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Update Extensions page error if Composer not found

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Created on 20 January 2025, 1 day ago

Problem/Motivation

Installed Drupal on a shared hosting server where it couldn't find the Composer executable.
On the Extend page most tabs show an error message that Composer can't be found.

The Extend->Update Extensions tab has an uncaught exception instead.
The exception is "PhpTuf\ComposerStager\API\Exception\LogicException: The composer executable cannot be found. Make sure it's installed and in the $PATH in PhpTuf\ComposerStager\Internal\Finder\Service\ExecutableFinder->find() (line 34 of [path-to]/vendor/php-tuf/composer-stager/src/Internal/Finder/Service/ExecutableFinder.php)."

Composer is installed and was used to get the Drupal files. I don't know why it couldn't find the Composer executable, my guess is it's a permissions issue?

Steps to reproduce

Install Drupal
Make sure Composer isn't in the $PATH
Check Extend->Update for message that the Composer executable can't be found
Go to Extend->Update Extensions tab - this will give an exception

Proposed resolution

Remaining tasks

User interface changes

Introduced terminology

API changes

Data model changes

Release notes snippet

🐛 Bug report
Status

Active

Version

11.1 🔥

Component

package_manager.module

Created by

🇦🇺Australia juxe

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  • Issue created by @juxe
  • Comment 1 day ago →
    🇳🇿New Zealand quietone

    Changes are made on on 11.x (our main development branch) first, and are then back ported as needed according to the Core change policies → .

  • Comment 1 day ago →
    🇺🇸United States phenaproxima Massachusetts

    The "Update Extensions" page is actually not in core; it's part of the contributed Automatic Updates module. (Package Manager has no UI at all.) Moving to the appropriate issue queue.

  • Comment about 22 hours ago →
    🇬🇧United Kingdom catch

    Since this is a user facing fatal error, bumping to critical.

    We might need a second issue to try to investigate further why the executable can't be found too.

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