Connection to server drops in the middle of plugin updates

  • authentictech

    (@authentictech)


    3 years, 2 months ago

    I am running into problems updating plugins. Each time the update script gets to a certain point the connection to the server drops in the middle of the update which is not completed.

    If I update a plugin on the plugins screen the following message appears: “Update failed: Connection lost or the server is busy. Please try again later.”

    The browser developer tools network tab usually shows a 503 Service Unavailable error on this URL: https://example.com/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=cff_ppca_token_check_flag

    The debug log shows this warning:

    [15-Feb-2021 11:15:55 UTC] PHP Warning: An unexpected error occurred. Something may be wrong with WordPress.org or this server’s configuration. If you continue to have problems, please try the <a href="https://wordpress.org/support/forums/">support forums</a>. (WordPress could not establish a secure connection to WordPress.org. Please contact your server administrator.) in /home/www/example.com/wp-includes/update.php on line 408

    I have tried disabling all plugins and then updating and I have tried updating the plugins individually. The same problems occur.

    I contacted the host who says that there isn’t a problem on the server.

    I am not sure where to go from here.

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  • Thread Starter authentictech

    (@authentictech)

    3 years, 2 months ago

    I have managed to update a few plugins by attempting it multiple times. Sometimes the process completes and sometimes it doesn’t (and sometimes the incomplete update breaks things so I need to restore from a backup). However, one plugin is very large and always fails.

    Failures occur within a few seconds. The PHP settings are 512MB memory limit and 300 seconds for script execution.

    Thread Starter authentictech

    (@authentictech)

    3 years, 2 months ago

    Please append 0_phpinfo.php to the URL in the OP for PHP info.

    RossMitchell

    (@rossmitchell)

    3 years, 2 months ago

    Suggest that for the big plugin you:
    – download the plugin ZIP file to your computer
    – extract the files on your computer
    – rename the local plugin folder
    – using FILEZILLA upload the plugins files to your server using FTP
    – using FILEZILLA rename the old plugin directory and rename the newly uploaded plugin to the expected name.

    Thread Starter authentictech

    (@authentictech)

    3 years, 2 months ago

    @rossmitchell Thanks, I will. I am just waiting for now so I can test possible solutions.

    Thread Starter authentictech

    (@authentictech)

    3 years, 2 months ago

    Further problem discovered which might shed some light. The Wordfence plugin is also having trouble connecting to Wordfence Central so it is not just a problem connecting to WordPress.org. (I have the same problems when all plugins are disabled so it’s not caused by Wordfence).

    scsiraidguru

    (@scsiraidguru)

    3 years, 2 months ago

    Check your web site resources? Does your server have enough vCPUs and RAM. Do you have enough disk space? Did you upgrade WordPress, PHP and your theme first?

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