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#  Changelog: VIP MU plugins [Production]

The release window for [VIP MU plugins](https://docs.wpvip.com/vip-go-mu-plugins/)
is currently Tuesdays between 08:00 and 22:00 UTC (09:00 and 23:00 UTC when Daylight
Saving Time is in effect in North America). VIP MU plugins is open source and development
can be followed in [the VIP MU plugins GitHub repository](https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/).

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 28 June 2021

15:38:47 GMT+0000

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

09:08:17 GMT+0000

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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

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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

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`VIP_Request_Block` used to block specific request uses now 403 instead of 410 http
code. 410 code could lead to unintended caching.

[https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/2237](https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/2237)

 18 June 2021

08:31:22 GMT+0000

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[https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/2182](https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/2182)

 17 June 2021

13:07:04 GMT+0000

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Adds `wp vip-search get-index-settings` command. This tool enables validation of
mapping file and other settings of an index.

[https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/2221](https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/2221)

 17 June 2021

13:07:00 GMT+0000

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Rolling out Connection Pilot autoconnection to some additional sites.

[https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/2224](https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/2224)

 17 June 2021

12:41:11 GMT+0000

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Adds a confirmation step before removing the previous index version when using automatic
reindexing using versions.

[https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/2204](https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/2204)

 17 June 2021

12:41:06 GMT+0000

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Removes legacy DB index cleanup that is no longer needed.

[https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/2208](https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/2208)

 17 June 2021

12:41:03 GMT+0000

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We enabled Search Dev Tools on 25% of sites and all non-production sites.

[https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/2209](https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/2209)

 17 June 2021

12:37:21 GMT+0000

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Connection Pilot is now capable of autoconnecting to Akismet.

[https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/2206](https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/2206)

 17 June 2021

12:37:17 GMT+0000

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Fix bug for Akismet autoconnection.

[https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/2223](https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/2223)

 17 June 2021

12:37:13 GMT+0000

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Connection Pilot is now capable of autoconnecting to VaultPress.

[https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/2207](https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/2207)

 17 June 2021

12:20:25 GMT+0000

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Enables Connection Pilot for sites with id greater than 3600.

[https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/2222](https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/2222)

 15 June 2021

17:48:44 GMT+0000

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Removed the `$wp_admin_bar` parameter from the callback since the `admin_notices`
hook doesn’t pass any arguments.

[https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/2205](https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/2205)

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