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 ## postUpgradeTasks
 
+Note: post-upgrade tasks can only be used on self-hosted Renovate instances.
+
 Post-upgrade tasks are commands that are executed by Renovate after a dependency has been updated but before the commit is created.
 The intention is to run any additional command line tools that would modify existing files or generate new files when a dependency changes.