacts.elastic.co/packages/8.x/apt stable/main amd64 filebeat amd64 8.19.4 [66,0 MB]
Stahuje se:2 https://packages.gitlab.com/gitlab/gitlab-ce/debian bookworm/main amd64 gitlab-ce amd64 18.4.0-ce.0 [1 459 MB]
StaĹľeno 1 525 MB za 1min 21s (18,9 MB/s)                                                                                                                                                                                                     
Načítám soubory se změnami... Hotovo
(Načítá se databáze … nyní je nainstalováno 160155 souborů a adresářů.)
Připravuje se nahrazení …/filebeat_8.19.4_amd64.deb …
Rozbaluje se filebeat (8.19.4) přes (8.19.3) …
Připravuje se nahrazení …/gitlab-ce_18.4.0-ce.0_amd64.deb …
Rozbaluje se gitlab-ce (18.4.0-ce.0) přes (18.3.1-ce.0) …
Nastavuje se balík gitlab-ce (18.4.0-ce.0) …
Checking PostgreSQL executables:[2025-09-19T07:57:49+02:00] INFO: Started Cinc Zero at chefzero://localhost:1 with repository at /opt/gitlab/embedded (One version per cookbook)
Cinc Client, version 18.3.0
Patents: https://www.chef.io/patents
Infra Phase starting
[2025-09-19T07:57:49+02:00] INFO: *** Cinc Client 18.3.0 ***
[2025-09-19T07:57:49+02:00] INFO: Platform: x86_64-linux
[2025-09-19T07:57:49+02:00] INFO: Cinc-client pid: 14949
[2025-09-19T07:57:50+02:00] INFO: Setting the run_list to ["recipe[gitlab::config]", "recipe[postgresql::bin]"] from CLI options
[2025-09-19T07:57:50+02:00] INFO: Run List is [recipe[gitlab::config], recipe[postgresql::bin]]
[2025-09-19T07:57:50+02:00] INFO: Run List expands to [gitlab::config, postgresql::bin]
[2025-09-19T07:57:50+02:00] INFO: Starting Cinc Client Run for eternity.srv.zajezdy.cz
[2025-09-19T07:57:50+02:00] INFO: Running start handlers
[2025-09-19T07:57:50+02:00] INFO: Start handlers complete.
Resolving cookbooks for run list: ["gitlab::config", "postgresql::bin"]
[2025-09-19T07:57:51+02:00] INFO: Loading cookbooks [gitlab@0.0.1, postgresql@0.1.0, package@0.1.0, logrotate@0.1.0, redis@0.1.0, monitoring@0.1.0, registry@0.1.0, mattermost@0.1.0, consul@0.1.0, gitaly@0.1.0, praefect@0.1.0, gitlab-kas@0
.1.0, gitlab-pages@0.1.0, letsencrypt@0.1.0, nginx@0.1.0, runit@5.1.7, acme@4.1.6, crond@0.1.0]
[2025-09-19T07:57:51+02:00] INFO: Removing cookbooks/gitlab-base/metadata.rb from the cache; its cookbook is no longer needed on this client.
[2025-09-19T07:57:51+02:00] INFO: Removing cookbooks/gitlab-base/recipes/default.rb from the cache; its cookbook is no longer needed on this client.
[2025-09-19T07:57:51+02:00] INFO: Removing cookbooks/gitlab/recipes/config.rb from the cache; its is no longer in the cookbook manifest.
[2025-09-19T07:57:51+02:00] INFO: Removing cookbooks/gitlab/recipes/users.rb from the cache; its is no longer in the cookbook manifest.
[2025-09-19T07:57:51+02:00] INFO: Removing cookbooks/gitlab/recipes/web-server.rb from the cache; its is no longer in the cookbook manifest.
[2025-09-19T07:57:51+02:00] INFO: Removing cookbooks/gitlab/templates/default/gitconfig.erb from the cache; its is no longer in the cookbook manifest.
[2025-09-19T07:57:51+02:00] INFO: Removing cookbooks/gitlab/templates/default/gitlab-backup-cli-config.yml.erb from the cache; its is no longer in the cookbook manifest.
Synchronizing cookbooks:
[2025-09-19T07:57:51+02:00] INFO: Storing updated cookbooks/gitlab/templates/default/gitlab-backup-context.yml.erb in the cache.
[2025-09-19T07:57:51+02:00] INFO: Storing updated cookbooks/gitlab/templates/default/gitlab.yml.erb in the cache.
