Extension Manager Cron readiness Check Failure

[Pentarou]

Hello,

I want to update via System >> Web Setup Wizard >> Extension Manager, and got the following error message:

update-cron.ERROR: Cron readiness check failure! Found non-writable paths: pub/static/.htaccess

I have ensured that cron is configured and running, and both the path and the file exists and is writable.

What's going on and how do I solve this?

[Damian Culotta]

Hi @Pentarou,

Can you check if the user that runs the webserver is the owner or has write access to that path?

Sometimes the console user isn't the same than the webserver.

[Rakesh Jesadiya]

You need to give full permission to your magento instance,

cd <your Magento install dir>
find var pub/static pub/media app/etc -type f -exec chmod g+w {} \;
find var pub/static pub/media app/etc -type d -exec chmod g+ws {} \;

Clear magento Cache and check again.

[Pentarou]

Hello Damian, and thank you kindly for your reply.

I'm running a VPS and the user is its owner who has write access to the path.

[Pentarou]

Hello Rakesh Jesadiya, and thank you kindly for your reply,

I have tried your solution, but it did not solve the problem.

[Manthan Dave]

Might be you have deleted .htaccess file from pub/static directory , Kindly create one blank .htaccess file on the pub/static directory and then check. 

Also confirm - .htaccess file  needed in pub directory as well  ,so confirm it is there or not ?

[Pentarou]

Hi ManthanDave,

I thought so too, so I copied the .htaccess file directly from github, gave full read and write permissions to the file and double checked the path, but that did not solve the problem.

[Manthan Dave]

If you deleted samples files, you may have an error such as :

update-cron.ERROR: Cron readiness check failure! Found non-writable paths:  
/magento2/.htaccess.sample  
/magento2/.php_cs   
/magento2/.travis.yml   
/magento2/.user.ini     
/magento2/CHANGELOG.md  
/magento2/CONTRIBUTING.md   
/magento2/COPYING.txt   
/magento2/Gruntfile.js.sample   
/magento2/ISSUE_TEMPLATE.md     
/magento2/LICENSE.txt   
/magento2/LICENSE_AFL.txt   
/magento2/nginx.conf.sample     
/magento2/package.json.sample   
/magento2/php.ini.sample    
/magento2/pub/.user.ini [] []

[Pentarou]

I have made sure that I have not deleted any other sample files.

[Tuuni]

I have the same problem, did you find a solution?

Thanks!