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Problem:
The client moved their WordPress site from localhost to a staging environment and changed the key of the WPML plugin. They encountered an issue where the ATE Server Communication was unable to authenticate.
Solution:
We requested temporary access (wp-admin and FTP) to the site to investigate the issue. We reminded the client to back up their site before providing access and informed them about our privacy and security policy, which can be found at https://wpml.org/purchase/support-policy/privacy-and-security-when-providing-debug-information-for-support/. After receiving the credentials and debugging the issue, we determined that the authentication error might be a false positive, especially since there was no record of it after a specific date. We checked several areas, including the WPML API connection and the Automatic Translation Editor settings, and found that everything appeared to be functioning correctly. We advised the client to inform us if they encounter any specific issues with translations sent to our automatic translation service in the future, so we can debug those accordingly.

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Last updated by Mihai Apetrei 1 year, 9 months ago.

Assisted by: Mihai Apetrei.

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March 4, 2024 at 4:24 pm #15371223

trann

Hi,

I moved my wordpress site from localhost to staging and changed the key of wmpl plugin.
In the assistance part, it tells that ATE Server Communication is unable to authenticate.

Thank you for your help

March 5, 2024 at 5:44 pm #15375990

Mihai Apetrei
WPML Supporter since 03/2018

Languages: English (English )

Timezone: Europe/Bucharest (GMT+02:00)

Hi there.

I would like to request temporary access (wp-admin and FTP) to your site to take a better look at the issue. You will find the needed fields for this below the comment area when you log in to leave your next reply. The information you will enter is private which means only you and I can see and have access to it.

Our Debugging Procedures

I will be checking various settings in the backend to see if the issue can be resolved. Although I won't be making changes that affect the live site, it is still good practice to backup the site before providing us access. In the event that we do need to debug the site further, I will duplicate the site and work in a separate, local development environment to avoid affecting the live site.

Privacy and Security Policy

We have strict policies regarding privacy and access to your information. Please see:
https://wpml.org/purchase/support-policy/privacy-and-security-when-providing-debug-information-for-support/

**IMPORTANT**

- Please make a backup of the site files and database before providing us access.

- If you do not see the wp-admin/FTP fields this means your post & website login details will be made PUBLIC. DO NOT post your website details unless you see the required wp-admin/FTP fields. If you do not, please ask me to enable the private box.

The private box looks like this: hidden link

I will be waiting for your response.

Kind regards,
Mihai Apetrei

March 7, 2024 at 7:56 pm #15386510

Mihai Apetrei
WPML Supporter since 03/2018

Languages: English (English )

Timezone: Europe/Bucharest (GMT+02:00)

Hi and thank you for the credentials.

I can confirm that I was able to log in successfully.

I am spending more time on this and I will get back to you as soon as I have more feedback.

I will leave the ticket assigned to myself for the moment.

Kind regards,
Mihai

March 9, 2024 at 8:44 pm #15391971

Mihai Apetrei
WPML Supporter since 03/2018

Languages: English (English )

Timezone: Europe/Bucharest (GMT+02:00)

Hi there and thank you for your amazing patience.

After debugging this matter on a deeper level, I got to the understanding that there's a chance that notice might be a false positive notice (especially since it happened on 4th March and there's no record since then as we can see in the link below):
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Things also look fine here:
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We can see that the connection to the WPML API is good at the top here:
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And things also look fine here (if we enable the Automatic Translation Editor from WPML > Settings):
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I recommend that you please let us know if you ever encounter a specific issue with a translation that you send to our automatic translation service and we can properly debug from there.

Mihai

March 12, 2024 at 8:03 am #15397950

trann

Thank you for looking at this issue.
I'll let you know if I encouter any translating problem.