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b5f007d35e docs: fix broken path links, anchors, and tab rendering from RST-to-MDX migration (#37433)
* docs: resolve cross-file anchor mismatches from RST-to-MDX migration

The Sphinx-to-Docusaurus migration converted `:ref:`/`{ref}` links using
naive text-slugification, so anchors that pointed to headings in a
different file (e.g. release-summary tables linking into their
respective changelog pages) were emitted as same-page fragments and
silently resolved to nothing.

Built a label registry from the original Sphinx `.. _label:` / `(label)=`
targets to recover the true source file for each cross-reference, then
rewrote the affected links to point at the correct file + heading
anchor. Fixes 282 broken cross-file anchors, primarily in the mobile/
desktop/server release-summary pages, plus assorted same-page anchor
mismatches caught by re-auditing after the prior admonition/anchor fix.

* docs: manually resolve remaining anchor mismatches after cross-file audit

Hand-verified fixes for anchors that fuzzy-matching alone couldn't
safely resolve (confirmed against actual heading text/context, and in a
few cases against the original RST source, before applying):

- Typos and dropped words carried over from the original Sphinx docs
  (e.g. "bot-acocunts", "auto-follow-all-new-channel-threads" ->
  "follow-all-new-channel-threads").
- Sphinx auto-generated duplicate-heading IDs (#id1/#id3/#id4) resolved
  to their real target headings.
- Numbered-step TOC links in enterprise-roll-out-checklist.mdx that
  dropped the leading "N. " used in the actual heading slugs.
- Push-notification docs pointing at the wrong file entirely
  (environment-configuration-settings instead of
  push-notification-server-configuration-settings).
- SAML "saml-enterprise" label resolved to its true cross-file target
  (authentication-configuration-settings#saml-2-0), recovered from the
  original RST label definition that the automated registry missed
  because it sat after an RST transition marker.
- sso-saml-technical references converted from broken same-page/
  malformed-path anchors to correct page links.

* docs: fix SAML 2.0 anchor slug (saml-2-0 -> saml-20)

github-slugger strips periods rather than hyphenating them, so "SAML
2.0" slugifies to saml-20, not saml-2-0 as previously fixed.

* docs: fix broken path links found during docs/main migration cleanup

* docs: convert div.tab blocks to Docusaurus Tabs/TabItem components

* docs: restore missing Kubernetes deployment architecture diagrams

The RST-to-MDX migration never copied over the AWS/Azure/Oracle
architecture diagrams referenced by the deployment-architecture-at-scale
page, leaving broken images in each Tabs/TabItem.

* docs: fix 7 anchor mismatches from the fragment/heading audit

Covers three root causes from the anchor mismatch breakdown:
- Fragment repeated the target page's own title instead of a real
  heading, so the link is simplified to point at the bare page.
- Heading exists verbatim but lives on a sibling settings page
  (experimental-configuration-settings, push-notification-server-
  configuration-settings) rather than environment-configuration-settings.
- A page path was mistakenly pasted into a same-page #fragment instead
  of being used as a real cross-page link.

* docs: fix 8 anchor slugs that were close but didn't match the real heading

Repoints links whose fragment was a plausible guess (typo, reworded
heading, or wrong section) at the actual auto-generated slug of the
target heading, confirmed by inspecting each target page directly.

* docs: merge split Tabs blocks so tabs render horizontally

The div.tab conversion script split some sibling tab groups into
separate single-item Tabs blocks whenever a stray blockquote marker
sat between them, causing them to render stacked instead of as one
horizontal tab bar. Merges the MySQL/PostgreSQL and Team/Enterprise
Edition tab groups back into single Tabs blocks.

* docs: remove Azure tab and restore Kubernetes deploy content

The Mattermost Operator, Azure, and Oracle platform tabs on the
Kubernetes deployment guide were split across two separate Tabs
blocks (rendering stacked instead of as one tab bar) and all three
tab bodies were empty because the migration never flattened the
original RST include directives. Removes the unsupported Azure tab
and restores the Mattermost Operator and Oracle content from the
pre-migration RST sources as a single merged Tabs block.

