Nixos download outdated version

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Hello,

today i tried downloading the latest version of nixos. to my surprise after installing nixos i saw an error message that the version was out of date

current version 23.11

however all download links download 23.05
https://channels.nixos.org/nixos-23.05/latest-nixos-gnome-x86_64-linux.iso
https://channels.nixos.org/nixos-23.05/latest-nixos-gnome-aarch64-linux.iso
https://channels.nixos.org/nixos-23.05/latest-nixos-plasma5-x86_64-linux.iso
https://channels.nixos.org/nixos-23.05/latest-nixos-plasma5-aarch64-linux.iso

All the best

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This is a regression caused by the website rework applied yesterday: Announcing Phase 1 of the Nix(OS) Website Rework - #14 by avocadoom

I just opened Update 23.05 -> 23.11 again by infinisil · Pull Request #1338 · NixOS/nixos-homepage · GitHub to fix it

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well, this seemed to have slipped through the reviews

approved and merged

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How to upgrade after installing nixos 23.05 to the current version 23.11

$ sudo nix-channel --add https://nixos.org/channels/nixos-23.11 nixos
$ sudo nix-channel --list
nixos https://nixos.org/channels/nixos-23.11
$ sudo nixos-rebuild boot --upgrade
$ reboot

https://nixos.wiki/wiki/Nix_channels

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could you add some context to this?

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after installing the outdated version i had search how to upgrade to the current version
i just wanted to leave this little how-to to help new users, like me

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