Plugins Directory Release Process Issues


The Plugins Team is aware of an issue currently affecting plugin releases and is actively investigating it.

At this time, newly released plugin ZIP files are not being generated as expected. We are also aware that some users are experiencing issues accessing SVN.

We will provide updates by editing this post as more information becomes available.

Thank you for your patience while we work to resolve the problem.

Timeline

  • 5 August, 15:15–15:54 UTC: Multiple plugin authors reported the issue in the #pluginreview Slack channel and via email.
  • 5 August, 16:07 UTC: The Meta Team confirmed they were aware of the issue and escalated it to the Systems Team for investigation.
  • 5 August, 16:54 UTC: The Plugins Team deployed an automated email response to help manage the high volume of incoming messages and direct users to this status post for updates.
  • 5 August, 16:56 UTC: Systems and Meta confirmed that the zip generation is fixed.
  • 5 August, 17:09 UTC: Still investigating the SVN issues. A fix was applied, we are verifying it.
  • 5 August, 17:39 UTC: Several users reported that this was solved.

To help us keep communication channels available for new reports and other requests, please do not email the Plugins Team about this issue. We will continue to update this post as more information becomes available.

Done!

This issue has now been resolved. Sorry for the inconvenience, and thank you for bringing it to our attention.