[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #47336: Consider adding a JS/Client based Site Health Check for the REST API

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#47336: Consider adding a JS/Client based Site Health Check for the REST API
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 Reporter:  youknowriad   |      Owner:  (none)
     Type:  defect (bug)  |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal        |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  REST API      |    Version:  5.2
 Severity:  normal        |   Keywords:
  Focuses:  rest-api      |
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 Related discussion
 https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/C02RQC26G/p1558429627205600

 At the moment, the Site Health Page includes a REST API check that is
 based on a `wp_remote_get` call to the posts endpoint.

 The problem with this approach is that it only catches issues if they're
 on the PHP side of things. In the Gutenberg repo, we noticed that there
 are a lot of issues related to Firewalls... breaking the REST API calls.

 The idea here is to consider adding a check to the site health page
 performing a REST API endpoint call triggered from the client (JS). That
 way it will go through the regular flow of REST API endpoint calls
 gutenberg and other clients will use.

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