From 6317cf0a30aabcac797b1c5b054735e0c0a255c7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Daan van den Bergh <18595395+Dan0sz@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2026 15:26:40 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Improved: added a service loader which makes sure requests
 succeed during updates.

---
 src/Plugin.php                   | 85 +++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
 tests/integration/PluginTest.php | 16 ++++++
 2 files changed, 83 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/Plugin.php b/src/Plugin.php
index ee5aede8..70bf7f63 100644
--- a/src/Plugin.php
+++ b/src/Plugin.php
@@ -16,7 +16,57 @@ final class Plugin {
 	 * @codeCoverageIgnore
 	 */
 	public function load_integrations() {
-		new Integrations();
+		$this->load_service( Integrations::class );
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Instantiates a service class without taking down the site when its file can't be loaded.
+	 *
+	 * WordPress' updater deletes the plugin directory before copying the new version into place, so a
+	 * request landing in that window finds part of our source tree missing. Because
+	 * @see   register_services() runs on plugins_loaded for every request, an unguarded `new` turns that
+	 * into a fatal error on the front end instead of a single disabled feature.
+	 *
+	 * Note that `::class` is resolved at compile time and doesn't trigger the autoloader, so passing a
+	 * missing class here is safe.
+	 *
+	 * @since 2.6.1
+	 *
+	 * @param string $class_name Fully qualified class name.
+	 *
+	 * @return object|null Null when the class couldn't be loaded.
+	 */
+	private function load_service( $class_name ) {
+		if ( ! class_exists( $class_name ) ) {
+			$this->log_missing_service( $class_name );
+
+			return null;
+		}
+
+		return new $class_name();
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Logs a service that couldn't be loaded by @see load_service().
+	 *
+	 * Only logged when WP_DEBUG is enabled: during a plugin update this is expected and transient, and
+	 * we don't want to fill production logs with it.
+	 *
+	 * @since 2.6.1
+	 *
+	 * @param string $class_name Fully qualified class name.
+	 *
+	 * @return void
+	 *
+	 * @codeCoverageIgnore
+	 */
+	private function log_missing_service( $class_name ) {
+		if ( ! defined( 'WP_DEBUG' ) || ! WP_DEBUG ) {
+			return;
+		}
+
+		// phpcs:ignore WordPress.PHP.DevelopmentFunctions.error_log_error_log
+		error_log( sprintf( 'Plausible Analytics: %s could not be loaded and was skipped.', $class_name ) );
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -44,8 +94,8 @@ public function load_plugin_textdomain() {
 	 * @codeCoverageIgnore
 	 */
 	public function load_provisioning() {
-		new Admin\Provisioning();
-		new Admin\Provisioning\Integrations();
+		$this->load_service( Admin\Provisioning::class );
+		$this->load_service( Admin\Provisioning\Integrations::class );
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -56,7 +106,7 @@ public function load_provisioning() {
 	 * @codeCoverageIgnore
 	 */
 	public function load_settings() {
-		new Admin\Settings\Page();
+		$this->load_service( Admin\Settings\Page::class );
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -82,7 +132,7 @@ public function register() {
 	 * @return void
 	 */
 	public function setup() {
-		new Setup();
+		$this->load_service( Setup::class );
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -93,26 +143,25 @@ public function setup() {
 	 * @return void
 	 */
 	public function register_services() {
-
 		if ( is_admin() ) {
 			add_action( 'init', [ $this, 'load_settings' ] );
 			add_action( 'init', [ $this, 'load_provisioning' ] );
 
-			new Admin\Upgrades();
-			new Admin\Filters();
-			new Admin\Actions();
-			new Admin\Module();
-			new Admin\PrivacyPolicy();
+			$this->load_service( Admin\Upgrades::class );
+			$this->load_service( Admin\Filters::class );
+			$this->load_service( Admin\Actions::class );
+			$this->load_service( Admin\Module::class );
+			$this->load_service( Admin\PrivacyPolicy::class );
 		}
 
 		add_action( 'init', [ $this, 'load_integrations' ] );
 
-		new AdminBar();
-		new Assets();
-		new Ajax();
-		new Compatibility();
-		new InitOptions();
-		new Proxy();
-		new Verification();
+		$this->load_service( AdminBar::class );
+		$this->load_service( Assets::class );
+		$this->load_service( Ajax::class );
+		$this->load_service( Compatibility::class );
+		$this->load_service( InitOptions::class );
+		$this->load_service( Proxy::class );
+		$this->load_service( Verification::class );
 	}
 }
diff --git a/tests/integration/PluginTest.php b/tests/integration/PluginTest.php
index a4b74603..a8404a3f 100644
--- a/tests/integration/PluginTest.php
+++ b/tests/integration/PluginTest.php
@@ -6,9 +6,25 @@
 namespace Plausible\Analytics\Tests\Integration;
 
 use Plausible\Analytics\Tests\TestCase;
+use Plausible\Analytics\WP\AdminBar;
 use Plausible\Analytics\WP\Plugin;
 
 class PluginTest extends TestCase {
+	/**
+	 * A service whose file is missing (e.g. because WordPress is mid-update) should be skipped
+	 * instead of failing the request.
+	 *
+	 * @see Plugin::load_service()
+	 */
+	public function testLoadServiceSkipsMissingClass() {
+		$class  = new Plugin();
+		$method = new \ReflectionMethod( $class, 'load_service' );
+		$method->setAccessible( true );
+
+		$this->assertNull( $method->invoke( $class, '\Plausible\Analytics\WP\ThisClassDoesNotExist' ) );
+		$this->assertInstanceOf( AdminBar::class, $method->invoke( $class, AdminBar::class ) );
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * @see Plugin::register()
 	 */