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VIP Platform Changelog

The VIP Platform Changelog includes updates made to the functionality and behavior of the platform's tooling (i.e. VIP Dashboard, VIP-CLI), VIP MU plugins, VIP File System, caching layers, and other underlying architecture and software.

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16 December 2022

07:48:41 GMT+0000

If an environment had not previously generated a media export, they would see an error when navigating to the Media Exports page. This is now fixed and the page loads correctly for all environments.

13 December 2022

17:39:47 GMT+0000

Plugin Updated: Enterprise Search


Plugin Updated: Feature

Feature percentage roll out will take into account a multisite’s subsites to ensure not all subsites are rolled out together at once.

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/3946


Plugin Updated: Query Monitor

Adds a “VIP” panel with display of stacks information

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/3924

06 December 2022

21:18:50 GMT+0000

Plugin Updated: Enterprise Search


Plugin Updated: Feature

Feature percentage roll out will take into account a multisite’s subsites to ensure not all subsites are rolled out together at once.

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/3946


Plugin Updated: Query Monitor

Adds a “VIP” panel with display of stacks information

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/3924

15 November 2022

19:02:27 GMT+0000

Plugin Updated: VIP Filesystem Services


Helper Updated: WPCOM_VIP_CLI_Command

Changed visibility and accessibility of helper methods in the WPCOM_VIP_CLI_Command class to enable them to be called statically.

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/3887


Plugin Updated: Enterprise Search

Re-build index if incorrect post mapping found (non-prods only)

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/3899

15 November 2022

18:33:15 GMT+0000

Plugin Updated: VIP Go Feed Cache

Fix incompatibility with wp-rss-aggregator plugin

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/3825


Plugin Updated: Enterprise Search

Adds the newest version of ElasticPress. Can be tested by defining constant VIP_SEARCH_USE_NEXT_EP to true.

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/3814


Plugin Updated: Query Monitor

Add APCU Cache panel to Query Monitor

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/3826


Plugin Updated: Codebase Manager

Workaround related to search unescaping in wp-admin.

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/3818


Plugin Updated: Query Monitor

We added a panel to display cron events.

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/3832


Plugin Updated: VIP Utils

Add vip_get_hyper_servers() method.

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/3846


Plugin Updated: VIP Prometheus

Added is_opcache_available() method to OpCache_Collector

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/3848


Plugin Updated: VIP Helpers

Added workaround for a Yoast bug resulting in the “Illegal offset type in isset or empty” error.

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/3849

10 November 2022

00:38:23 GMT+0000

The Basic Authentication page received accessibility improvements, a new table listing look and feel, and a standard way to add or edit existing users.

07 November 2022

15:56:43 GMT+0000

Plugin Updated: VIP Go Feed Cache

Fix incompatibility with wp-rss-aggregator plugin

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/3825


Plugin Updated: Enterprise Search

Adds the newest version of ElasticPress. Can be tested by defining constant VIP_SEARCH_USE_NEXT_EP to true.

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/3814


Plugin Updated: Query Monitor


Plugin Updated: Codebase Manager

Workaround related to search unescaping in wp-admin.

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/3818


Plugin Updated: VIP Utils

Add vip_get_hyper_servers() method.

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/3846


Plugin Updated: VIP Prometheus

Added is_opcache_available() method to OpCache_Collector

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/3848


Plugin Updated: VIP Helpers

Added workaround for a Yoast bug resulting in the “Illegal offset type in isset or empty” error.

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/3849

07 November 2022

15:28:19 GMT+0000

Plugin Updated: JS Concat

In wp-admin, JS assets will no longer be concatenated.

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/3793


Plugin Updated: 2FA

2FA: Fix warning generated on a site with no path in home_url()

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/3803


Plugin Removed: Jetpack 10.X.

We have recently switched to source jetpack plugin from vip-go-mu-plugins-ext. This change removes now unused jetpack plugins from vip-go-mu-plugins repository.

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/3810

02 November 2022

11:11:19 GMT+0000

  • Report the size of each database backup on the backup screen.
  • Fix the heading structure and the form semantics on the HSTS Settings feature for accessibility
25 October 2022

16:02:46 GMT+0000

Plugin Updated: JS Concat

In wp-admin, JS assets will no longer be concatenated.

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/3793


Plugin Updated: 2FA

2FA: Fix warning generated on a site with no path in home_url()

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/3803


Plugin Removed: Jetpack 10.X.

We have recently switched to source jetpack plugin from vip-go-mu-plugins-ext. This change removes now unused jetpack plugins from vip-go-mu-plugins repository.

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/3810

20 October 2022

23:00:20 GMT+0000

  • Updated DNS step that includes preflight checks to ensure that the DNS record for your domain is reachable and pointing to WordPress VIP
  • Added a new TLS certificate step that shows certificate-specific preflights checks, along with an option to provision a Let’s Encrypt certificate
  • Updated the final step to mark a launched network site as not launched
  • Added an automatic sync to Jetpack once you’ve updated your site to allow for a seamless update of your Jetpack Cache SiteThe launch tool
18 October 2022

19:08:57 GMT+0000

Plugin Removed: Jetpack 9.4.

We have recently switched to source jetpack plugin from vip-go-mu-plugins-ext. This change starts to remove now unused plugins from vip-go-mu-plugins repository.

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/3724


Plugin Updated: Admin Notice

Notices are displayed only for super admins if no Capability_Conditions have been defined.

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/3729


Plugin Updated: Enterprise Search

Better error handling in list_indexes() since remote_request() can return a WP_Error.

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/3731


Plugin Updated: Jetpack


Plugin Updated: Search Dev Tools

Add query-src-box and query-result-box to classes

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/3757

18 October 2022

10:29:42 GMT+0000

When adding a domain on the Domains List Page

  • Replace floating notification with persistent notice.
  • Include information about delay for load balancer config reload.
18 October 2022

10:26:43 GMT+0000

  • Replace floating notification with persistent notice.
  • Include information about delay for load balancer config reload.
11 October 2022

16:17:03 GMT+0000

Plugin Removed: Jetpack 9.4.

We have recently switched to source jetpack plugin from vip-go-mu-plugins-ext. This change starts to remove now unused plugins from vip-go-mu-plugins repository.

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/3724


Plugin Updated: Admin Notice

Notices are displayed only for super admins if no Capability_Conditions have been defined.

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/3729


Plugin Updated: Enterprise Search

We created better error handling in list_indexes() since remote_request() can return a WP_Error.

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/3731


Plugin Updated: Jetpack loader

We added an extra user error if Jetpack was not loaded correctly to make detection and troubleshooting easier.

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/3723


Plugin Updated: Jetpack

We fixed a bug where pinned/local Jetpack weren’t displaying the correct version in plugins UI

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/3755


Plugin Updated: Search Dev Tools

We added query-src-box and query-result-box to classes

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/3757