Version 24 has issues, how to upgrade to version 23?

[nakoshi-satamoto]

See issue https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning/issues/7180

Ever since going to version 24 and sub versions after 24, I have had issues with having successful outbound payments. The log file also gets filled with gossip related errors. Is it possible to safely go back to version 23?

[grubles]

Is that while using the pay plugin or renepay? I don't think you can move back to 23.x since moving to 24.x would have likely upgraded your database and there is no support for downgrading.

[nakoshi-satamoto]

On 2024-06-01 18:46, grubles wrote:

Is that while using the pay plugin or renepay? I don't think you can move back to 23.x since moving to 24.x would have likely upgraded your database and there is no support for downgrading.

I am using the pay command. What is renepay? Which is the proper command to use for payments?

[crc32]

I cannot pay using Ride The Lightning, pay or renepay.

renepay results in: { "code": 205, "message": "Destination is unknown in the network gossip." }

This is paying to strike, which I can pay just fine to from LND.

[chrisguida]

No, there is no way to downgrade your database to a previous version. If you want a previous version, spin up a new node.

[vincenzopalazzo]

If you want a previous version, spin up a new node.

Unfortunatly this is bad, but this is the only way that you have to run a previous version. However, this is a tech solution not a real one because you can not bring your channels with you.

[whitslack]

There aren't that many database schema changes between releases of CLN. If you were desperate, you could manually reverse the changes in your database.