Package Manager's help text should provide a PHP snippet for setting the path to Composer in settings.php

Thanks for testing Automatic Updates! Please tell us in detail about the problem you encountered. To help you, you can use the prompts below as guidance.

What was your goal? For example, what versions of Drupal core were you trying to update from and to?

• Updated Drupal core from 9.3.9 to 9.3.12.

What were the steps you took, starting from when you added the Automatic Updates module to your Drupal project (see https://www.drupal.org/i/3275810#install-module for instructions)? Include anything that seems relevant, including commands you ran, links you clicked on, output logs, relevant config files, screenshots, screen recordings, etc.

• Checked my php and composer versions
• Followed the instructions for "Testing with a new Drupal Project".
• Enabled module.
• Under Extend -> Updates, my composer version was incorrect. Turns out I had two versions of composer on my computer. First, I tried to set the composer path to the correct version in settings.php according to the help text linked from the status page. I used package_manager.settings:executables.composer, which did not work. I replaced the semi-colon with a period and that also did not work. I ended up removing the second composer file on my computer and re-installing.
• Once my composer issues were fixed, I was able to follow the instructions under "Use Automatic Updates to update Drupal" with no other issues.

What was your environment like?
Please answer as many of the following questions as you can.

Was this a local development environment, or a remote server?:

• Local environment

Are you using Lando, DDEV, or another Docker-based environment?:

• I used the instructions on the beta testing project:
  

  composer create-project drupal/recommended-project:9.3.9 test --no-interaction
  cd test
  composer require 'drupal/automatic_updates:^2@beta' --no-interaction
  cd web
  php ./core/scripts/drupal quick-start standard

What operating system were you using?

• Mac

What web server are you using?

What PHP version are you using (see https://www.drupal.org/i/3275810#confirm-php-version)?

• PHP 8.1.1 (cli) (built: Dec 17 2021 23:49:52) (NTS)

What version of Composer are you using (see https://www.drupal.org/i/3275810#confirm-composer-version)?

• Composer version 2.3.5 2022-04-13 16:43:00

Did you accomplish your goal? Were the instructions clear? Did you observe any bugs or errors, or other issues? Did you need to do any workarounds?

• The instructions were very clear and easy to follow. The only issue I had was with my local composer version.

Problem with these instructions? Anything else we should know?

• The only issue I had was with trying to manually set the composer path in the settings.php file. The instructions also do not say specifically where to update the settings (web/sites/default/settings.php).