thanks @pbxgeek i followed the same upgrade procedure and everything appeared to be working up until 1.9.6
this is what im getting on 1.9.6 in postgres log
2026-07-24 01:15:34.349 UTC [68019] CONTEXT: COPY email_templates, line 21
2026-07-24 01:15:34.352 UTC [189] LOG: background worker...