[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #51857: Add rollback for failed plugin/theme updates

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#51857: Add rollback for failed plugin/theme updates
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 Reporter:  pbiron             |       Owner:  pbiron
     Type:  enhancement        |      Status:  reopened
 Priority:  normal             |   Milestone:  5.8
Component:  Upgrade/Install    |     Version:
 Severity:  normal             |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  early needs-patch  |     Focuses:
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Comment (by pbiron):

 @KZeni thanx for the comment.

 Personally, I would love to be able to detect whether a plugin/theme
 update **will** cause a fatal.  However, that would be **very** hard to do
 so, since in many cases, such fatals won't occur until the plugin is
 actually used (e.g., they often don't happen until an admin- or end-user
 actually **does** something with the plugin/theme).

 Since WP 5.1 was release, there is Fatal Error Protection built into core,
 where a plugin will be "suspended" if a fatal occurs at run-time and
 admins will be notified (see the "Fatal Error Protection" section of
 [https://make.wordpress.org/core/2019/01/14/php-site-health-mechanisms-
 in-5-1/ PHP Site Health Mechanisms in 5.1] for more info).

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