Wordpress automatic update fail-ish

[Art Delano]

I attempted to update a client's site from WP 2.8 to 2.8.5 through the  
automated updater. The updater was stuck for a long time (roughly five  
minutes), so I killed it and replaced the WordPress system manually,  
by FTP.

There are two odd things.

1. Post-FTP, there was no interstitial about updating the database
2. There's a yellow bar on admin pages saying "An automated WordPress  
update has failed to complete - please attempt the update again now".

The site appears to be working normally now; randomly poking at  
various pages and posts doesn't indicate anything's wrong. Aside from  
the yellow bar, is there cause for worry? I'm loathe to try the  
automated update again if it locked up the first time. And I'd like to  
know what's going wrong rather than try bulk-replacing the WordPress  
engine again.
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[mccormicky]

This happens to me on a lot of the sites I maintain.
Next time instead of killing the whole upgrade  you can check the timestamps
of the files -- Most FTP clients show the changed timestamp.
Because I think stopping the upgrade during  upgrade generates the failure
nag.


When you choose auto upgrade are you 1st directed to choose SSL FTP or FTP?
Only happens on 2 sites/servers, so just curious as to why not all.

On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 12:02 AM, Art Delano <ajd@...> wrote:

> I attempted to update a client's site from WP 2.8 to 2.8.5 through the
> automated updater. The updater was stuck for a long time (roughly five
> minutes), so I killed it and replaced the WordPress system manually, by FTP.
>
> There are two odd things.
>
> 1. Post-FTP, there was no interstitial about updating the database
> 2. There's a yellow bar on admin pages saying "An automated WordPress
> update has failed to complete - please attempt the update again now".
>
> The site appears to be working normally now; randomly poking at various
> pages and posts doesn't indicate anything's wrong. Aside from the yellow
> bar, is there cause for worry? I'm loathe to try the automated update again
> if it locked up the first time. And I'd like to know what's going wrong
> rather than try bulk-replacing the WordPress engine again.
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[Otto-19]

On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 11:02 PM, Art Delano <ajd@...> wrote:
> 2. There's a yellow bar on admin pages saying "An automated WordPress update
> has failed to complete - please attempt the update again now".

Delete the .maintenance file from the root directory. That should clear it up.

-Otto
Sent from Memphis, TN, United States
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[Glenn Ansley]

Who's your host? We had a similar problem with 1and1. It was related
to the PHP version:
http://fullthrottledevelopment.com/auto-updating-wordpress-with-1and1-hosting

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On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 9:26 AM, Otto <otto@...> wrote:

> On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 11:02 PM, Art Delano <ajd@...> wrote:
>> 2. There's a yellow bar on admin pages saying "An automated WordPress update
>> has failed to complete - please attempt the update again now".
>
> Delete the .maintenance file from the root directory. That should clear it up.
>
> -Otto
> Sent from Memphis, TN, United States
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