[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #43077: Misleading error when updating plugins

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#43077: Misleading error when updating plugins
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 Reporter:  SGURYGF       |      Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)  |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal        |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  General       |    Version:  4.9.1
 Severity:  normal        |   Keywords:
  Focuses:                |
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 Hi,

 I am in /wp-admin/plugins.php

 A plugin has a new update and I click "Update now". After a few seconds I
 get "'''Update Failed: Could not copy file.'''"

 However, when I refresh the page and I see that the plugin was updated.

 After a few tests I realise that if there are Core Translation Updates and
 they fail(for example due to bad filesystem permissions), you will get the
 error mentioned above even though the plugin was successfully updated.

 I would like to comment on two things:

 a) The translations shouldn't get updated with any plugin update. I might
 NOT want to update the translations. By doing it in the background without
 asking me that's bad.

 b) The error message shown is irrelevant to the plugin update and might
 cause confusion to some admins who might try to reinstall manually a
 plugin or do any other changes which might eventually end up breaking a
 site for nothing.

 Thanks in advance for your time.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/43077>
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