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articles/postgresql/hyperscale/concepts-upgrade.md

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# Hyperscale (Citus) server group upgrades
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## Upgrade precautions
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Upgrading a major version of Citus can introduce changes in behavior.
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It's best to familiarize yourself with new product features and changes
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Upgrades require some downtime in the database cluster. The exact time depends
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on the source and destinationn versions of the upgrade. To prepare for the
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production cluster upgrade, we recommend [testing the
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upgrade](howto-upgrade.md#test-the-upgrade-first), and measure downtime during
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the test.
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Also, upgrading a major version of Citus can introduce changes in behavior.
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Noteworthy Citus 11 changes:
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articles/postgresql/hyperscale/howto-upgrade.md

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# Upgrade Hyperscale (Citus) server group
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Upgrading PostgreSQL causes more changes than you might imagine, because
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Hyperscale (Citus) will also upgrade the [database
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extensions](reference-extensions.md), including the Citus extension.
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extensions](reference-extensions.md), including the Citus extension. Upgrades
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We strongly recommend you to test your application with the new PostgreSQL and
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Citus version before you upgrade your production environment. Also, please see

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