I have a bunch of sites running on a Debian multi-site setup. Managing it is normally simple.
However, one day I activated automatic WordPress updates. Big mistake.
The next minor WordPress update failed miserably, due to lack of permissions, and all the sites carried the message:
![An automated WordPress update has failed to complete - please attempt the update again now.](https://rene.seindal.dk/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Screenshot-from-2020-04-30-16-33-53.png)
There was no way of getting rid of the message.
In the end, after much digging, I discovered that WP had set an option “auto_core_update_failed” on the sites. Removing that the message disappeared.
The issue is here on the WordPress Developer site.
The WordPress CLI command is your friend for these things.
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