Title: VIP Platform Changelog · Page 55 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 55 of 64 25 May 2021 21:57:15 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/internal-add-wpcom_vip_site_admin_only_maintenance-constant/) Added a constant, `WPCOM_VIP_SITE_ADMIN_ONLY_MAINTENANCE`, that can be used to put a site into maintenance mode without impacting the front-end. The idea being to prevent database writes(e.g.: post creation) in wp-admin from happening at an inopportune time during periods of maintenance while still allowing the site to operate normally. [https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/2152](https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/2152) 25 May 2021 21:55:45 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-admin-notices/) We’ve implemented changes to our Admin Notices plugin that allows for more flexibility when defining the conditions for whether a notice should be displayed or not. [https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/2123](https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/2123) 25 May 2021 21:55:32 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-update-search/) Update deadlock cleanup job for the indexing queue to handle correctly multiple jobs trying to reindex the same object. [https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/2157](https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/2157) 25 May 2021 21:55:27 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/plugin-updated-search-dev-tools/) * We’ve addressed a few incompatibilities that may have caused issues in edge case scenarios where a `vip_search_post_meta_allow_list` filter callback has a type- hinted argument. * Rate Limiting tab also shows the number of queries for the current time window as well as the limit. * Dev Tools now require `manage_options` capability. [https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/2159](https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/2159) 25 May 2021 21:55:23 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/plugin-updated-jetpack/) Better handling of Jetpack when it’s disabled. Removal of some extra Jetpack messaging. [https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/2150](https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/2150) 25 May 2021 21:55:18 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/improvements-for-internal-alerting/) We’ve reworked some internal alerting regarding very large autoloader options. [https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/2151](https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/2151) 25 May 2021 21:55:12 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-26/) This change ensures the index is correctly initialized in ElasticSearch before operations that could create a default index. Default index doesn’t have the correct mapping set and therefore could potentially cause search issues. [https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/2134](https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/2134) 25 May 2021 21:54:38 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/fix-imports-when-jetpack-is-disabled/) Imports through CLI would fail if Jetpack is disabled on the site. [https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/2141](https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/2141) 25 May 2021 21:54:34 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/plugin-updated-vaultpress-2-1-4/) We upgraded VaultPress 2.1.3 to VaultPress 2.1.4. ``` = 2.1.4 = * Release date: August 7, 2020 ** Opcache Conflict ** * General: Revert autoloader version to prior 1.7.0 version, to resolve an intermittent issue during the upgrade process for some users. ``` [https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/2143](https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/2143) 25 May 2021 21:54:28 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-akismet-2/) Not loading Akismet if Akismet is disabled. [https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/2145](https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/2145) 25 May 2021 21:54:20 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-rewrite-rules-inspector-1-3-1/) We upgraded Rewrite Rules Inspector to 1.3.1 [https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/2148](https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/2148) 25 May 2021 19:56:44 GMT+0000 [ VIP Dashboard ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-dashboard/) [ Permalink ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-dashboard/fix-webpack-dev-server-issue-3/) Fix the Webpack dev server to use `ws` instead of `sockjs-node` to avoid erroring out from a bug in `sockjs` after the upgrade to `webpackDevServer` v3.11.0 11 May 2021 18:41:34 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/plugin-updated-vip-dashboard-2/) Removing unused widgets from VIP Dashboard. [https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/2126](https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/2126) 11 May 2021 18:41:31 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/filter-login-error-message-to-use-an-ambiguous-one-that-does-not-reveal-whether-username-exists/) [https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/2014](https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/2014) 11 May 2021 18:41:08 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-security/) Fix issue with sites with custom login form. [https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/2127](https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/2127) 11 May 2021 18:41:02 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-25/) Update to search settings validation job to skip index versions not initialized in ElasticSearch. [https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/2125](https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/2125) 11 May 2021 06:28:11 GMT+0000 [ VIP Dashboard ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-dashboard/) [ Permalink ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-dashboard/674/) Use mapped theme color instead of trying to access the (nonexistent) settings property. #vip-dashboard 10 May 2021 19:31:09 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/update-file-service-integration/) Better handling of attempted uploads during a read-only period for upcoming maintenance on May 10. [https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/2109](https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/2109) 10 May 2021 19:31:03 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-24/) Improve internal index settings monitoring job to skip trying to fix inconsistencies in non-auto-healable settings. [https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/2110](https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/2110) 10 May 2021 19:30:52 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/ci-update-remove-php-7-3-linting/) Removing PHP 7.3 linting step. 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