Not sure if there is an issue about this, but I think something strong that backdrop-issue could offer is auto updates for security issues etc.
Since there is semantic versioning, this could be used as a check.
There are obviously a lot of issues that are needing to be addressed here, but thought I would start the issue.

~PR by @serundeputy: https://github.com/backdrop/backdrop/pull/2307~ Revised by @laryn: https://github.com/backdrop/backdrop/pull/3753
Part of META issue: https://github.com/backdrop/backdrop-issues/issues/2018
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Nope, not touched any permissions!
Update 1.35.1 appears to install but hasn't
Did it on my end on some sites without problem. I don't know why this update would be different for you. Perhaps some file permission changes?
Update 1.35.1 appears to install but hasn't
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Unable to run update - fails with Connection timed out