[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #58286: Growing database due to unnecessary transients containing "g_url_details_response_"

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#58286: Growing database due to unnecessary transients containing
"g_url_details_response_"
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 Reporter:  davidki       |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  defect (bug)  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Database      |     Version:  6.2
 Severity:  critical      |  Resolution:
 Keywords:                |     Focuses:
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Comment (by petitphp):

 Hello @davidki

 When clicking on links in the editor, Gutenberg will attempt to display a
 preview of for external links (page title + primary image or favicon).

 The rest controller you mentioned will make a request to the remote URL to
 load the first hundred bytes and retrieve the @head@ tag to extract the
 relevant information. To speed up the process and avoid spamming the
 remote servers, each response will be cached in a transient for one hour.

 At first glance, it doesn't seem to be a way of disabling the preview
 mechanism in the editor. You can open
 [https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/issues an issue in the Gutenberg
 repository] to propose that enhancement.

 As for the transients, they should be cleaned automatically every day
 after they expired.

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