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A stale on-disk auto-mode killswitch no longer keeps auto mode off

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Useful4 Signal3
Auto Mode

A stale local file can no longer keep auto mode switched off; startup re-checks the server.

What

If the cached auto mode configuration said disabled and that value came from disk rather than a live override or server payload, it is now read back as enabled, and startup re-checks the killswitch against the remote config service before deciding. A stale local file can no longer keep auto mode switched off indefinitely.

Details
  • Two new startup awaits: initialising the remote config before mode selection, and the killswitch recheck itself, timed as growthbook_killswitch_recheck_ms.
  • Only values sourced from an explicit override or a server payload are still honoured as disabling.
Evidence

growthbook_killswitch_recheck_ms

Strings lifted out of the shipped bundle, so the claim above can be checked against them.

Related

Other releases about the same thing. Found by shared names or similar wording; neither means one caused the other.

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