note before switching tasks

app/Providers/ValidationServiceProvider.php

@@ -305,6 +305,8 @@ public function boot()
  $options = $field->formatFieldValuesAsArray();
 
  // temporarily decrypt for validation
+ // so, this is breaking patches, i don't really get why.
+ // is it not encrypted here on an update? need to do more testing. :(
  if($field->field_encrypted) {
  $value = Crypt::decrypt($value);
  }