+h2(#v2_6_1). v2.6.1 (2023-04-17)
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+"previous: Upgrading to 2.6.0":#v2_6_0
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+h3. Performance improvement for permission row de-duplication migration
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+The migration which de-duplicates permission links has been optimized. We recommend upgrading from 2.5.0 directly to 2.6.1 in order to avoid the slow permission de-deplication migration in 2.6.0.
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+You should still plan for the arvados-api-server package upgrade to take longer than usual due to the database schema update changing the integer id column in each table from 32-bit to 64-bit.
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