[2025-09-19T07:57:51+02:00] INFO: Storing updated cookbooks/gitlab/templates/default/puma.rb.erb in the cache.
[2025-09-19T07:57:51+02:00] INFO: Storing updated cookbooks/gitlab/recipes/gitlab-backup-cli_disable.rb in the cache.
[2025-09-19T07:57:51+02:00] INFO: Storing updated cookbooks/gitlab/recipes/letsencrypt_renew.rb in the cache.
[2025-09-19T07:57:51+02:00] INFO: Storing updated cookbooks/gitlab/recipes/gitlab-healthcheck.rb in the cache.
[2025-09-19T07:57:51+02:00] INFO: Storing updated cookbooks/gitlab/recipes/show_config.rb in the cache.
[2025-09-19T07:57:51+02:00] INFO: Storing updated cookbooks/gitlab/recipes/gitlab-backup-cli.rb in the cache.
[2025-09-19T07:57:51+02:00] INFO: Storing updated cookbooks/gitlab/recipes/remove_accounts.rb in the cache.
[2025-09-19T07:57:51+02:00] INFO: Storing updated cookbooks/gitlab/recipes/default.rb in the cache.
[2025-09-19T07:57:51+02:00] INFO: Storing updated cookbooks/gitlab/recipes/gitlab-rails.rb in the cache.
[2025-09-19T07:57:51+02:00] INFO: Storing updated cookbooks/gitlab/resources/database_objects.rb in the cache.
[2025-09-19T07:57:51+02:00] INFO: Storing updated cookbooks/gitlab/libraries/gitlab_rails.rb in the cache.
[2025-09-19T07:57:51+02:00] INFO: Storing updated cookbooks/postgresql/templates/default/postgresql-runtime.conf.erb in the cache.
[2025-09-19T07:57:51+02:00] INFO: Storing updated cookbooks/postgresql/attributes/default.rb in the cache.
[2025-09-19T07:57:51+02:00] INFO: Storing updated cookbooks/gitlab/attributes/default.rb in the cache.
[2025-09-19T07:57:51+02:00] INFO: Storing updated cookbooks/gitlab/libraries/postgresql.rb in the cache.
  - postgresql (0.1.0)
[2025-09-19T07:57:51+02:00] INFO: Storing updated cookbooks/package/recipes/users.rb in the cache.
[2025-09-19T07:57:51+02:00] INFO: Storing updated cookbooks/package/recipes/web-server.rb in the cache.
[2025-09-19T07:57:51+02:00] INFO: Storing updated cookbooks/package/recipes/show_config.rb in the cache.
[2025-09-19T07:57:51+02:00] INFO: Storing updated cookbooks/package/templates/default/gitconfig.erb in the cache.
[2025-09-19T07:57:51+02:00] INFO: Storing updated cookbooks/package/recipes/config.rb in the cache.
  - gitlab (0.0.1)
[2025-09-19T07:57:51+02:00] INFO: Storing updated cookbooks/package/libraries/certificate_helper.rb in the cache.
[2025-09-19T07:57:51+02:00] INFO: Storing updated cookbooks/package/libraries/helpers/fips_helper.rb in the cache.
[2025-09-19T07:57:51+02:00] INFO: Storing updated cookbooks/package/libraries/helpers/secrets_helper.rb in the cache.
  - logrotate (0.1.0)
  - package (0.1.0)
  - redis (0.1.0)
  - monitoring (0.1.0)
  - registry (0.1.0)
  - mattermost (0.1.0)
  - consul (0.1.0)
[2025-09-19T07:57:51+02:00] INFO: Storing updated cookbooks/gitaly/libraries/gitaly.rb in the cache.
[2025-09-19T07:57:51+02:00] INFO: Storing updated cookbooks/gitlab-kas/attributes/default.rb in the cache.
[2025-09-19T07:57:51+02:00] INFO: Storing updated cookbooks/gitaly/recipes/enable.rb in the cache.
  - praefect (0.1.0)
  - gitaly (0.1.0)
  - gitlab-pages (0.1.0)
[2025-09-19T07:57:51+02:00] INFO: Storing updated cookbooks/gitlab-kas/templates/default/gitlab-kas-config.yml.erb in the cache.
  - gitlab-kas (0.1.0)
  - letsencrypt (0.1.0)
  - nginx (0.1.0)
  - runit (5.1.7)
  - acme (4.1.6)
  - crond (0.1.0)
Installing cookbook gem dependencies:
Compiling cookbooks...
Loading Cinc Auditor profile files:
Loading Cinc Auditor input files:
Loading Cinc Auditor waiver files:

