Issue #3254755: Add a seperate Update recommender and update version validator for cron updates

src/Validator/UpdateVersionValidator.php

@@ -51,7 +51,8 @@ class UpdateVersionValidator implements EventSubscriberInterface {
     // We need to call these functions separately, because
     // update_get_available() will include the file that contains
     // update_calculate_project_data().
-    $available_updates = update_get_available();
+    \Drupal::logger('automatic_updates')->debug("Make sure we access directly Drupal::VERSION" . \Drupal::VERSION);
+    $available_updates = update_get_available(TRUE);
     $available_updates = update_calculate_project_data($available_updates);
     return $available_updates['drupal']['existing_version'];
   }
@@ -64,6 +65,7 @@ class UpdateVersionValidator implements EventSubscriberInterface {
    */
   public function checkUpdateVersion(PreOperationStageEvent $event): void {
     $stage = $event->getStage();
+    $this->getCoreVersion();
     // We only want to do this check if the stage belongs to Automatic Updates.
     if (!$stage instanceof Updater) {
       return;