Solved: Upgrade from OH3 to OH4 fails on Bullseye (openHAB not starting)

You’re not the first to hit this but the docs clearly state that buster is outdated and a prerequisite to running openHABian is to be on bullseye.

Why when there’s 1.8.

On a sidenote, you have an issue with the upgrade process but that isn’t what the thread you posted to is about so I moved it.

No it wasn’t 20. 02? 03?

Check out openHAB 4 migration FAQ