Title: Changelog: VIP MU plugins [Staging] · Page 2 of 9 · WordPress VIP Documentation --- 1. [Changelog](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/) 2. VIP MU plugins [Staging] # Changelog: VIP MU plugins [Staging] 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).  Changes made and deployed to the VIP MU plugins Staging branch are labeled `[Status] Deployed to staging` and visible in a filtered [VIP MU plugins pull request](https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pulls?q=label%3A%22%5BStatus%5D+Deployed+to+staging%22+) view. By default, the staging branch of VIP MU plugins is deployed to one non-production environment for all applications. This allows customers to test changes before they are released to production environments. This also provides time for the VIP Team to observe errors and test for bugs across a wider variety of applications. [ RSS  ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-staging/feed/) Search Showing page 2 of 9 05 March 2026 21:07:03 GMT+0000 [ VIP MU plugins [Staging] ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-staging/) [ GitHub ](https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/6825) [ Permalink ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-staging/vip-mu-plugins-v20260305-0/) ### Changed * Moved the tooling for purging page cache from a widget to its own screen in the VIP navigation menu group and improved guardrails against accidental purges. 24 February 2026 19:15:29 GMT+0000 [ VIP MU plugins [Staging] ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-staging/) [ GitHub ](https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/6797) [ Permalink ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-staging/vip-mu-plugins-v20260224-1/) ### Changed * Updated Akismet to 5.6. ### Added * WordPress Dashboard widget to clear edge cache (origin responses, VIP File Service uploads, static assets) 17 February 2026 14:14:24 GMT+0000 [ VIP MU plugins [Staging] ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-staging/) [ GitHub ](https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/6784) [ Permalink ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-staging/vip-mu-plugins-v20260217-1/) ### Changed * Application telemetry now uses plain email addresses (instead of hashed values) to identify visitors 10 February 2026 20:44:17 GMT+0000 [ VIP MU plugins [Staging] ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-staging/) [ GitHub ](https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/6772) [ Permalink ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-staging/vip-go-mu-plugins-2026-02-10-2044/) ### Changed * Jetpack: Updates to latest version 15.5 for WordPress 6.8+ applications ### Fixed * Two Factor: OTP Authentication URL is rendered correctly. * Converted inline scripts into external components to allow for Content-Security- Policy without `unsafe-inline`. * Exit after redirect in Two Factor ### Added * Email address is now included in Pendo visitor telemetry data 03 February 2026 18:47:25 GMT+0000 [ VIP MU plugins [Staging] ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-staging/) [ GitHub ](https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/6757) [ Permalink ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-staging/vip-go-mu-plugins-2026-02-03-1847/) ### Fixed * The vip-real-time-collaboration integration loading issues. ### Changed * Updated the Two Factor plugin from 0.13.0 to 0.14.2 27 January 2026 21:48:14 GMT+0000 [ VIP MU plugins [Staging] ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-staging/) [ GitHub ](https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/6737) [ Permalink ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-staging/vip-go-mu-plugins-2026-01-27-2148/) ### Changed * Updated Gutenberg version string for the Real-Time Collaboration integration 27 January 2026 21:41:59 GMT+0000 [ VIP MU plugins [Staging] ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-staging/) [ GitHub ](https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/6735) [ Permalink ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-staging/vip-go-mu-plugins-2026-01-27-2141/) ### Fixed * Enterprise Search: Fix get-indexes –active=true to properly retrieve term indexes in MS environments * An intermittently failing test related to telemetry integration. ### Changed * Added double-write support for Elasticsearch migrations to continue mirroring writes to ES7 after upgrading to ES8, enabling safe rollbacks during the post- migration window * Update `vip-real-time-collaboration` to version `0.2` and `Gutenberg` to version` 22.4.1-f48ad9c`. ### Added * Automatically enable Two-Factor Email authentication when creating VIP support users via WP-CLI * Add support for staged roll-out of the Real-Time Collaboration integration 20 January 2026 18:50:50 GMT+0000 [ VIP MU plugins [Staging] ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-staging/) [ GitHub ](https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/6714) [ Permalink ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-staging/vip-go-mu-plugins-2026-01-20-1850/) ### Changed * Enterprise Search: Disallow use of ngram filters in mapping * Enterprise Search: Only active indices get healed * Added additional checks before the inclusion of an admin-facing telemetry library. ### Fixed * Enterprise Search: Fix CLI command `wp vip-search get-index-settings` 13 January 2026 20:57:59 GMT+0000 [ VIP MU plugins [Staging] ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-staging/) [ GitHub ](https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/6701) [ Permalink ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-staging/vip-go-mu-plugins-2026-01-13-2057/) ### Fixed * Enterprise Search: Fixes PHP 8 Warning: Undefined array key “image/svg+xml” when requesting media endpoint * Fixes `active` parameter in `vip-search get-indexes` command to have a high limit instead of default `100` ### Changed * Dynamically load the latest version of the VIP Block Data API and VIP Governance plugins * Updated the wp-parsely submodule (used for local development environments) to version 3.22.0. * Updated the default version of wp-parsely from 3.21 to 3.22. * Jetpack: Update to latest version 15.4 06 January 2026 17:22:50 GMT+0000 [ VIP MU plugins [Staging] ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-staging/) [ GitHub ](https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/6684) [ Permalink ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-staging/vip-go-mu-plugins-2026-01-06-1722/) ### Changed * Query Monitor: Update to 3.20.2 * Search: Fix race condition causing duplicate key errors in the search index queue by adding a status WHERE condition to prevent concurrent updates of the same job. 10 December 2025 00:46:51 GMT+0000 [ VIP MU plugins [Staging] ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-staging/) [ GitHub ](https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/6658) [ Permalink ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-staging/vip-go-mu-plugins-2025-12-10-0046/) ### Changed * VIP File Service: Wrap `wp_remote_request()` in a bounded retry loop for GET/ HEAD when the HTTP API returns a cURL error 18 (partial file transfer). 