================================================================================
Recipe Compile Error
================================================================================

Chef::Exceptions::RecipeNotFound
--------------------------------
could not find recipe config for cookbook gitlab

System Info:
------------
chef_version=18.3.0
platform=debian
platform_version=12
ruby=ruby 3.2.8 (2025-03-26 revision 13f495dc2c) [x86_64-linux]
program_name=/opt/gitlab/embedded/bin/cinc-client
executable=/opt/gitlab/embedded/bin/cinc-client


Running handlers:
[2025-09-19T07:57:52+02:00] ERROR: Running exception handlers
Running handlers complete
[2025-09-19T07:57:52+02:00] ERROR: Exception handlers complete
Infra Phase failed. 0 resources updated in 03 seconds
[2025-09-19T07:57:52+02:00] FATAL: Stacktrace dumped to /opt/gitlab/embedded/cookbooks/cache/cinc-stacktrace.out
[2025-09-19T07:57:52+02:00] FATAL: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2025-09-19T07:57:52+02:00] FATAL: PLEASE PROVIDE THE CONTENTS OF THE stacktrace.out FILE (above) IF YOU FILE A BUG REPORT
[2025-09-19T07:57:52+02:00] FATAL: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2025-09-19T07:57:52+02:00] FATAL: Chef::Exceptions::RecipeNotFound: could not find recipe config for cookbook gitlab
Checking PostgreSQL executables: NOT OK
Could not update PostgreSQL executables.
Shutting down all GitLab services except those needed for migrations
ok: down: alertmanager: 1s, normally up
ok: down: gitlab-exporter: 1s, normally up
ok: down: gitlab-kas: 0s, normally up
ok: down: gitlab-workhorse: 0s, normally up
ok: down: logrotate: 1s, normally up
ok: down: node-exporter: 0s, normally up
ok: down: postgres-exporter: 1s, normally up
ok: down: prometheus: 0s, normally up
ok: down: puma: 0s, normally up
ok: down: redis-exporter: 0s, normally up
ok: down: registry: 1s, normally up
ok: down: sidekiq: 0s, normally up
Ensuring the required services are running
ok: run: postgresql: (pid 1029) 244s
ok: run: redis: (pid 1038) 244s
ok: run: gitaly: (pid 1040) 244s
run: postgresql: (pid 1029) 244s; run: log: (pid 1027) 244s
run: redis: (pid 1038) 244s; run: log: (pid 1030) 244s
run: gitaly: (pid 1040) 244s; run: log: (pid 1034) 244s

# dpkg -l | grep gitlab
ii  gitlab-ce                       18.4.0-ce.0                    amd64        GitLab Community Edition (including NGINX, Postgres, Redis)

But upgrade is done, after this error. Gitlab running normaly.
Thanks for help

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Same for me (18.3.2 → 18.4.0) with almost exact same error and same end (gitlab seem to running normaly)

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We encountered the same issue when upgrading, for both upgrades from 18.3.1 and 18.3.2 to 18.4.0.

We keep the file /etc/gitlab/skip-auto-reconfigure to prevent automatic reconfigurations and ended up with a broken web-ui until manually running gitlab-ctl reconfigure.

