Automattic / Automattic/wp-super-cache

Make known users anonymous causes issues with REST API

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[Plugin] Super Cache bug
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Description

When this option is checked, REST API responses returned will be from the cache, resulting in unexpected experiences for admin clients.

Since this is a seldom used feature, I'm not sure if best to provide a warning in the UI to alert folks to the possible conflict or what exactly.

Original report via p3py7Y-J3-p2

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Research direction

Start by reproducing the issue with the known-users-anonymous option enabled and compare cached REST API responses with uncached admin-client responses. Read the option's cache-handling path and the REST API request path; done means the conflict is resolved or clearly warned about, with the behavior covered by a regression check.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
php
Domain
api, backend
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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