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@@ -30,16 +30,25 @@
30 30 /**
31 31 * Register every route a module declared, prefixed with its slug.
32 32 */
33 33 public static function register_module( Module $module ): void {
34 - $routes = $module->rest_routes();
35 - if ( empty( $routes ) ) {
36 - return;
37 - }
38 -
34 + // rest_routes() is resolved INSIDE the callback, not here.
35 + //
36 + // This method runs at plugins_loaded, before `init`. Calling
37 + // rest_routes() there makes a module build its settings schema, and
38 + // those schemas carry __() labels — so WordPress emitted a
39 + // _load_textdomain_just_in_time notice for every module, on every
40 + // request including the front end (135 per page load with WP_DEBUG on).
41 + // The eager call existed only to skip add_action() for modules with no
42 + // routes; deferring costs one no-op hook each and moves all translation
43 + // work to where it belongs. (QA, 9 Aug 2026)
39 44 add_action(
40 45 'rest_api_init',
41 - static function () use ( $module, $routes ) {
46 + static function () use ( $module ) {
47 + $routes = $module->rest_routes();
48 + if ( empty( $routes ) ) {
49 + return;
50 + }
42 51 $slug = $module->slug();
43 52 foreach ( $routes as $route ) {
44 53 $path = '/' . trim( $slug, '/' ) . '/' . ltrim( $route['path'] ?? '', '/' );
45 54 $path = rtrim( $path, '/' );
@@ -151,18 +160,87 @@
151 160 return $result;
152 161 }
153 162
154 163 /**
164 + * Values that are shaped like a capability but cannot be one.
165 + *
166 + * WordPress's `__return_*` helpers are function names. Passed where a
167 + * capability belongs they are simply an unknown capability, and an unknown
168 + * capability is denied — so they close a route rather than open it. Listed
169 + * literally: the check has to be certain, because a capability that merely
170 + * happens to share a name with some function is legitimate.
171 + */
172 + private const NOT_A_CAPABILITY = array(
173 + '__return_true',
174 + '__return_false',
175 + '__return_zero',
176 + '__return_null',
177 + '__return_empty_array',
178 + '__return_empty_string',
179 + );
180 +
181 + /** Whether a declared capability is one `current_user_can()` could grant. */
182 + private static function is_capability( $capability ): bool {
183 + return is_string( $capability )
184 + && '' !== $capability
185 + && ! in_array( $capability, self::NOT_A_CAPABILITY, true );
186 + }
187 +
188 + /**
155 189 * Wrap permission_callback with the always-on cap check. A module may
156 190 * declare its own permission_callback for an extra-strict gate; both
157 191 * must pass.
192 + *
193 + * A route may opt out of the capability check with
194 + * `'allow_unauthenticated' => true`. That is ONLY for endpoints designed to
195 + * be called by anonymous frontend visitors — the RUM beacon is the reason
196 + * this exists: it collects Core Web Vitals from real visitors, who by
197 + * definition are not logged in, so the default `manage_options` gate
198 + * rejected every sample with a 401 and the feature could never record
199 + * anything. (FBS-84070)
200 + *
201 + * Opting out drops ONLY the capability check. A route-declared
202 + * `permission_callback` still runs and still has to pass, so a module can
203 + * keep its own validation (nonce, rate limit, payload shape) on top.
158 204 */
159 205 private static function wrap_permission( Module $module, array $route ): callable {
160 206 $declared = $route['permission_callback'] ?? null;
161 207 $capability = $route['capability'] ?? 'manage_options';
208 + $public = ! empty( $route['allow_unauthenticated'] );
162 209
163 - return static function ( \WP_REST_Request $request ) use ( $declared, $capability ) {
164 - if ( ! current_user_can( $capability ) ) {
210 + if ( ! $public && ! self::is_capability( $capability ) ) {
211 + /*
212 + * A route that reads as public and is closed to everyone.
213 + *
214 + * `'capability' => '__return_true'` is the shape this catches: a
215 + * function name, not a capability. `current_user_can()` denies an
216 + * unknown capability — for an anonymous caller AND for a logged-in
217 + * administrator — so the route answers 401 to every request while
218 + * looking, to the next person who reads it, like it lets everyone
219 + * through. One shipped that way, and what found it was a customer's
220 + * 401 rather than any test.
221 + *
222 + * It stays DENIED. Reading "public" out of a value that cannot be a
223 + * capability would turn a typo into an authentication bypass, which
224 + * is a far worse failure than the one being reported. The fix is to
225 + * say `'allow_unauthenticated' => true`, which is the only thing
226 + * that opens a route here, and this says so.
227 + */
228 + _doing_it_wrong(
229 + __METHOD__,
230 + esc_html(
231 + sprintf(
232 + 'Route "%s" declares "%s" as its capability. That is not a capability, so current_user_can() denies every caller, including administrators. Use \'allow_unauthenticated\' => true for a route that is meant to be public.',
233 + $module->slug() . ( $route['path'] ?? '' ),
234 + is_scalar( $capability ) ? (string) $capability : gettype( $capability )
235 + )
236 + ),
237 + 'xspeed 1.2.5'
238 + );
239 + }
240 +
241 + return static function ( \WP_REST_Request $request ) use ( $declared, $capability, $public ) {
242 + if ( ! $public && ! current_user_can( $capability ) ) {
165 243 return false;
166 244 }
167 245 if ( is_callable( $declared ) ) {
168 246 $result = call_user_func( $declared, $request );