Activity log: Error message shown even if plugin update was successful while updating multiple plugins/themes at once

[oskosk]

Quick summary

An error notice appears when updating a plugin, but the operation was successful.

No errors in the console. API response shows success, and the log object shows no trace of failure. All messages coming from WordPress are the regular ones for a successful update

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After refreshing, All plugins shown as updated.

Steps to reproduce

• Start at https://wordpress.com/activity-log/site-domain.com for a site you know needs an update
• Attempt to update.
• Expect an error notice
• Refresh the page to confirm it actually updated

What you expected to happen

I expected to see a success mesage

What actually happened

I got an error notice

Impact

One

Available workarounds?

Yes, easy to implement

If the above answer is "Yes...", outline the workaround.

Nothing to do. the plugin is actually updated

Platform (Simple and/or Atomic)

Self-hosted

Logs or notes

No response

[Robertght]

📌 REPRODUCTION RESULTS

• Tested on Atomic – Replicated

📌 FINDINGS/SCREENSHOTS/VIDEO

• On my end, it only seems to have happened with bulk updates, not single ones.

📌 ACTIONS

• Triaged