Contents of /opt/gitlab/embedded/cookbooks/cache/cinc-stacktrace.out:

Generated at 2025-09-19 11:31:09 +0200
Chef::Exceptions::RecipeNotFound: could not find recipe config for cookbook gitlab
/opt/gitlab/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/chef-18.3.0/lib/chef/cookbook_version.rb:207:in `load_recipe'
/opt/gitlab/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/chef-18.3.0/lib/chef/run_context.rb:429:in `load_recipe'
/opt/gitlab/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/chef-18.3.0/lib/chef/run_context/cookbook_compiler.rb:228:in `block in compile_recipes'
/opt/gitlab/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/chef-18.3.0/lib/chef/run_context/cookbook_compiler.rb:225:in `each'
/opt/gitlab/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/chef-18.3.0/lib/chef/run_context/cookbook_compiler.rb:225:in `compile_recipes'
/opt/gitlab/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/chef-18.3.0/lib/chef/run_context/cookbook_compiler.rb:109:in `compile'
/opt/gitlab/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/chef-18.3.0/lib/chef/run_context.rb:259:in `load'
/opt/gitlab/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/chef-18.3.0/lib/chef/policy_builder/expand_node_object.rb:103:in `setup_run_context'
/opt/gitlab/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/forwardable-1.3.3/lib/forwardable.rb:240:in `setup_run_context'
/opt/gitlab/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/chef-18.3.0/lib/chef/client.rb:499:in `setup_run_context'
/opt/gitlab/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/chef-18.3.0/lib/chef/client.rb:294:in `run'
/opt/gitlab/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/chef-18.3.0/lib/chef/application.rb:305:in `run_with_graceful_exit_option'
/opt/gitlab/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/chef-18.3.0/lib/chef/application.rb:281:in `block in run_chef_client'
/opt/gitlab/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/chef-18.3.0/lib/chef/local_mode.rb:42:in `with_server_connectivity'
/opt/gitlab/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/chef-18.3.0/lib/chef/application.rb:264:in `run_chef_client'
/opt/gitlab/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/chef-18.3.0/lib/chef/application/base.rb:354:in `run_application'
/opt/gitlab/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/chef-18.3.0/lib/chef/application.rb:67:in `run'
/opt/gitlab/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/chef-bin-18.3.0/bin/cinc-client:25:in `<top (required)>'
/opt/gitlab/embedded/lib/ruby/site_ruby/3.2.0/rubygems.rb:319:in `load'
/opt/gitlab/embedded/lib/ruby/site_ruby/3.2.0/rubygems.rb:319:in `activate_and_load_bin_path'
/opt/gitlab/embedded/bin/cinc-client:25:in `<main>'
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It might be worth removing/deleting the contents of /opt/gitlab/embedded/cookbooks/cache/cookbooks and also the cinc-stacktrace.out and then rerunning gitlab-ctl reconfigure option again to see if the error appears.

There could be some leftovers in that directory from previous configurations causing issues. Clearing the cookbook cache can potentially help. When you re-run the reconfigure the cache/cookbooks directory will be populated again and will be clean.

If you still get problems after that, suggest raising/opening an issue here: Issues · GitLab.org / GitLab · GitLab

5

Yes a removed cache cookbooks and “gitlab-ctl reconfigure” goes without error.

Thank you.

6

Well even if I don’t do anything the gitlab-ctl reconfigure don’t show me any alert …. removing or not.

7

Then open an issue on the link I provided in my previous reply if the solution doesn’t work for you. You will also have to provide your complete error message so that Gitlab Dev’s can look into it.

8

Sorry I’ wasn’t very clear. I don’t have any problem now, everything work fine.
All I want to say is I’ve no idea if the problem is from the two directory you suggest to remove, because with them or without them now I don’t have the error when I run a gitlab-ctl reconfigure

Anyway gitlab seem to be happy so….

9

If the cinc-stacktrace.out isn’t created, then that means no errors. The cookbooks/cache/cookbooks directory will be filled again once you run reconfigure as it’s the cache of all the chef recipes that run to configure Gitlab. The important thing is no errors.

10

I run this and seems to be OK ; thanks.

rm /opt/gitlab/embedded/cookbooks/cache/cinc-stacktrace.out /opt/gitlab/embedded/cookbooks/cache/cookbooksreset ; gitlab-ctl reconfigure ; gitlab-ctl start

having a cookbook error ?

