The data only goes up to [1.9.3] - Service release, but we are on 1.9.6.
I’m having problems with the templates from version 1.9.5 to 1.9.6. Performance drop by 2/3, more than 50% of performance with ab req/s.
Check the releases page:
I’m getting married where the minute settings regressed.
Wish me luck lol hahahaha
I’ve reviewed the attached logs. The critical update is confirmed and was more comprehensive than “just Hestia”.
The main event occurred on:
2026-05-29 22:45:49
Commandline: apt-get upgrade
In this block, the following were updated, among others:
hestia: 1.9.5 → 1.9.6
hestia-nginx: 1.27.4 → 1.30.2
hestia-php: 8.3.17 → 8.4.21
nginx: 1.29.8 → 1.31.1
apache2: 2.4.66 → 2.4.67
php8.3-fpm: 8.3.30 → 8.3.31
php8.4-fpm: 8.4.20 → 8.4.21
mariadb: 11.4.10 → 11.4.12
The terminal log confirms exactly the sensitive part:
Preparing to unpack …/28-hestia_1.9.6_amd64.deb …
Unpacking hestia (1.9.6) over (1.9.5) …
Preparing to unpack …/29-hestia-nginx_1.30.2_amd64.deb …
Unpacking hestia-nginx (1.30.2) over (1.27.4) …
Preparing to unpack …/30-hestia-php_8.4.21_amd64.deb …
Unpacking hestia-php (8.4.21) over (8.3.17) …
Preparing to unpack …/37-nginx_1.31.1-1~bookworm_amd64.deb …
Unpacking nginx (1.31.1-1~bookworm) over (1.29.8-1~bookworm) …
And the Hestia upgrade itself warned that templates/configurations could be changed:
Default configuration files and templates may be modified or replaced during the upgrade process.
Backup directory: /root/hst_backups/290520262246/
Installation log: /root/hst_backups/290520262246/hst-upgrade-290520262246.log
This point is crucial: Hestia 1.9.6 performed a template update and rebuild:
[ ! ] Updating default web domain templates…
[ ! ] Updating default mail domain templates…
[ ! ] Updating default DNS zone templates…
Updating Cloudflare IP Ranges for NGINX…
Rebuilding user accounts and domains, this may take a few minutes…
- srt1…
Restarting services…
So yes: there is direct evidence that the upgrade touched web templates and regenerated domains for the user srt1. This matches the problem you are seeing in templates/vhosts/Nginx layer.
Regarding “accept/reject” prompts: explicit prompts appeared only for these files:
/etc/php/8.3/fpm/php-fpm.conf
/etc/php/8.4/fpm/php-fpm.conf
The recorded decision was N, meaning it kept the current file:
*** php-fpm.conf (Y/I/N/O/D/Z) [default=N] ? N
For Nginx/Hestia templates, no interactive “keep or replace” prompt appeared; the Hestia script itself indicated that it would back up and apply templates. Therefore, the template change/rebuild came from Hestia’s internal mechanism, not from a classic dpkg prompt.
The backup that needs to be compared now is this one:
/root/hst_backups/290520262246/
And the internal upgrade log:
/root/hst_backups/290520262246/hst-upgrade-290520262246.log
The correct target for comparison is not MySQL. It’s comparing the templates and vhosts generated before/after this upgrade. Backup:
/usr/local/hestia/data/templates/web/nginx/
/usr/local/hestia/data/templates/web/apache2/php-fpm/
/usr/local/hestia/data/templates/web/php-fpm/
/etc/nginx/nginx.conf
/etc/nginx/conf.d/domains/demo.SITESITE.ssl.conf
/etc/apache2/apache2.conf
/etc/apache2/mods-available/mpm_event.conf
/etc/apache2/conf.d/domains/demo.SITESITE.conf
/etc/php/8.3/fpm/pool.d/
Objective conclusion: the drop from 600 to ~200 req/s has a strong temporal correlation with the upgrade of hestia 1.9.6, hestia-nginx 1.30.2, nginx 1.31.1 and domain rebuild. The log itself confirms that web templates were updated and domains rebuilt. The next step is to compare /root/hst_backups/290520262246/ with the current files, mainly default_PMA404.stpl, nginx.conf and the generated SSL vhost of the tenant.
What are the templates used by your site?
The problem was that it rewrote the configuration files in MySQL and Apache PHP-FPM. In the command-line update, I clicked “yes” to everything, lol.
Then MySQL hit the limit and generated queues, while PHP-FPM held back and kept the queue growing, limiting it to 200 requests/second. This applies to high traffic; the nginx cache is unlimited.
Hestia is amazing in templates.
Oh my god, how magnificent!