From bbbaa2ba56989609d7c5fe8c57aa8f8a4e554d3c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Smith <david.smith@pagely.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2025 16:04:48 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Add rest route for alt api check

---
 wp-admin/includes/class-wp-site-health.php    |  2 +-
 .../class-wp-rest-site-health-controller.php  | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-site-health.php b/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-site-health.php
index 7bbd8437de..d2dfda4d24 100644
--- a/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-site-health.php
+++ b/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-site-health.php
@@ -1397,7 +1397,7 @@ class WP_Site_Health {
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Tests if the site can communicate with WordPress.org.
+	 * Tests if the site can communicate with a non-default update API endpoint.
 	 *
 	 * @since 6.8.0
 	 *
diff --git a/wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-site-health-controller.php b/wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-site-health-controller.php
index 41e15337ad..361287764e 100644
--- a/wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-site-health-controller.php
+++ b/wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-site-health-controller.php
@@ -124,6 +124,25 @@ class WP_REST_Site_Health_Controller extends WP_REST_Controller {
 			)
 		);
 
+		register_rest_route(
+			$this->namespace,
+			sprintf(
+				'/%s/%s',
+				$this->rest_base,
+				'alt-update-api-communication'
+			),
+			array(
+				array(
+					'methods' => 'GET',
+					'callback' => array( $this, 'test_alt_update_api_communication' ),
+					'permission_callback' => function() {
+						return $this->validate_request_permission( 'dotorg_communication' );
+					},
+				),
+				'schema' => array( $this, 'get_public_item_schema' ),
+			)
+		);
+
 		register_rest_route(
 			$this->namespace,
 			sprintf(