Qdrant Version Upgrade

From the author

Guidance on how to upgrade your Qdrant version without interrupting the availability of your application and ensuring data integrity.

— the description by anush008

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This skill provides essential guidelines for managing Qdrant version upgrades while maintaining data integrity and application availability. It outlines compatibility expectations between Qdrant server versions and SDKs, explains the requirements for storage migration, and details the strategy for performing rolling upgrades on clustered deployments.

What it does

Defines compatibility rules between Qdrant server and SDK versions.
Explains the step-by-step process for multi-version storage migrations.
Describes how to achieve zero-downtime upgrades using rolling updates.
Highlights the role of replication factors in maintaining cluster availability.
References automated upgrade paths available for Qdrant Cloud users.

When to use it

When planning a version upgrade for a self-hosted Qdrant cluster.
When determining the correct order of operations for updating SDKs and server instances.
When migrating across multiple minor versions of Qdrant.
When configuring a cluster to support high availability during maintenance.

Advantages

Ensures data integrity by following verified migration paths.
Minimizes service disruption through rolling upgrade strategies.
Clarifies version dependency requirements between client SDKs and server software.

Usage examples

“How do I upgrade my Qdrant cluster from version 1.15 to 1.17?”: The agent explains that you must perform a step-by-step upgrade, moving from 1.15 to 1.16 first, and then to 1.17, to ensure storage compatibility.
“Can I upgrade my Qdrant nodes without taking my application offline?”: The agent confirms that if your cluster has a replication factor of 2 or higher, you can perform a rolling upgrade to maintain availability.

Install

Download the skill as a ZIP:
https://autogineer.com/agent-skills/github/qdrant-version-upgrade/download

Unzip it into the cross-client skills folder of your project:

mkdir -p .agents/skills && unzip qdrant-version-upgrade.zip -d .agents/skills

Documentation by anush008

Qdrant has the following guarantees about version compatibility:

Major and minor versions of Qdrant and SDK are expected to match. For example, Qdrant 1.17.x is compatible with SDK 1.17.x.
Qdrant is tested for backward compatibility between minor versions. For example, Qdrant 1.17.x should be compatible with SDK 1.16.x. Qdrant server 1.16.x is also expected to be compatible with SDK 1.17.x, but only for the subset of features that were available in 1.16.x.
For migration to the next minor version, it is recommended to first upgrade the SDK to the next minor version and then upgrade the Qdrant server.
Storage compatibility is only guaranteed for one minor version. For example, data stored with Qdrant 1.16.x is expected to be compatible with Qdrant 1.17.x. If you need to migrate more than one minor version, it is required do the upgrade step by step, one minor version at a time. For example, to migrate from 1.15.x to 1.17.x, you need to first upgrade to 1.16.x and then to 1.17.x. Note: Qdrant Cloud automates this process, so you can directly upgrade from 1.15.x to 1.17.x without intermediate steps.
A Qdrant cluster with a replication factor of 2 or higher can be upgraded without downtime by performing a rolling upgrade. This means that you can upgrade one node at a time while the other nodes continue to serve requests. This allows you to maintain availability of your application during the upgrade process. More about replication factor: Replication factor

For managing Qdrant version upgrades in Qdrant Cloud, you can use the qcloud CLI tool.

Files

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Requirements and compatibility

Written for: GitHub Copilot

Works with: Claude Code, Claude apps, OpenAI Codex, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Gemini CLI, Kiro, OpenCode, Goose, Amp, Roo Code, JetBrains Junie, Factory Droid, Devin (ex-Windsurf), Mistral Vibe, OpenHands, Letta

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