Title: VIP Platform Changelog · Page 52 of 64 · WordPress VIP Documentation --- # VIP Platform Changelog The VIP Platform Changelog includes updates made to the functionality and behavior of the platform's tooling (i.e. [VIP Dashboard](https://docs.wpvip.com/vip-dashboard/), [VIP-CLI](https://docs.wpvip.com/vip-cli/)), [VIP MU plugins](https://docs.wpvip.com/vip-go-mu-plugins/), [VIP File System](https://docs.wpvip.com/vip-file-system/), [caching layers](https://docs.wpvip.com/caching/), and other underlying architecture and software. [ RSS  ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/feed/) Search Showing page 52 of 64 06 July 2021 09:03:19 GMT+0000 [ VIP MU plugins [Production] ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-production/) [ Permalink ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-production/plugin-updated-search-40/) We updated the Search plugin to include the following changes: * Only load facets assets when the widget is active [https://github.com/Automattic/ElasticPress/pull/77](https://github.com/Automattic/ElasticPress/pull/77) * Remove duplicate category_name, cat and tag_id from ES query when tax_query set: [https://github.com/Automattic/ElasticPress/pull/92](https://github.com/Automattic/ElasticPress/pull/92) [https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/2241](https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/2241) 06 July 2021 09:03:06 GMT+0000 [ VIP MU plugins [Production] ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-production/) [ Permalink ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-production/plugin-updated-search-dev-tools-4/) We’ve addressed a case where a timeout of the ES query resulted in a fatal error when printing the necessary data during `admin_footer/wp_footer` action callbacks. [https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/2254](https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/2254) 06 July 2021 08:49:18 GMT+0000 [ VIP MU plugins [Production] ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-production/) [ Permalink ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-production/allow-to-unit-test-all-files-with-specific-wp-version/) Updated internal tooling to better unit test the code. [https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/2255](https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/2255) 06 July 2021 08:49:15 GMT+0000 [ VIP MU plugins [Production] ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-production/) [ Permalink ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-production/plugin-updated-elasticpress-2/) Improves the performance on deep paginated queries. [https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/2264](https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/2264) 30 June 2021 16:43:59 GMT+0000 [ VIP MU plugins [Production] ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-production/) [ Permalink ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-production/added-jetpack-9-9-beta/) We have added a new subtree for Jetpack 9.9, initially containing version 9.9-beta. If you want to try this beta, you can follow the [testing guidelines](https://github.com/Automattic/jetpack/blob/jetpack/branch-9.9/projects/plugins/jetpack/to-test.md). As usual, you need to pin your site to use Jetpack 9.9 by adding this line to your` vip-config.php`: ``` define( 'VIP_JETPACK_PINNED_VERSION', '9.9' ); ``` [https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/2257](https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/2257) 30 June 2021 16:43:56 GMT+0000 [ VIP MU plugins [Production] ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-production/) [ Permalink ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-production/releasing-jetpack-connection-pilot/) We are now opening Jetpack Connection Pilot to all sites by default. [https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/2202](https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/2202) 29 June 2021 11:42:54 GMT+0000 [ VIP MU plugins [Production] ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-production/) [ Permalink ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-production/plugin-updated-jetpack-connection-pilot/) Removed some redundant checks. [https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/2219](https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/2219) 29 June 2021 11:42:51 GMT+0000 [ VIP MU plugins [Production] ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-production/) [ Permalink ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-production/component-updated-mailer-2/) We’ve disabled the new VIP_PHPMailer implementation on WordPress installs older than 5.5. [https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/2244](https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/2244) 29 June 2021 11:42:48 GMT+0000 [ VIP MU plugins [Production] ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-production/) [ Permalink ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-production/plugin-updated-vip-support/) Upgraded test infrastructure for VIP Support. [https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/2252](https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/2252) 29 June 2021 11:42:45 GMT+0000 [ VIP MU plugins [Production] ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-production/) [ Permalink ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-production/plugin-updated-search-39/) This change upgrades validate contents health check to also trigger on missing keys. [https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/2229](https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/2229) 28 June 2021 15:38:47 GMT+0000 [ VIP MU plugins [Production] ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-production/) [ Permalink ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-production/plugin-updated-search-38/) Makes async indexing queue more resilient to deadlocked jobs, by enhancing their processing. [https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/2251](https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/2251) 24 June 2021 21:53:27 GMT+0000 [ VIP MU plugins [Production] ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-production/) [ Permalink ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-production/component-updated-mailer/) We’ve disabled the new VIP_PHPMailer implementation on WordPress installs older than 5.5. [https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/2244](https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/2244) 23 June 2021 20:45:34 GMT+0000 [ VIP MU plugins [Production] ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-production/) [ Permalink ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-production/library-updated-vip_request_block/) We’ve updated a code comment in VIP_Request_Block to clarify the fact that the library is meant to be used to block abusive clients at the origin and not edge locations. [https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/2238](https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/2238) 23 June 2021 20:45:29 GMT+0000 [ VIP MU plugins [Production] ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-production/) [ Permalink ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-production/plugin-updated-search-37/) We’ve addressed an edge case that could potentially result in a fatal error in ` Automattic\VIP\Search::disable_apc_for_ep_enabled_requests` pre_get_posts callback [https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/2239](https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/2239) 23 June 2021 20:45:23 GMT+0000 [ VIP MU plugins [Production] ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-production/) [ Permalink ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-production/component-updated-mail-2/) Allow VIP File System uploads as email attachments [https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/2057](https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/2057) 23 June 2021 20:44:43 GMT+0000 [ VIP MU plugins [Production] ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-production/) [ Permalink ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-production/component-updated-mail/) We’ve released a compatibility fix for PHPMailer and VIP Filesystem so that VIP Filesystem attachments are allowed to be sent with an email. Currently, it requires `define( 'USE_VIP_PHPMAILER', true );` in vip-config.php [https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/2242](https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/2242) 22 June 2021 15:17:08 GMT+0000 [ VIP Dashboard ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-dashboard/) [ Permalink ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-dashboard/905/) ``` Changes the search link in the Help Center to show results from the `docs.wivip.com` site ``` 22 June 2021 09:08:17 GMT+0000 [ VIP MU plugins [Production] ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-production/) [ Permalink ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-production/jetpack-connection-pilot-logging/) Improving reliability of Jetpack Connection Pilot to check if the site is connected. [https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/2227](https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/2227) 22 June 2021 09:08:14 GMT+0000 [ VIP MU plugins [Production] ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-production/) [ Permalink ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-production/jetpack-connection-pilot-schedules/) Tweaked Jetpack Connection cron jobs schedules to improve auto connection times. [https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/2218](https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/2218) 21 June 2021 13:53:54 GMT+0000 [ VIP MU plugins [Production] ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-production/) [ Permalink ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-production/vip_request_block-block-http-code-change/) `VIP_Request_Block` used to block specific request uses now 403 instead of 410 http code. 410 code could lead to unintended caching. 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