Tune invalid token alerts per show

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The “Unusual failed feed access” alert defaults to 10 unknown-token requests in 60 minutes, per show. A show with a large audience and a lot of mis-copied URLs may need a higher bar before it’s worth an alert; a show you use for testing may not want the alert at all.

benecaster_invalid_token_alert_threshold receives the show ID, so tuning can target specific shows rather than the whole install. Returning false or null switches monitoring off for that show entirely — no counting, no benecaster_invalid_token_recorded, no alert. Any other non-array return falls back to the defaults, so a bug in your callback can’t silently disable the alarm.

Code

<?php
add_filter(
    'benecaster_invalid_token_alert_threshold',
    function ( array $config, int $show_id ) {
        // A staging or test show: no monitoring at all. Returning false
        // also stops benecaster_invalid_token_recorded for this show.
        if ( 123 === $show_id ) {
            return false;
        }

        // A high-traffic show: only alert on a heavier burst, over a
        // shorter window.
        if ( 456 === $show_id ) {
            return [ 'count' => 50, 'window_minutes' => 30 ];
        }

        return $config;
    },
    10,
    2
);

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Hooks Used

benecaster_invalid_token_alert_threshold

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