[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #17301: Keep the connection open when doing upgrades or long-running operations

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#17301: Keep the connection open when doing upgrades or long-running operations
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 Reporter:  markjaquith                          |       Owner:  dd32
     Type:  enhancement                          |      Status:  assigned
 Priority:  normal                               |   Milestone:  Future
Component:  Upgrade/Install                      |  Release
 Severity:  normal                               |     Version:
 Keywords:  has-patch needs-testing needs-       |  Resolution:
  refresh                                        |     Focuses:
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Comment (by hubertnguyen):

 Since I originally had this issue with Cloud Sites, I wanted to update
 this thread. The reason why it was slow is because the updates were done
 via FTP, with the FTP user/pass defined in wp-config.php

 What happened is that every single file IO was transiting through the
 public web because Cloud Site's FTP isn't located on a local machine (even
 if it was, I'm not sure it'd be faster).

 Using define('FS_METHOD','direct') in wp-config.php, the problem goes
 away, but the update process is much more likely to fail because of
 permission issues. Plug-ins or WP core files uploaded via FTP may not have
 the proper group write permission. That's not an issue (for me) via FTP,
 but it is an issue when PHP wants to write the files directly.

 Anyway, the bottom-line is: people will slow FTP uploads can use the
 direct method, at the risk of running into permission issues.

 Regardless, it would be nice if things would never time out until
 completion of the update.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/17301#comment:13>
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