# Delta update that jumps multiple releases

**URL:** <https://hub.mender.io/t/delta-update-that-jumps-multiple-releases/5663>\
**Category:** General Discussions\
**Tags:** deltaupdate\
**Created:** [March 9, 2023, 8:57am UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/delta-update-that-jumps-multiple-releases/5663 "2023-03-09T08:57:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![penlect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b4bc9f/32.png) [@penlect](https://hub.mender.io/u/penlect)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2023, 8:57am UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/delta-update-that-jumps-multiple-releases/5663/1 "2023-03-09T08:57:39Z")

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Suppose I have four rootfs-image releases: **A** , **B** , **C** , and **D** , and their corresponding delta artifacts **A-\>B** , **B-\>C** , and **C-\>D** generated and uploaded to the mender server.

- If I have a system running **A** in production, can I generate and upload a delta artifact **A-\>D** to skip the incremental updates?
- Will the Mender server automatically apply the correct delta artifact?

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**Author:** ![TheYoctoJester](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/hub.mender.io/theyoctojester/32/1444_2.png) [@TheYoctoJester](https://hub.mender.io/u/TheYoctoJester)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2023, 8:49am UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/delta-update-that-jumps-multiple-releases/5663/2 "2023-03-10T08:49:09Z")

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Hi @penlect,

If you generate a delta artifact that is **A-\>D** , then it should be perfectly possible to use it. In the end it is just a version-dependency chain. Please ping us if you run into problems with that!

Greetz,  
Josef