Question about Debian installed version

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Hi everyone, I have Qubes 4.2 that I installed from 4.1. When I do lsb_release -a I find Debian 11 when I thought I had 12. I then do in my template Debian (the clone of the template is essai)

user@essai:~$ sudo apt update
Hit:1 Index of /debian bullseye InRelease
Hit:2 Index of /r4.2/vm/ bullseye InRelease
Hit:3 Index of /debian-security bullseye-security InRelease
Reading package lists… Done
Building dependency tree… Done
Reading state information… Done
All packages are up to date.
user@essai:~$ sudo apt upgrade
Reading package lists… Done
Building dependency tree… Done
Reading state information… Done
Calculating upgrade… Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
user@essai:~$ sudo apt dist-upgrade
Reading package lists… Done
Building dependency tree… Done
Reading state information… Done
Calculating upgrade… Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

And then in etc/os-release I a have :

PRETTY_NAME=“Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye)”
NAME=“Debian GNU/Linux”
VERSION_ID=“11”
VERSION=“11 (bullseye)”
VERSION_CODENAME=bullseye
ID=debian
HOME_URL=“https://www.debian.org/”
SUPPORT_URL=“Debian -- User Support”
BUG_REPORT_URL=“https://bugs.debian.org/”

What’s going on? Is os-release wrong because I really do have Debian 12, or do I need to upgrade to Debian 12, but then how?
Thanks

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Based on the used repositories you’re using debian 11 bullseye and not debian 12 bookworm. Why do you think you’re using debian 12?
You can upgrade your debian version in-place like this:

Or just install new debian 12 template using Qubes Template Manager tool.

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there is also the @fepitre script which simplifies the task:
https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-dist-upgrade/blob/main/scripts/upgrade-template-standalone.sh

Just put it in your templates, make it executable chmod +x upgrade-template-standalone.sh and run it ./upgrade-template-standalone.sh

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Thank you for your answers, which have given me a better understanding of how Qubes OS works. With Qubes Template Manager tool, I had the information that Debian 12 was already installed, but with the repository I had the information that it was Debian 11. So, in the end, I deleted my Debian Template and installed Debian 12.