Validation broken on CF7 now

I’m having this problem on more than one site: If you have say five fields (field type doesn’t matter) and you require the first and third field to be filled out (or first and fourth, whatever), the form doesn’t work.

BUT…here’s the weird thing: if someone fills out all five fields, it submits beautifully. But if they only fill out the two fields requiring validation, it hangs on the second.

I’m removing all validation now on 20+ sites. Kind of a serious problem.

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