Manual:$wgCheckSerialized

Cache: $wgCheckSerialized
Check if serialised files are up to date.
Introduced in version:1.12.0 (r27983)
Removed in version:1.16.0
Allowed values:(boolean)
Default value:true

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Set to false if you are thorough system admin who always remembers to keep serialized files up to date to save few mtime calls.