wp-includes/class-wp-recovery-mode-email-service.php:53Sends the recovery mode email if the rate limit has not been sent.
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true|WP_Error public function maybe_send_recovery_mode_email( $rate_limit, $error, $extension ) { $last_sent = get_option( self::RATE_LIMIT_OPTION ); if ( ! $last_sent || time() > $last_sent + $rate_limit ) { if ( ! update_option( self::RATE_LIMIT_OPTION, time() ) ) { return new WP_Error( 'storage_error', __( 'Could not update the email last sent time.' ) ); } $sent = $this->send_recovery_mode_email( $rate_limit, $error, $extension ); if ( $sent ) { return true; } return new WP_Error( 'email_failed', sprintf( /* translators: %s: mail() */ __( 'The email could not be sent. Possible reason: your host may have disabled the %s function.' ), 'mail()' ) ); } $err_message = sprintf( /* translators: 1: Last sent as a human time diff, 2: Wait time as a human time diff. */ __( 'A recovery link was already sent %1$s ago. Please wait another %2$s before requesting a new email.' ), human_time_diff( $last_sent ), human_time_diff( $last_sent + $rate_limit ) ); return new WP_Error( 'email_sent_already', $err_message ); }Introduced in 5.2.0. Unchanged from 6.7.7 through 7.1.0.
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