Title: Update failed
Last modified: March 10, 2017

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# Update failed

 *  Resolved [jkream](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jkream/)
 * (@jkream)
 * [9 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/update-failed-23/)
 * Word fence will not update
 * Message:
 * Update Failed: <!DOCTYPE html> Maintenance Briefly unavailable for scheduled 
   maintenance. Check back in a minute.
 * I’ve been checking back for a while now with no change

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 *  Thread Starter [jkream](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jkream/)
 * (@jkream)
 * [9 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/update-failed-23/#post-8898930)
 * Close topic.
    This cleared up when I updated to WP 4.7.3

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 * Last activity: [9 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/update-failed-23/#post-8898930)
 * Status: resolved