Title: Execution timeout while updating to 3.0.4
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Execution timeout while updating to 3.0.4

 *  Resolved [roothorick](https://wordpress.org/support/users/roothorick/)
 * (@roothorick)
 * [15 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/execution-timeout-while-updating-to-304/)
 * The automatic update will not fly for me. Apparently, my host has a 30-second
   execution limit, that kills the updating process while it’s unpacking. Is there
   a workaround for this, or am I stuck arguing with my host and updating manually?

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 *  Thread Starter [roothorick](https://wordpress.org/support/users/roothorick/)
 * (@roothorick)
 * [15 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/execution-timeout-while-updating-to-304/#post-1839107)
 * Found the error log. Here’s the offending errors (scrubbed):
 * [Fri Dec 31 15:09:33 2010] [error] [client XX.XX.XX.XX] PHP Fatal error: Maximum
   execution time of 30 seconds exceeded in /srv/www/vhosts/<SITE>/httpdocs/wp-admin/
   includes/class-wp-filesystem-ftpext.php on line 127, referer: [http://<SITE>/wp-admin/update-core.php?action=do-core-upgrade](http://<SITE>/wp-admin/update-core.php?action=do-core-upgrade)
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   Fri Dec 31 15:17:55 2010] [error] [client XX.XX.XX.XX] PHP Fatal error: Maximum
   execution time of 30 seconds exceeded in /srv/www/vhosts/<SITE>/httpdocs/wp-includes/
   plugin.php on line 135, referer: [http://<SITE>/wp-admin/update-core.php?action=do-core-upgrade](http://<SITE>/wp-admin/update-core.php?action=do-core-upgrade)

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 * Last activity: [15 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/execution-timeout-while-updating-to-304/#post-1839107)
 * Status: resolved

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