[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #44644: Personal data export request status changed to completed by admin download

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#44644: Personal data export request status changed to completed by admin download
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 Reporter:  knutsp                   |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  defect (bug)             |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                   |   Milestone:  4.9.9
Component:  Privacy                  |     Version:  4.9.7
 Severity:  normal                   |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  needs-patch 2nd-opinion  |     Focuses:  privacy
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Changes (by garrett-eclipse):

 * milestone:  Awaiting Review => 4.9.9


Comment:

 Discussing this in Slack and reviewing the issue some more this is quite a
 frustrating limitation as in some cases it requires you making a second
 confirmation request to restart the workflow.

 In the code it seems both the download and email actions trigger the same
 ajax workflow but the email has $send_as_email set to true. We should
 probably move the _wp_privacy_completed_request() call found in
 wp_privacy_process_personal_data_export_page within the conditional `if (
 $send_as_email )` here;  \\
 https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/blob/d9df5dec117ca01211c02b90cb88e015e697d68e
 /wp-admin/includes/file.php#L2369   \\
 *This would only trigger the complete when the email is sent

 As well to support the case where admin wants to download the export and
 craft their own email we should introduce a 'Mark Completed' list action
 to the rows that are currently in Confirmed state so they can still push
 the request through the workflow but avoid the autogenerated email.

 I've marked this for 4.9.9 as it would be nice to rectify this asap

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