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Commit 41a91f98 authored by Will Chandler's avatar Will Chandler
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Move background migrations to their own section

Customer have regularly missed our warnings on letting background
migrations complete before upgrading.

This change creates a new background migrations section with a
caution tag, which will hopefully make this more noticeable.
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@@ -19,11 +19,18 @@ you **must** follow the
[upgrade recommendations](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/policy/maintenance.html#upgrade-recommendations)
when updating to the current version.
 
## Version-specific changes
## Background migrations
 
CAUTION: **Caution:**
It's important to ensure that any background migrations have been fully completed
before upgrading to a new major version. To see the current size of the `background_migration` queue,
[check for background migrations before upgrading](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/update/README.html#checking-for-background-migrations-before-upgrading).
before upgrading to a new major version. Upgrading before background migrations have
finished may lead to data corruption.
To see the current size of the `background_migration` queue,
[check for background migrations before upgrading](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/update/README.html#checking-for-background-migrations-before-upgrading).
## Version-specific changes
We recommend performing upgrades between major and minor releases no more than once per
week, to allow time for background migrations to finish. Decrease the time required to
complete these migrations by increasing the number of
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