Updating Drupal Core Using Drush Says It Updated Successfully But Does Not?

Question

I am trying to update a clients Drupal site using Drush from 7.64 to 7.67. I go into my project folder using puTTy and run these commands:

drush vset --exact maintenance_mode 1

drush cache-clear all

drush pm-update drupal

drush vset --exact maintenance_mode 0

drush cache-clear all

When a run the update command I get the following message:

Project drupal was updated successfully. Installed version is now 7.67.

But after, when I go to my websites admin section and check the updates section it still says Drupal core is on 7.64 and not on 7.67.

I ran the above commands a few times to see if it was just a coincidence, but it still would not update Drupal core.

Linux user used have all rights to modify files and folders ? — Fky, Jun 04 '19 at 14:32
@Fky I was able to update modules using the above method, the core is the only thing that won't update — user9664977, Jun 04 '19 at 18:47
@user9664977 maybe you can find solution with this following documentation https://www.drupal.org/docs/7/update/updating-drupal-using-drush — Fky, Jun 05 '19 at 07:12

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 18 '19 at 04:00

I think you missed the updb command in your steps. Here's my revised version of your steps with it included.

drush vset --exact maintenance_mode 1

drush cache-clear all

drush pm-update drupal

drush updb -y

drush vset --exact maintenance_mode 0

drush cache-clear all

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 10 '23 at 20:18

I had the same exact issue moving from 7.75 to 7.98. My issue was that all the folders inside my drupal directory, did not have the correct owner. I used drush pm-update drupal command but the execution could not modified the inside folders (themes, includes, modules, etc) because of the wrong owner.

After updating the ownership of those folders I was able to update Drupal successfully.

Updating Drupal Core Using Drush Says It Updated Successfully But Does Not?

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