[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #56292: Auto-update option gets enabled for plugins not hosted on WordPress.org

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#56292: Auto-update option gets enabled for plugins not hosted on WordPress.org
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 Reporter:  patilvikasj        |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  defect (bug)       |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal             |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Plugins            |     Version:  5.5
 Severity:  normal             |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  reporter-feedback  |     Focuses:
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Changes (by desrosj):

 * keywords:  needs-patch => reporter-feedback
 * milestone:  6.1 => Awaiting Review


Comment:

 As far as I can tell, these are all premium plugins, which we don't have
 access to look at how they work.

 As stated above, if non-dot org plugins are showing an update and are able
 to be auto-updated, it is the plugin developer and/or the updating code
 they are using that allows this to occur.

 But, I'm also a little confused by the report.

 > The option to Enable Auto-update only appears to those plugins (
 Referring to plugins NOT hosted on WordPress.org ) if a version update is
 available for that plugin.

 Are you saying that the link to Enable auto-updates is not visible when
 the plugin is up to date? So if you update one of those plugins, the
 option to toggle auto-updates for that plugin disappear?

 > Also, if the user does bulk action auto-updates from the plugins page,
 auto-update gets enabled for all the plugins, including those not hosted
 on WordPress.org, only when an update is available for those plugins.

 Can you provide exact steps so someone else can see what is happening? As
 I understand it:
 - select all plugins
 - select enable auto-updates
 - submitting when there are updates available turns on auto-updates for
 all plugins, but submitting when non-.org plugins are up to date (no
 updates) does not turn that on?

 So far, I don't see anything that indicates a problem in Core. It's likely
 that the code within these plugins is missing something required to ensure
 the toggle is always shown.

 I'm moving this back to `Awaiting Review` as the problem is not yet clear.

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