{"version":"2.1.242","anchor":"remote-settings-kill-switch-renamed-and-stale-reads-are-disc","canonical_anchor":"remote-settings-kill-switch-renamed-and-stale-reads-are-disc","heading":"Remote-settings kill switch renamed, and stale reads are discarded","tier":"internal","area":"Remote Settings","scope":null,"heads_up":null,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.242\/e\/remote-settings-kill-switch-renamed-and-stale-reads-are-disc","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.242","markdown":"### Remote-settings kill switch renamed, and stale reads are discarded\n\nThe auto-mode fallback warning now names which kill switch stopped it, and stale settings reads are ignored.\n\n**What**\n\nThe warning shown when auto mode falls back to the default now says which kill switch stopped it, a local override or one served in the payload. The remote-settings reader also tracks a step counter so a read that has already been superseded is logged and ignored if it fails.\n\n**Evidence**\n\n`\"auto mode killswitch active (override- or payload-served) \u2014 falling back to default\"`\n\n- Area: Remote Settings\n- Tier: Under the hood\n- Useful: 2\/5\n- Signal: 3\/5"}