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I have an extension shipped as a package, which combines a module, a plugin and a component.

I have the usual updateserver tag in my manifest:

<updateservers>
    <server type="extension" priority="1" name="myext">http://www.fasterjoomla.com/myext.xml</server>
</updateservers>

and a corrensponding file hosted on the server. A tag in this file was not properly set up, but it worked up until a few versions ago; then boom! Stopped working. (the package was set as admin instead of site). So I fixed it, and it started working again.

Here comes the problem: the update site was disabled in most of my test sites due to the error. And while Joomla 2.5 has a nice "Clean cache" button in the extension update page:

/administrator/index.php?option=com_installer&view=update

which invoked the 

administrator/components/com_installer/controllers/update.php:purge()

function, which in turn invoked the enableSites() in the update model.

Alas I cannot find such button in Joomla 3. And I tried debugging, but I can't see how this function would be invoked.

Help! Three thousands users are stuck with an old version, and they don't know it!

Update: I filed a bug: http://joomlacode.org/gf/project/joomla/tracker/?action=TrackerItemEdit&tracker_item_id=34043&start=0

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  • On a side note have you ever been to fast joomla dot com…
    – Craig
    Aug 4, 2014 at 22:03
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    wow they literally sell fog! and the ttfb is 2.5s!!! they win, no questions asked.
    – Riccardo Zorn
    Aug 5, 2014 at 6:51

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Go to the Options for the Joomla 3 Installation Manager and set the "Updates Caching (in hours)" value to 0 (zero).

Joomla 3 Installer Manger Options

According to the JUpdater doc's on the findUpdates($eid = 0, $cacheTimeout = 0) if it's set to zero it will force reload the update information.

/**
 * Finds an update for an extension
 *
 * @param   integer  $eid           Extension Identifier; if zero use all sites
 * @param   integer  $cacheTimeout  How many seconds to cache update information; if zero, force reload the update information
 *
 * @return  boolean True if there are updates
 *
 * @since   11.1
 */
public function findUpdates($eid = 0, $cacheTimeout = 0)
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  • Will this also affect client who have downloaded the extension for their own site? Or will they have to perform thisaction too?
    – Lodder
    Aug 5, 2014 at 0:42
  • I may be misunderstanding your question, but this only affects the Joomla instance you do it on, it can't possibly affect other websites.
    – Craig
    Aug 5, 2014 at 0:46
  • Help! Three thousands users are stuck with an old version, and they don't know it! I believe the this will still be an issie for all those people :/
    – Lodder
    Aug 5, 2014 at 0:52
  • Yup, that's why newsletters, twitter, facebook etc exist and for the four that aren't on those g+ :D
    – Craig
    Aug 5, 2014 at 5:32
  • @cppl alas this is not working. findUpdates triggers purge, which resets the timestamp but does not re-enable the disable sites.
    – Riccardo Zorn
    Aug 5, 2014 at 6:55
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Comment on the issue on joomlacode from Brian:

"This has been resolved already and will be in the 3.4 release."

3.4 should be released shortly. All the discussion took place here: https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/pull/3775

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