[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #50448: Add tolerance to plugin and theme auto-update failure emails

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#50448: Add tolerance to plugin and theme auto-update failure emails
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 Reporter:  desrosj         |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  defect (bug)    |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal          |   Milestone:  5.5
Component:  Administration  |     Version:  trunk
 Severity:  normal          |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  needs-patch     |     Focuses:
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Comment (by desrosj):

 Summarizing a conversation that I had with @arpitgshah here for future
 reference.

 As the feature stands now, email notifications are not tracked. One way to
 approach this would be:

 When an update fails, check the plugin is listed in the failure list (as
 stored in an option). If not, it should be added to an array with a
 timestamp of the failure as key value pair. Something like
 `$failure_emails[ 'akismet/akismet.php' ] = current_time( 'timestamp' );`
 for example.

 If that plugin is present in the array and it has not been 3 days since
 the timestamp, an email can be sent and the timestamp should be updated.

 The duration between emails should be filterable, but 3 days by default
 seems fine.

 When a plugin is updated successfully, it should be removed from the
 failure list if present. Any failure after a successful update is a new
 occurrence and does not need to be throttled.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/50448#comment:2>
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