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+<?php
+/**
+ * Plugin Name: VIP NotOptions Mitigation
+ * Description: Detect invalid values in the notoptions cache.
+ * Author: Automattic
+ * License: GPL version 2 or later - http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html
+ */
+
+namespace Automattic\VIP;
+
+use Automattic\VIP\Utils\Alerts;
+
+if ( is_admin() || ( defined( 'WP_CLI' ) && WP_CLI ) ) {
+	add_action( 'muplugins_loaded', __NAMESPACE__ . '\notoptions_mitigation', -999 );
+}
+
+function notoptions_mitigation() {
+	global $wpdb;
+	$notoptions = wp_cache_get( 'notoptions', 'options' );
+
+	if ( ! is_array( $notoptions ) ) {
+		return;
+	}
+
+	$invalid = false;
+
+	foreach ( $notoptions as $v ) {
+		// notoptions should never have !true values, see get_option()
+		// break on any values not equal to (bool)true.
+		if ( true !== $v ) {
+			$invalid = true;
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+
+	// if they exist, something's borked
+	if ( $invalid ) {
+
+		// attempt repair
+		$flushed = wp_cache_delete( 'notoptions', 'options' );
+
+		// begin prepping notification
+		$is_vip_env    = ( defined( 'WPCOM_IS_VIP_ENV' ) && true === WPCOM_IS_VIP_ENV );
+		$environment   = ( ( defined( 'VIP_GO_APP_ENVIRONMENT' ) && VIP_GO_APP_ENVIRONMENT ) ? VIP_GO_APP_ENVIRONMENT : 'unknown' );
+		$site_id       = defined( 'VIP_GO_APP_ID' ) ? VIP_GO_APP_ID : false;
+
+		// Send notices to VIP staff if this is happening on VIP-hosted sites
+		if ( $is_vip_env && $site_id ) {
+
+			$irc_alert_level = 3; // CRITICAL
+			$opsgenie_alert_level = 'P3';
+
+			$subject = 'NOTOPTIONS: %s (%s VIP Go site ID: %s%s) - Invalid values found in notoptions. Cache flush was %ssuccessful.';
+
+			$subject = sprintf(
+				$subject,
+				esc_url( home_url() ),
+				esc_html( $environment ),
+				(int) $site_id,
+				( ( 0 !== $wpdb->blogid ) ? ", blog ID {$wpdb->blogid}" : '' ),
+				( $flushed ? '' : 'un' )
+			);
+
+			$to_irc = $subject . ' [https://wp.me/PCYsg-vqN] #vipnotoptions';
+
+			// Send to IRC, if we have a host configured
+			if ( defined( 'ALERT_SERVICE_ADDRESS' ) && ALERT_SERVICE_ADDRESS ) {
+
+				$alerts = Alerts::instance();
+				$alerts->send_to_chat( '#vip-deploy-on-call', $to_irc, $irc_alert_level, 'a8c-notoptions' );
+
+				if ( 'production' === $environment ) {
+
+					// Send to OpsGenie
+					$alerts->opsgenie(
+						$subject,
+						array(
+							'alias'       => 'notoptions/cache-corruption/' . $site_id,
+							'description' => 'Invalid values found in notoptions cache',
+							'entity'      => (string) $site_id,
+							'priority'    => $opsgenie_alert_level,
+							'source'      => 'sites/notoptions-value-monitor',
+						),
+						'notoptions-value-alert',
+						'10'
+					);
+
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}