From e83c709574addde91240a3b6bb7eee26c4fd8b32 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Adrian Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2026 12:44:48 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Docs: a job directory belongs to one Scrapy version (#7861) --- docs/topics/jobs.rst | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/topics/jobs.rst b/docs/topics/jobs.rst index dcff10772..c3043204b 100644 --- a/docs/topics/jobs.rst +++ b/docs/topics/jobs.rst @@ -83,6 +83,14 @@ stopping it cleanly. Forced, sudden or otherwise unclean shutdown can lead to data corruption in the job directory, which may prevent the spider from resuming correctly. +Scrapy version changes +---------------------- + +The contents of a job directory are an implementation detail of the Scrapy +version that wrote them. A job must be resumed with the same Scrapy version +that paused it; after upgrading or downgrading Scrapy, start a new job with a +new job directory. + Cookies expiration ------------------