[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #58594: Media file changes no longer trigger updated/modified statuses.

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#58594: Media file changes no longer trigger updated/modified statuses.
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 Reporter:  sbeaney       |      Owner:  (none)
     Type:  defect (bug)  |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal        |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Media         |    Version:  6.2.2
 Severity:  normal        |   Keywords:
  Focuses:                |
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 In older versions of WP, when media files like PDFs were updated it would
 trigger an event that could be listened to and acted upon by plugins.

 In the current version of WP (6.2.2) if a user changes the uploaded date
 or otherwise modifies a media file's properties, the change is no longer
 picked up by audit trail plugins like WP Activity Log, nor is it seen as
 an update to a "post".

 Plugins that have "Clear cache whenever a post or page is updated"
 functionality are now broken when it comes to media file changes.

 For instance, if a site is using Sucuri's WAF and caching plugin as well
 as the Enable Media Replace plugin, when a user replaces a media file with
 a new one it doesn't trigger Sucuri's cache clearing functionality
 anymore. I have reviewed both Enable Media Replace and Sucuri's plugins to
 make sure neither of them are at fault for breaking this functionality.
 Additionally, neither Sucuri nor WP Activity Log pick up the changes to
 display in their activity logs.

 I do not know if media file post types were explicitly excluded from using
 the process pages and posts use to broadcast changes, but this new
 behavior is only present in the most recent version(s) of WP and is a bug
 if this wasn't a planned change.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/58594>
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