The uploads .htaccess is read once per request instead of once per question. Every admin screen asks whether the rules are still installed, and the dashboard asked three times over.
- The file is re-read as soon as the plugin writes to it, so a repair still reports what it just did.
📦 This version was not released on its own on WordPress.org. Its changes ship in Medifence 1.74.0 (zip).

