# Upgrade Mastodon 4.4.4 to 4.4.5 failed and will not restore

**URL:** https://forum.yunohost.org/t/upgrade-mastodon-4-4-4-to-4-4-5-failed-and-will-not-restore/40227
**Category:** Support apps
**Tags:** mastodon, english
**Created:** [September 28, 2025, 8:11pm UTC](https://forum.yunohost.org/t/upgrade-mastodon-4-4-4-to-4-4-5-failed-and-will-not-restore/40227 "2025-09-28T20:11:42Z")
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### Author: ![otm33](https://forum.yunohost.org/user_avatar/forum.yunohost.org/otm33/32/11941_2.png) [@otm33](https://forum.yunohost.org/u/otm33)
#### Post date: [September 28, 2025, 8:46pm UTC](https://forum.yunohost.org/t/upgrade-mastodon-4-4-4-to-4-4-5-failed-and-will-not-restore/40227/2 "2025-09-28T20:46:50Z")

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Hi @Bumble

```auto
2025-09-28 19:45:34,850: DEBUG - installing : node-v22.20.0
2025-09-28 19:45:35,166: DEBUG - mkdir : /opt/node_n/n/versions/node/22.20.0
2025-09-28 19:45:35,182: DEBUG - fetch : https://nodejs.org/dist/v22.20.0/node-v22.20.0-linux-x64.tar.xz
2025-09-28 19:45:38,895: DEBUG - copying : node/22.20.0
2025-09-28 19:45:39,537: DEBUG - installed : v22.20.0
(...)
2025-09-28 19:59:12,520: WARNING - Sep 28 19:54:12 (node)[97636]: mastodon-streaming.service: Failed to locate executable /opt/node_n/n/versions/node/22.19.0/bin/node: No such file or directory
2025-09-28 19:59:12,521: WARNING - Sep 28 19:54:12 (node)[97636]: mastodon-streaming.service: Failed at step EXEC spawning /opt/node_n/n/versions/node/22.19.0/bin/node: No such file or directory

```

What does `ls /opt/node_n/n/versions/node/` return ?

The backup wants to restart Mastodon using a systemd service file that points to Node.js version 22.19, while the same backup has installed version 22.20. A similar issue is mentioned here:

> [@Impossible de restaurer une sauvegarde de Peertube](https://forum.yunohost.org/t/impossible-de-restaurer-une-sauvegarde-de-peertube/40021/20):
>
> Solution de contournement Récupération de la sauvegarde par sécurité Mon premier conseil serait de conserver une copie de la backup avant l’upgrade qui a échoué. En particulier s’il n’y a pas de sauvegardes régulières (genre avec borg ou restic) qui soit faite avec une bonne rétention. Il est possible de lister et de télécharger la sauvegarde par le biais de l’interface d’administration de Yunohost : La sauvegarde devrait s’appeler peertube-pre-upgrade1 ou peertube-pre-upgrade2 La solution d…

The proposed solution by @fflorent is, first to keep a backup, and then to manually install the version required by systemd and then restart the backup but there was no feedback from the user who faced this problem.  
In your case :  
`N_PREFIX=/opt/node_n/ /usr/share/yunohost/helpers.v2.1.d/vendor/n/n install 22.19`

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