Fail to upgrade netbox from 3.6.6 to 4.0.5

[sidney31]

following the instructions from the official website, I get a migration error:
python netbox/manage.py migrate
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/opt/netbox-4.0.5/venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/django/db/migrations/loader.py", line 276, in build_graph
self.graph.validate_consistency()
File "/opt/netbox-4.0.5/venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/django/db/migrations/graph.py", line 198, in validate_consistency
[n.raise_error() for n in self.node_map.values() if isinstance(n, DummyNode)]
File "/opt/netbox-4.0.5/venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/django/db/migrations/graph.py", line 198, in
[n.raise_error() for n in self.node_map.values() if isinstance(n, DummyNode)]
File "/opt/netbox-4.0.5/venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/django/db/migrations/graph.py", line 60, in raise_error
raise NodeNotFoundError(self.error_message, self.key, origin=self.origin)
django.db.migrations.exceptions.NodeNotFoundError: Migration dcim.0183_devicetype_exclude_from_utilization dependencies reference nonexistent parent node ('dcim', '0182_zero_length_cable_fix')

The above exception was the direct cause of the following exception:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/opt/netbox-4.0.5/netbox/manage.py", line 10, in
execute_from_command_line(sys.argv)
File "/opt/netbox-4.0.5/venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/django/core/management/init.py", line 442, in execute_from_command_line
utility.execute()
File "/opt/netbox-4.0.5/venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/django/core/management/init.py", line 436, in execute
self.fetch_command(subcommand).run_from_argv(self.argv)
File "/opt/netbox-4.0.5/venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/django/core/management/base.py", line 413, in run_from_argv
self.execute(*args, **cmd_options)
File "/opt/netbox-4.0.5/venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/django/core/management/base.py", line 459, in execute
output = self.handle(*args, **options)
File "/opt/netbox-4.0.5/venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/django/core/management/base.py", line 107, in wrapper
res = handle_func(*args, **kwargs)
File "/opt/netbox-4.0.5/venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/django/core/management/commands/migrate.py", line 117, in handle
executor = MigrationExecutor(connection, self.migration_progress_callback)
File "/opt/netbox-4.0.5/venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/django/db/migrations/executor.py", line 18, in init
self.loader = MigrationLoader(self.connection)
File "/opt/netbox-4.0.5/venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/django/db/migrations/loader.py", line 58, in init
self.build_graph()
File "/opt/netbox-4.0.5/venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/django/db/migrations/loader.py", line 295, in build_graph
raise NodeNotFoundError(
django.db.migrations.exceptions.NodeNotFoundError: Migration dcim.0183_devicetype_exclude_from_utilization depends on nonexistent node ('dcim', '0182_zero_length_cable_fix'). Django tried to replace migration dcim.0182_zero_length_cable_fix with any of [dcim.0167_squashed_0182] but wasn't able to because some of the replaced migrations are already applied.

[candlerb]

following the instructions from the official website

You missed the part that says you need to upgrade v3.x->v3.7 first, then v3.7->v4.0

But unfortunately, it doesn't spell it out exactly like that, and I think it probably should as many other people have been caught out by this - @jeremystretch ?

[001101]

thanks, first USEFUL information about this BUG

maybe just make a simple NOTICE and CHECK in the UPGRADE.SH and CHECKING ACTUALLY IF THE VERSIONS ARE REALLY UPDATEABLE