id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	priority	milestone	component	version	severity	resolution	keywords	cc
13988	No Obvious Way to End Maitenance Mode / Problems Upgrading Large Plugins on 1and1	layotte		"I'm sure this affects all hosts like 1and1, but there was a plugin I was trying to auto-upgrade (s2member) from 3.0.4 to 3.0.5.

When I was in WP2.9.2 I received an allocation error. Basically 1and1 restricts the memory_limit and there is no way to up it. So I wanted to see what would happen in WP3.0. I auto-upgraded to WP3.0 without a problem. Under the ""Dashboard"" there was a (1) next to Updates. I clicked ""Updates"" and put a check mark next to s2Member and clicked the ""Update Plugins"" button.

From here I got the standard WP3.0 message about going into ""Maintenance Mode"" and that it may take a while to upgrade the plugin, with a little swirly GIF pretending that progress is happening :).

I assume that it stuck on the same allocation error and never actually did anything. After about 5 minutes, I tried to browse to a different location of wp-admin. I received this message ""Briefly unavailable for scheduled maintenance. Check back in a minute.""

So, as I see...

1) The admin should not be restricted from browsing the site/wp-admin in ""Maintenance Mode""
2) The admin should be able to cancel ""Maintenance Mode"" (or if there is a way, it should be obvious)
3) The auto-upgrade/maintenance mode needs to die gracefully when an error occurs, such as a memory_limit is reached.

In the mean time, how do I kill maintenance mode so I can get back to working on my site? :)

Thanks.
Lew Ayotte

P.S. I set this to prority to ""highest omg bbq"" and ""severity"" to major because this has the potential to severally affect non-technical WP users. (from what I can tell)f"	defect (bug)	closed	normal		Upgrade/Install	3.0	normal	maybelater	maitenance mode plugins, upgrade	layotte sirzooro knut@…