Updated AllowOverrides in my Apache config and that ended up fixing this for me… the line is now:
<Directory /somedirectory>
AllowOverride FileInfo AuthConfig Limit
Options FollowSymLinks
</Directory>
I’m still having the same issue before and after, using 2.1.5…
In my Apache logs:
[Tue Aug 15 17:15:48.039787 2023] [core:alert] [pid 3148697:tid 3148741] [client someip:38234] /somepath/wordpress/.htaccess: order not allowed in <Files> context