wp_remote_request() returned error is ignored

I have a copy of our live site setup in a local virtual machine for testing. My /etc/hosts file is overridden for the domain. After spending much time troubleshooting why this plugin wasn’t purging (no purge requests showing in varnishlog), I realized the request was being sent to the live domain since the VM didn’t also have /etc/hosts configured. After modifying the VM’s /etc/hosts I finally see the PURGE requests coming in.

I think it’d be good if the call to wp_remote_request() actually checked its return response code for a 200 code. This could save time with troubleshooting basic issues. Possibly instead of saying “Varnish cache purged!” every time, show an error if something other than 200 was received.

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