[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #53204: This means any errors on the site will be written to a file which is potentially available to normal users

[WordPress Trac]

#53204: This means any errors on the site will be written to a file which is
potentially available to normal users
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 Reporter:  kal123             |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  defect (bug)       |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal             |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Site Health        |     Version:  5.2
 Severity:  normal             |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  reporter-feedback  |     Focuses:
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Changes (by Clorith):

 * keywords:   => reporter-feedback


Comment:

 Hiya @kal123!

 What information do you think would help educate users here, currently the
 message also includes an action link to the WordPress article on
 debugging, and what the values do.

 The reasoning for the term `potentially` being used here is due to there
 not being a reliable way to determine if the log location is publicly
 accessible or not.

 There are a few discussions about this (#47985, #46689, #46692), and in
 r47235 the severity was lowered to `recommended` if the value of
 `WP_DEBUG_LOG` has been configured to an absolute path controlled by the
 site administrator, and not just the default location used by WordPress.

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