Since the content of Mastodon is very dynamic, lots of public posts, but also possibly DM and follow-up requests in just a minute, it might be useful during an upgrade to stop the Mastodon service first and then start the backup afterwards.
That way, if something went wrong during the upgrade process, no important messages will be lost.
[x] Code finished and ready to be reviewed/tested
[ ] The fix/enhancement were manually tested (if applicable)
Since the content of Mastodon is very dynamic, lots of public posts, but also possibly DM and follow-up requests in just a minute, it might be useful during an upgrade to stop the Mastodon service first and then start the backup afterwards.
That way, if something went wrong during the upgrade process, no important messages will be lost.