Mastodon Upgrade incubation time

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Is there a good general rule-of-thumb for how long to wait before applying a Mastodon upgrade? Maybe a different answer for a major, minor, or point release?

Bonus points if answers take into consideration that I'm a Linux and Mastodon noob and completely unqualified to be the Admin of an instance. Let alone recover from an upgrade that goes sideways.

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First, always make a full server backup. I recommend daily. Before performing any upgrade, copy your /live folder to /live-backup or something like that.

Now as far as how long to wait after a new release, I like to wait at least a few days for major releases. Point releases I will install immediately.