09 December 2025 20:41:46 GMT+0000 [ VIP MU plugins [Staging] ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-staging/) [ GitHub ](https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/6656) [ Permalink ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-staging/vip-go-mu-plugins-2025-12-09-2041/) ### Changed * VIP File Service: Wrap `wp_remote_request()` in a bounded retry loop for GET/ HEAD when the HTTP API returns a cURL error 18 (partial file transfer). 02 December 2025 19:34:15 GMT+0000 [ VIP MU plugins [Staging] ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-staging/) [ GitHub ](https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/6646) [ Permalink ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-staging/vip-go-mu-plugins-2025-12-02-1934/) ### Changed * Updated the wp-parsely submodule (used for local development environments) to version 3.21.2. 11 November 2025 20:00:17 GMT+0000 [ VIP MU plugins [Staging] ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-staging/) [ GitHub ](https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/6612) [ Permalink ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-staging/vip-go-mu-plugins-2025-11-11-2000/) ### Changed * Improved plugin compatibility for files uploaded by Contact Form 7 24 October 2025 16:55:16 GMT+0000 [ VIP MU plugins [Staging] ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-staging/) [ GitHub ](https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/6589) [ Permalink ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-staging/vip-go-mu-plugins-2025-10-24-1655/) ### Added * Added API to mark a file path/mask as local, effectively skipping upload to VIP File Service ### Fixed * Search Dev Tools incorrectly identifying ES version when version is `8` but the migration mode is still enabled. 21 October 2025 18:45:02 GMT+0000 [ VIP MU plugins [Staging] ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-staging/) [ GitHub ](https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/6583) [ Permalink ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-staging/vip-go-mu-plugins-2025-10-21-1845/) ### Changed * Updated Rewrite Rules Inspector from 1.4.0 to 1.5.1. ### Fixed * Search Dev Tools now correctly shows the version when the migration is not in progress. * Improve support for reverse proxies when checking if a request is coming from a Jetpack server. 14 October 2025 17:25:34 GMT+0000 [ VIP MU plugins [Staging] ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-staging/) [ GitHub ](https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/6572) [ Permalink ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-staging/vip-go-mu-plugins-2025-10-14-1725/) ### Updated * Jetpack 15.1 ### Changed * Updated the default version of wp-parsely from 3.20 to 3.21. * Updated the wp-parsely submodule (used for local development environments) to version 3.21.1. * Updated Query Monitor from 3.18.0 to 3.20.0. This fixes some invalid HTML, resolves a JavaScript global object clash, and improves compatibility with PHP 8.5. 07 October 2025 18:14:38 GMT+0000 [ VIP MU plugins [Staging] ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-staging/) [ GitHub ](https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/6558) [ Permalink ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-staging/vip-go-mu-plugins-2025-10-07-1814/) ### Added * Search Dev Tools: show current version of Elasticsearch in-use. ### Removed * Search Dev Tools: remove algorithm version * Query Monitor – add ES version to VIP panel ### Fixed * Improved stability during metrics collection in the Prometheus internal plugin. * Flush operation on files open in read-only mode does not generate warnings. ### Changed * Release Integrations API publicly. * Updated the wp-parsely submodule (used for local development environments) to version 3.20.8. * Per-request and per-session ES migration testing is not limited to admin users anymore 23 September 2025 18:49:00 GMT+0000 [ VIP MU plugins [Staging] ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-staging/) [ GitHub ](https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/6536) [ Permalink ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-staging/vip-go-mu-plugins-2025-09-23-1849/) Fixed * Improved stability during metrics collection in the Prometheus internal plugin. ### Changed * Release Integrations API publicly. 18 September 2025 17:06:37 GMT+0000 [ VIP MU plugins [Staging] ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-staging/) [ GitHub ](https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/6531) [ Permalink ](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-staging/vip-go-mu-plugins-2025-09-18-1706/) ### Fixed * Improved stability during metrics collection in the Prometheus internal plugin. --- * [Previous](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-staging/?output_format=md) * [Page 1](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-staging/?output_format=md) * Page 2 * [Page 3](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-staging/page/3/?output_format=md) * [Page 4](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-staging/page/4/?output_format=md) * [Page 5](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-staging/page/5/?output_format=md) * … * [Page 9](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-staging/page/9/?output_format=md) * [Next](https://docs.wpvip.com/changelog/vip-mu-plugins-staging/page/3/?output_format=md)