[ -f /opt/gitlab/embedded/cookbooks/cache/cinc-stacktrace.out ] && echo “gitlab cookbook error”`
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Hi,

So during upgrade from 18.4.0 to 18.4.1 the same error come back, here the step I take for the upgrade:

Remove the directory /opt/gitlab/embedded/cookbooks/cache/cookbooks and /opt/gitlab/embedded/cookbooks/cache/cinc-stracktrace.out, the run a gitlab-ctl reconfigure then run apt upgrade -y

And I got the same exact error, here the content of the cinc-stacktrace.out

Generated at 2025-09-26 07:54:44 +0200
Chef::Exceptions::RecipeNotFound: could not find recipe config for cookbook gitlab
/opt/gitlab/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/chef-18.3.0/lib/chef/cookbook_version.rb:207:in `load_recipe'
/opt/gitlab/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/chef-18.3.0/lib/chef/run_context.rb:429:in `load_recipe'
/opt/gitlab/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/chef-18.3.0/lib/chef/run_context/cookbook_compiler.rb:228:in `block in compile_recipes'
/opt/gitlab/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/chef-18.3.0/lib/chef/run_context/cookbook_compiler.rb:225:in `each'
/opt/gitlab/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/chef-18.3.0/lib/chef/run_context/cookbook_compiler.rb:225:in `compile_recipes'
/opt/gitlab/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/chef-18.3.0/lib/chef/run_context/cookbook_compiler.rb:109:in `compile'
/opt/gitlab/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/chef-18.3.0/lib/chef/run_context.rb:259:in `load'
/opt/gitlab/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/chef-18.3.0/lib/chef/policy_builder/expand_node_object.rb:103:in `setup_run_context'
/opt/gitlab/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/forwardable-1.3.3/lib/forwardable.rb:240:in `setup_run_context'
/opt/gitlab/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/chef-18.3.0/lib/chef/client.rb:499:in `setup_run_context'
/opt/gitlab/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/chef-18.3.0/lib/chef/client.rb:294:in `run'
/opt/gitlab/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/chef-18.3.0/lib/chef/application.rb:305:in `run_with_graceful_exit_option'
/opt/gitlab/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/chef-18.3.0/lib/chef/application.rb:281:in `block in run_chef_client'
/opt/gitlab/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/chef-18.3.0/lib/chef/local_mode.rb:42:in `with_server_connectivity'
/opt/gitlab/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/chef-18.3.0/lib/chef/application.rb:264:in `run_chef_client'
/opt/gitlab/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/chef-18.3.0/lib/chef/application/base.rb:354:in `run_application'
/opt/gitlab/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/chef-18.3.0/lib/chef/application.rb:67:in `run'
/opt/gitlab/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/chef-bin-18.3.0/bin/cinc-client:25:in `<top (required)>'
/opt/gitlab/embedded/lib/ruby/site_ruby/3.2.0/rubygems.rb:319:in `load'
/opt/gitlab/embedded/lib/ruby/site_ruby/3.2.0/rubygems.rb:319:in `activate_and_load_bin_path'
/opt/gitlab/embedded/bin/cinc-client:25:in `<main>'
```

and again after the upgrade if I re-run the gitlab-ctl reconfigure (with or without removing the directory/file) I got no error. I try this on 3 gitlab server I got, and I got exactly the same result on those 3.

As I already say it, I don’t find any issue on the gitlab service himself.

Z

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Same here during update from 18.3.2 to 18.4.1 - Same error message dring update but no problems afterwards (yet).

Is it this issue Error 500 after each upgrade since 18.2.0 (migrations not running automatically) (#9337) · Issues · GitLab.org / omnibus-gitlab · GitLab ?

That was fixed 3 days ago but has milestone 18.5. So I guess, it did not make it into 18.4.1 and I can expect it to be fixed in 18.5?

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I have the same problem when upgrading from 18.3.* to 18.4.* or from 18.4.0 to 18.4.1, in 3 instances

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Same here.. I will try deleting the whole folder content of: /opt/gitlab/embedded/cookbooks/cache/cookbooks. And then reconfigure again: sudo gitlab-ctl reconfigure.

Finally a restart: sudo gitlab-ctl restart