RSS Feed/News Built-in Redis cache does not gracefully degrade on connection failure, leading to fatal errors

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When the built-in Redis cache provider is configured and Redis becomes temporarily unavailable (e.g., during a service restart or brief outage), XenForo throws an uncaught RedisException, resulting in a fatal error that makes the entire site inaccessible. This occurs early in the bootstrap process during DataRegistry operations, preventing the site from loading any content until Redis recovers.

Expected: The system should degrade gracefully by falling back to a non-Redis cache (e.g...

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