December 2024 (Leantime/leantime) - Performance Review Summary Overview: Delivered a robust update process with explicit error handling and user notifications to ensure updates complete reliably, reducing downtime and post-update support. Focused on preventing silent failures during update extraction and file copying, and on providing clear user feedback when prerequisites or steps fail. What was delivered: - Implemented Robust Update Process with Error Handling to ensure updates complete reliably and transparently for users. - Added proactive error handling and user notifications for common failure cases (missing ZipArchive extension, file copy failures) during update execution. - Updated UpdateLeantime.php (commit 1547de96221121d55599d55b2dc08b7590b65a1d) to enforce reliable update flow and clearer error reporting. Impact: - Increased reliability of software updates, reducing risk of partial installations and associated downtime. - Improved user experience by providing immediate, actionable feedback on update issues. - Reduced potential support overhead related to update failures by surfacing clear error states. Technologies/Skills: - PHP, error handling patterns, and validation of external extension (ZipArchive) usage. - Update workflow orchestration and user notification mechanisms. - Version control hygiene (release-appropriate commits) and maintainable code changes.