[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #51857: Add rollback for failed plugin/theme updates

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#51857: Add rollback for failed plugin/theme updates
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 Reporter:  pbiron                               |       Owner:  pbiron
     Type:  enhancement                          |      Status:  reopened
 Priority:  normal                               |   Milestone:  Future
                                                 |  Release
Component:  Upgrade/Install                      |     Version:
 Severity:  normal                               |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-testing-info has-patch needs-    |     Focuses:
  dev-note needs-testing                         |
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Comment (by peterwilsoncc):

 **Testing Notes**

 **Environment**

 * Rollback plugin 4.1.1
 * WordPress 6.2-alpha-55114
 [https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/e4f070a161a8a174ac4214b01553ab3d6392c7e6
 wordpress/wordpress clone @ e4f070a16]
 * Vagrant 2.3.0
 * Chassis/Chassis @
 [https://github.com/Chassis/Chassis/commit/0240128751c1f5b1e487cc7fea857459bd03fedd
 02401287]
 * VirtualBox 6.1.36 r\152435 (Qt5.6.3) -- note `\` is to stop trac linking
 to a changeset
 * Filesystem: Direct

 **Plugin slugs (version being prior to update)**

 * akismet 4.1.10
 * gutenberg 14.8.3
 * jetpack 11.3.2
 * mailpoet 4.0.1
 * woocommerce 7.0.0
 * wordpress-seo 19.7
 * wpforms-lite 1.7.0

 **Succeeded with each of the following methods**

 * Update action within each item on the plugin screen's list table
 * Select each plugin and use bulk update action in the plugin screen's
 header
 * Select add and bulk update on Dashboard > Updates screen

 **Time**

 I only ran timing tests using the bulk update action on the Dashboards >
 Updates screen, it seems to be a great improvement:

 * With rollbacks and faster updates: 3m 34s
 * WordPress current system: 5m 50s

 In both cases this is a long time without visual feedback but that may be
 a problem for another day.

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 I'd like to see some testing with VirtualBox 7 but don't really want to
 update myself just yet.

 It would also be good to test without plugin dependencies installed (it's
 currently a dependency of the rollback plugin to force the faster-updates
 dependency).

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