unable to read channel… invalid magic in compressed pubkey string

[wereHamster]

unable to read channel for chain_hash=43497fd7f826957108f4a30fd9cec3aeba79972084e90ead01ea330900000000, node_key=02a35187c5a71676da4930d93faaf30f6d5e19e3bbe8f3ead400b898967e1dc475: unable to read channel data for chan_point=b215b9a0c2a8fbb7c3ace8ea3fc874776b55e8dc05d02388790bfef4a0d04514:0: unable to fetch chan info: invalid magic in compressed pubkey string: 163

I tried to bisect this but was unable because some commits don't compile. The best I could find out is the good one is dab7f31 and bad one is 9af7cc9. Somewhere in between the bug is introduced.

[Roasbeef]

A bug wasn't introduced. A breaking database change happened.

[wereHamster]

Ok. So how do I upgrade the database? Or do I have to wipe it and start fresh? Can I retain my wallet and channels or do I lose that during the upgrade?

[Roasbeef]

So how do I upgrade the database? Or

As we haven't released a stable version yet, we didn't add any database migrations/updates to the commit. However, the infrastructure necessary to do so is already in place.

To upgrade, you can close out all your old channels, then send any funds to a faucet, or another wallet you have. Once you've done this, you can then wipe your old state, and upgrade.