27 May 2021
08:59:49 GMT+0000
Improved logging on Elasticsearch failed requests.
Changelog: VIP MU plugins [Production]
The release window for VIP 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.
25 May 2021
21:57:15 GMT+0000
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.
25 May 2021
21:55:45 GMT+0000
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.
25 May 2021
21:55:32 GMT+0000
Update deadlock cleanup job for the indexing queue to handle correctly multiple jobs trying to reindex the same object.
25 May 2021
21:55:27 GMT+0000
- We’ve addressed a few incompatibilities that may have caused issues in edge case scenarios where a
vip_search_post_meta_allow_listfilter 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_optionscapability.
25 May 2021
21:55:23 GMT+0000
Better handling of Jetpack when it’s disabled. Removal of some extra Jetpack messaging.
25 May 2021
21:55:18 GMT+0000
We’ve reworked some internal alerting regarding very large autoloader options.
25 May 2021
21:55:12 GMT+0000
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.
25 May 2021
21:54:38 GMT+0000
Imports through CLI would fail if Jetpack is disabled on the site.
25 May 2021
21:54:34 GMT+0000
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.
25 May 2021
21:54:28 GMT+0000
Not loading Akismet if Akismet is disabled.
25 May 2021
21:54:20 GMT+0000
We upgraded Rewrite Rules Inspector to 1.3.1
11 May 2021
18:41:34 GMT+0000
Removing unused widgets from VIP Dashboard.
11 May 2021
18:41:31 GMT+0000
11 May 2021
18:41:08 GMT+0000
Fix issue with sites with custom login form.
11 May 2021
18:41:02 GMT+0000
Update to search settings validation job to skip index versions not initialized in ElasticSearch.
10 May 2021
19:31:09 GMT+0000
Better handling of attempted uploads during a read-only period for upcoming maintenance on May 10.
10 May 2021
19:31:03 GMT+0000
Improve internal index settings monitoring job to skip trying to fix inconsistencies in non-auto-healable settings.
10 May 2021
19:30:52 GMT+0000
Removing PHP 7.3 linting step.
10 May 2021
19:30:29 GMT+0000
Improve internal index count monitoring job to skip non-initialized indexes.