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Updating an environment

When a newer PolicyArc platform version is available, the dashboard shows an Update available badge on the environment. Updating moves that environment's Authorization Server to the current version in place — your configuration, policies, and data are preserved.

What happens​

  1. Backup — before anything changes, we snapshot the environment's tenant database.
  2. Redeploy — the Authorization Server is restarted on the new version. Database migrations run automatically on startup.
  3. Health check — the environment is verified healthy on the new version before the update is considered complete.

Downtime​

Updating requires a restart, so expect a short outage — typically under a minute — while the Authorization Server redeploys and runs its database migrations.

Automatic rollback​

If the new version fails to come up healthy, the update rolls back automatically: the Authorization Server is reverted to its previous version and the database is restored from the pre-update backup, so the environment returns to exactly its prior state. You are never left on a half-applied update.

Before you update​

  • The environment must be running — start a stopped environment first.
  • Any in-flight operation (restart or recover) must finish before an update can start.