Title: Options: Add code to detect invalid values in the notoptions cache (Inactive)
Author: WordPress VIP Documentation
Published: February 8, 2021
Last modified: August 5, 2025

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# Options: Add code to detect invalid values in the notoptions cache (Inactive)

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 08 February 2021

19:26:53 GMT+0000

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Adds a new file with code that automatically detects corruption of the `notoptions`
cache entry, clearing the cache and alerting when it is detected. This code is not
yet activated – it will be required by a follow-up PR.

[https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/1970](https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/1970)