cleanup_sessions() is not invoked, wp_option > 400k _wc_session%

WooCommerce 2.3.8, WP 4.2.2, VPS

How to check the bug:

this shows how many outdated sessions are stored:
select count(*) from wp_options where option_name like '_wc_session_exp%' and option_value<UNIX_TIMESTAMP();

this shows the oldest session that should be cleaned (2nd row)
select *,FROM_UNIXTIME(option_value) from wp_options where option_name like '_wc_session_exp%' order by option_value asc limit 10;

let’s get to the guts.
mcedit /wp-content/plugins/woocommerce/includes/class-wc-session-handler.php

and add:

public function debugs($msg){
                $f = fopen('/tmp/sheershoff.log','a');
                fwrite($f,date(DATE_ATOM).': '.print_r($msg,true));
                fwrite($f,'==='."\r\n");
                fclose($f);
        }

and add $this->debug('constructed'); to the end of __construct and $this->debug('cleanup_sessions started'); to the start of cleanup_sessions(). Install crontrol plugin. Try running the cron task with the run now link. Try rescheduling the task to run soon. Wait. Check the /tmp/sheershoff.log and see that no cleanup_sessions started string appears in the file. See that the _wc_session_exp% count has not decreased.

Also, before this bug appeared, I’ve seen a lot of OOMs in my logs, no wonder if we’re trying to store over 200k of session hashes in-memory. Shouldn’t this behavior be corrected?

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