* addresscoderabbitreview

* docs: unify Linux/Kubernetes/Containers deploy pages and fix FIPS/STIG placement

Kubernetes and Containers duplicated full install content across a top-level
page (Tabs) and orphaned sidebar subpages that nothing linked to. Reworked
both to follow the Linux page's pattern: shared content on the landing page,
platform-specific instructions live once in their own subpage.

Also removed configure-fips-at-install-time.mdx, which claimed FIPS is
available for native Linux installs — FIPS/STIG in Mattermost is a container
image property (Chainguard-based build), not available outside Docker/
Kubernetes. Consolidated all FIPS/STIG references onto
containers/fips-stig.mdx and pointed the Mattermost Operator subpage (not
Oracle OKE, which doesn't expose image selection) at it.

* docs: fix review findings — image alt text, Important callout markup, typo

- Replace generic alt="image" on scaling diagrams with descriptive text
  identifying cloud provider and user scale.
- Convert raw div.important markup in deploy-containers.mdx to the
  repo's <Important> component, matching usage elsewhere in the file.
- Fix "Matermost" typo in manage-your-display-options.mdx.

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Co-authored-by: Hanzo Dev <[email protected]>
2026-07-10 14:50:13 +03:00

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---
title: "Downgrade Mattermost Server"
---
<PlanAvailability slug="all-commercial" />
In most cases you can downgrade Mattermost Server using the same steps as [upgrading mattermost server](/administration-guide/upgrade/upgrading-mattermost-server). Server binaries can be found in the [Mattermost server version archive](/product-overview/version-archive) documentation.
<Important>
- We don't recommend downgrading more than one major version back from your current installation.
- We strongly recommend testing the downgrade in a staging environment first to identify any potential issues.
- Ensure that your plugins and integrations are compatible with the downgraded version you're moving to.
</Important>
## Prepare for downgrade
Before downgrading the Mattermost server, we strongly recommend the following preparation steps.
1. Back up your data: Ensure you have a full backup of your database and Mattermost application files. This is crucial in case you need to revert any changes.
> 1. Back up your database using your organization’s standard procedures for backing up the database.
> 2. Back up your application by copying into an archive folder (e.g. `mattermost-back-YYYY-MM-DD-HH-mm`). Ensure to copy your Mattermost configuration files and any other necessary application files.
2. Carefully review the Mattermost changelog for the version you are downgrading to in order to understand any potential issues or incompatibilities.
3. Verify the current schema version of your database using the [mattermost db version --all](/administration-guide/manage/command-line-tools#mattermost-db-version) command. Also, if you aren't sure about the target schema, you can verify the target schema version (i.e., applied migrations) by checking the public [GitHub repository](https://github.com/mattermost/mattermost/blob/master/server/channels/db/migrations/migrations.list) (Select the tag for desired version).
## Perform the downgrade
1. Stop the Mattermost service to ensure that no data is being written to the database during the downgrade process.
2. If the database schema has changed between versions, you must downgrade the schema. Use the newer mattermost binary to perform the downgrade using the [mattermost db downgrade](/administration-guide/manage/command-line-tools#mattermost-db-downgrade) command. For example: `mattermost db downgrade 128,127,126`
<Tip>
You can review downgrade changes before committing them if you have used the `--save-plan` option while upgrading Mattermost. It has both forwards and backwards SQL scripts. This option allows you to avoid specifying migrations to be downgraded, and allows you to use older versions of Mattermost to perform the downgrade. For example: `mattermost db downgrade migration_plan_128_127.json`.
</Tip>
3. There may be changes in configuration settings between versions. Revert any necessary configuration changes in the `config.json` file to match the downgraded version's expectations and support.
## After the downgrade
Replace the current Mattermost application binary with the version you want to downgrade to. Make sure to use the binary of the target version. The newer Mattermost binary contains the downgrade SQL for the migrations to be rolled back. The newer binary version is used to perform the downgrade; then you start using the application binary of the version you want to downgrade to.
1. Restart the Mattermost Server after completing the downgrade.
2. Check the logs and test the application to ensure that everything is functioning correctly.
3. Inform your users about the downgrade and any potential changes they might experience.