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REST API: Fix incorrect 403 status code for invalid post ID in Comments controller.#11529

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REST API: Fix incorrect 403 status code for invalid post ID in Comments controller.#11529
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update_item() was returning HTTP 403 (Forbidden) when a non-existent
post ID was provided. The correct status is 404 (Not Found), as the
resource is missing — not access-restricted.

This also makes update_item() consistent with get_item() in the
same controller, which already returns 404 for the same scenario.

Trac ticket: https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/65050

Fixes: #65050

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…ts controller.

`update_item()` was returning HTTP 403 (Forbidden) when a non-existent
  post ID was provided. The correct status is 404 (Not Found), as the
  resource is missing — not access-restricted.

  This also makes `update_item()` consistent with `get_item()` in the
  same controller, which already returns 404 for the same scenario.
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