Title: Auto update failure
Last modified: August 31, 2016

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# Auto update failure

 *  Resolved [George Notaras](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gnotaras/)
 * (@gnotaras)
 * [10 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/auto-update-failure-3/)
 * While WP tried to update itself to the latest development release (4.5-beta2-
   36839) it failed with the following error (as received in my inbox):
 *     ```
       UPDATE LOG
       ==========
   
       WordPress 4.5-beta2-36839
       -------------------------
         Updating to WordPress 4.5-beta2-36839
         Downloading update from https://wordpress.org/nightly-builds/wordpress-latest.zip...
         Unpacking the update...
         Verifying the unpacked files...
         Preparing to install the latest version...
         Enabling Maintenance mode...
         Copying the required files...
         Disabling Maintenance mode...
         Installation Failed
         Error: [copy_failed__copy_dir_retry] Could not copy file.
                wp-includes/SimplePie/HTTP/Parser.php
       ```
   
 * I tried to resume the update from a link in the warning message in the admin,
   but it also failed. Then tried to update from the ‘Update’ button, but it failed
   as well.
 * I had to manually *remove* the `/wp-includes/SimplePie` directory and redo the
   update, in which case it finished successfully.

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 *  Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
 * (@ipstenu)
 * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist
 * [10 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/auto-update-failure-3/#post-7138863)
 * Sounds like a filesystem glitch that locked things. Unless this happens again,
   it’s an ‘acceptable’ error in that WP let you know it failed and why.
 *  Thread Starter [George Notaras](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gnotaras/)
 * (@gnotaras)
 * [10 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/auto-update-failure-3/#post-7138874)
 * Oh, you are probably right. Now I recalled that the other day I had tried uploading
   a bunch of PHP files while refreshing the page and had noticed that it took some
   more time than usual before the files were available for reading. Too bad I spent
   over an hour trying to find the possible bug earlier!
 * Update: I’m now quite certain that it’s the underlying virtual disk on a possibly
   network based block device. Sorry about the invalid bug report!

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 * Last reply from: [George Notaras](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gnotaras/)
 * Last activity: [10 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/auto-update-failure-3/#post-7138874)
 * Status: resolved

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