docs: Remove null from handle_error() return type

apermo · apermo · commit 87740c25b87b · 2026-02-28T09:44:19.000+01:00
No code path returns null. The implicit return after redirect_protected() is unreachable since that method is annotated as @return never.
diff --git a/src/wp-includes/class-wp-recovery-mode.php b/src/wp-includes/class-wp-recovery-mode.php
@@ -161,10 +161,10 @@ public function is_initialized() {
 	 * @since 5.2.0
 	 *
 	 * @param array<string, mixed> $error Error details from `error_get_last()`.
-	 * @return true|WP_Error|null|never True if the error was handled and headers have already been sent.
-	 *                                  Or the request will exit to try and catch multiple errors at once.
-	 *                                  WP_Error if an error occurred preventing it from being handled.
-	 *                                  Never if the redirect is protected.
+	 * @return true|WP_Error|never True if the error was handled and headers have already been sent.
+	 *                              Or the request will exit to try and catch multiple errors at once.
+	 *                              WP_Error if an error occurred preventing it from being handled.
+	 *                              Never if the redirect is protected.
 	 */
 	public function handle_error( array $error ) {
 
