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Fixes #356.

• URL downloads are saved under a random name again, with the extension detected from the archive, as before Name the archive of core download --no-extract after the release #355. Since Name the archive of core download --no-extract after the release #355, they were named after the last part of the URL, which let whoever provides the URL choose the name and type of a file written into the target directory, and replace existing files there with --force. Releases keep the name from Name the archive of core download --no-extract after the release #355, which only ever ends in .zip or .tar.gz and only exists for real releases.
• Saving the archive, whether downloaded or taken from the cache, now writes a new file with a random name next to the destination and moves it into place. A symlink at the destination is replaced instead of written through, so someone who can write to the target directory can no longer make the download overwrite a file elsewhere.

Two new scenarios cover both, and fail without these changes: a URL ending in .php that serves an archive must not leave a .php file behind, and a symlink placed at the archive's path must not lead to its target being overwritten, for a fresh download as well as one from the cache. The symlink scenario does not run on Windows.

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• Bug Fixes
  • Core downloads now save archives with an appropriate archive filename, even when the source URL ends in .php.
  • Downloads replace a destination symlink without modifying the file or directory it points to, including when using a cached archive.
  • Archives are saved more safely, reducing the chance of leaving a partial file behind if copying or saving fails.

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Keep the existing archive mode when replacing the destination.

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- Line 2267: In save_archive(), preserve the existing destination’s permission
bits by applying them to the partial file created with fopen before rename
replaces the destination; leave the existing behavior unchanged when there is no
destination to preserve.

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Core downloads without extraction now save cached and downloaded archives through a temporary file that is renamed into place. URL downloads use the temporary download file to determine the destination name. New scenarios cover URL archive naming and symlink replacement.

Changes: Safe core archive downloads

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Write archives through temporary files src/Core_Command.php	A new helper copies an archive to an exclusively created temporary file beside the destination, then renames it into place. It removes the partial file and reports an error if opening, copying, or renaming fails.
Use safe saves for cached and downloaded archives src/Core_Command.php, features/core-download.feature	Cached and downloaded archives without extraction use the helper. URL downloads derive the destination name from the temporary download file; release archive naming is unchanged. Scenarios cover a URL ending in .php and symlink replacement for fresh and cached downloads.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: High

Possibly related PRs

• wp-cli/core-command#355: This PR changes the archive naming and copy behavior introduced by #355.

Suggested labels: bug, command:core-download

Suggested reviewers: swissspidy

Merge Risk: Low · previous review a8e6a

Archive saves address URL-controlled naming and symlink replacement, but overwriting a restricted archive can broaden its read permissions. Preserve those permissions or explicitly accept this bounded risk before merging.

Pre-merge checks: 5

Check name	Status	Explanation
Description Check		Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check		The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: safely saving the archive for wp core download --no-extract.
Linked Issues check		The PR addresses both coding requirements in issue #356. For URL downloads, Core_Command::download() detects zip or tar.gz from the downloaded content and uses the temporary random filename inst…
Out of Scope Changes check		The reviewed changes are limited to safe archive naming, safe archive replacement, and feature scenarios for these behaviors. The implementation and tests directly support issue #356. No unrelated cha…
Docstring Coverage		Docstring coverage is 100.00% which is sufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff with cyclomatic complexity of at least 2. Documentat…

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The PR addresses both coding requirements in issue #356. For URL downloads, Core_Command::download() detects zip or tar.gz from the downloaded content and uses the temporary random filename instead of the URL basename. Release downloads retain the fixed release name. For cached and fresh archives, both paths call save_archive, which writes a uniquely named file in the destination directory and moves it into place. The added scenarios cover the .php URL case and symlink replacement, including cached downloads where applicable.

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The reviewed changes are limited to safe archive naming, safe archive replacement, and feature scenarios for these behaviors. The implementation and tests directly support issue #356. No unrelated change is established by the supplied PR evidence.

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Actionable comments posted: 1

Nitpick comments: 1

features/core-download.feature: 1

579-583: Trivial · Maintainability & Code Quality · Quick win

Add a negative check for the URL basename to the directory assertion.

The .zip check is a substring match, so an archive named payload.php.zip satisfies it. If the archive were named after the URL, the file-absence check and the .zip check would both still pass. A should not contain check for payload.php closes this gap. The current code names the archive from a random temporary name, so the new check passes.

Suggested fix

     And the payload.php file should not exist
     And the {RUN_DIR} directory should contain:
       """
       .zip
       """
+    And the {RUN_DIR} directory should not contain:
+      """
+      payload.php
+      """

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Review comment at @features/core-download.feature around lines 579 - 583:
Add a negative directory assertion alongside the existing `.zip` check to verify
that `{RUN_DIR}` does not contain `payload.php`; keep the existing archive and
file-absence assertions unchanged.

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Inline comments:
Review comments at @src/Core_Command.php:
- Line 2267: In save_archive(), preserve the existing destination’s permission
bits by applying them to the partial file created with fopen before rename
replaces the destination; leave the existing behavior unchanged when there is no
destination to preserve.

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Review comments at @features/core-download.feature:
- Around line 579-583: Add a negative directory assertion alongside the existing
`.zip` check to verify that `{RUN_DIR}` does not contain `payload.php`; keep the
existing archive and file-absence assertions unchanged.

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