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fix: local connectivity check fails on valid networks (302 redirect) #8

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7 changes: 5 additions & 2 deletions src/lib/local-env.ts
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Expand Up @@ -60,15 +60,18 @@ export async function checkPlaygroundConnectivity(): Promise<string | null> {
try {
const controller = new AbortController();
const timer = setTimeout(() => controller.abort(), 8000);
await fetch('https://downloads.w.org', { signal: controller.signal, method: 'HEAD' });
// redirect:'manual' — downloads.w.org 302-redirects to wordpress.org/download/. Following it is
// fragile (HEAD-follow fails on some networks; GET-follow downloads the whole target and times out),
// so we don't follow: any response (incl. the 302) proves the host is reachable, which is all we test.
await fetch('https://downloads.w.org', { signal: controller.signal, method: 'HEAD', redirect: 'manual' });
clearTimeout(timer);
return null;
} catch {
// Check if the alternative domain works
try {
const controller = new AbortController();
const timer = setTimeout(() => controller.abort(), 8000);
await fetch('https://downloads.wordpress.org', { signal: controller.signal, method: 'HEAD' });
await fetch('https://downloads.wordpress.org', { signal: controller.signal, method: 'HEAD', redirect: 'manual' });
clearTimeout(timer);
return 'downloads.w.org is unreachable from your network (downloads.wordpress.org works).\n' +
'WordPress Playground CLI requires access to downloads.w.org.\n' +
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