[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #46010: Auto-generated term slugs can be greater than 200 characters, giving "Could not insert term into the database." error

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#46010: Auto-generated term slugs can be greater than 200 characters, giving "Could
not insert term into the database." error
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 Reporter:  mikejolley                           |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  defect (bug)                         |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                               |   Milestone:  Awaiting
                                                 |  Review
Component:  Taxonomy                             |     Version:
 Severity:  normal                               |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  needs-unit-tests dev-feedback has-   |     Focuses:
  patch 2nd-opinion                              |
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Changes (by mindctrl):

 * keywords:  needs-unit-tests dev-feedback close has-patch => needs-unit-
     tests dev-feedback has-patch 2nd-opinion


Comment:

 If taking a truncating approach, I wonder if the logic should go inside of
 `wp_unique_term_slug()` instead, which would also cover
 `wp_update_term()`.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/46010#comment:10>
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