Update to Version 6.42 causes critical error

WordPress version 6.6.2
Active theme: Awaken (version 2.3.0)
Current plugin: Anti-Spam by CleanTalk (version 6.42)
PHP version 8.1.29 Error Details

An error of type E_ERROR was caused in line 201 of the file /home/taubmano/public_html/family/wp/wp-content/plugins/cleantalk-spam-protect/lib/Cleantalk/ApbctWP/AdjustToEnvironmentModule/AdjustToEnv/AdjustToEnvLiteSpeedCache.php. Error message: Uncaught TypeError: json_decode(): Argument #1 ($json) must be of type string, array given in /home/taubmano/public_html/family/wp/wp-content/plugins/cleantalk-spam-protect/lib/Cleantalk/ApbctWP/AdjustToEnvironmentModule/AdjustToEnv/AdjustToEnvLiteSpeedCache.php:201
Stack trace: 0 /home/taubmano/public_html/family/wp/wp-content/plugins/cleantalk-spam-protect/lib/Cleantalk/ApbctWP/AdjustToEnvironmentModule/AdjustToEnv/AdjustToEnvLiteSpeedCache.php(201): json_decode() 1 /home/taubmano/public_html/family/wp/wp-content/plugins/cleantalk-spam-protect/lib/Cleantalk/ApbctWP/AdjustToEnvironmentModule/AdjustToEnv/AdjustToEnvLiteSpeedCache.php(70): Cleantalk\ApbctWP\AdjustToEnvironmentModule\AdjustToEnv\AdjustToEnvLiteSpeedCache->setLiteSpeedCacheJsExcludesState() 2 /home/taubmano/public_html/family/wp/wp-content/plugins/cleantalk-spam-protect/lib/Cleantalk/ApbctWP/AdjustToEnvironmentModule/AdjustToEnv/AdjustToEnvAbstract.php(25): Cleantalk\ApbctWP\AdjustToEnvironmentModule\AdjustToEnv\AdjustToEnvLiteSpeedCache->doAdjust() 3 /home/taubmano/public_html/family/wp/wp-content/plugins/cleantalk-spam-protect/lib/Cleantalk/ApbctWP/AdjustToEnvironmentModule/AdjustToEnvironmentHandler.php(47): Cleantalk\ApbctWP\AdjustToEnvironmentModule\AdjustToEnv\AdjustToEnvAbstract->run() 4 /home/taubmano/public_html/family/wp/wp-content/plugins/cleantalk-spam-protect/inc/cleantalk-updater.php(1290): Cleantalk\ApbctWP\AdjustToEnvironmentModule\AdjustToEnvironmentHandler->handle() 5 /home/taubmano/public_html/family/wp/wp-content/plugins/cleantalk-spam-protect/inc/cleantalk-updater.php(72): apbct_update_to_6_42_0() 6 /home/taubmano/public_html/family/wp/wp-content/plugins/cleantalk-spam-protect/cleantalk.php(3302): apbct_run_update_actions() 7 /home/taubmano/public_html/family/wp/wp-content/plugins/cleantalk-spam-protect/cleantalk.php(239): apbct_update_actions() 8 /home/taubmano/public_html/family/wp/wp-settings.php(522): include_once(‘/home/taubmano/…’) 9 /home/taubmano/public_html/family/wp/wp-config.php(93): require_once(‘/home/taubmano/…’) 10 /home/taubmano/public_html/family/wp/wp-load.php(50): require_once(‘/home/taubmano/…’) 11 /home/taubmano/public_html/family/wp/wp-admin/admin.php(34): require_once(‘/home/taubmano/…’) 12 /home/taubmano/public_html/family/wp/wp-admin/plugins.php(10): require_once(‘/home/taubmano/…’) 13 {main}

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Hello @nisiwi and @jane-taubman,

Our developers are working on this issue. We will contact you as soon as possible.

We are sorry for the inconvenience caused.

Thank you for waiting @nisiwi and @jane-taubman,

Our developers have made some changes to our plugin. Please, use this instruction below to install the dev version:

Download link: https://github.com/CleanTalk/wordpress-antispam/releases/download/dev-version/cleantalk-spam-protect.zip

1. Go to the WordPress Administrator Panel —> Plugins.
2. Find the plugin “Anti-Spam by CleanTalk” —> Deactivate.
3. After the automatic page refresh, find the plugin again “Anti-Spam by CleanTalk” —> Delete. Confirm “Yes, delete these files”.
4. Go to Plugins —> Add New —> Upload Plugin.
5. Download the plugin archive from the link above.
6. Choose the downloaded archive and press “Install Now”.

Did it help you?

We have also released a new version 6.42.1 of our plugin which contains these fixes.

We appreciate?your feedback.

Fix is working. Thank you!

Thank you for your feedback.

We are glad to know the issue is solved.

If you have a moment, could you please leave us some feedback? We would be very grateful: https://www.ads-software.com/support/plugin/cleantalk-spam-protect/reviews/