[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #44458: Catch WSODs and provide a means for recovery for end users

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#44458: Catch WSODs and provide a means for recovery for end users
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 Reporter:  schlessera      |      Owner:  (none)
     Type:  task (blessed)  |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal          |  Milestone:  5.0
Component:  Bootstrap/Load  |    Version:
 Severity:  normal          |   Keywords:
  Focuses:                  |
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 While discussing PHP version updates at WCEU18, @pento introduced the
 notion of "sandboxing" plugins & themes to avoid a WSOD for end users
 doing a PHP update and having a broken plugin active on their site.

 The goal of this "sandboxing" should be to catch/track WSODs and then
 provide a mechanism for users to still get into the site's admin backend
 to update/deactivate/replace the offending plugin.

 Technical details still have to be figured out, but it looks like our best
 bet so far is to not do actual "sandboxing", but tracking fatal errors,
 and then entering some form of "safe mode" on subsequent requests.

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