diff --git a/frappe/__init__.py b/frappe/__init__.py
index 0aae4408c5..91bae82696 100644
--- a/frappe/__init__.py
+++ b/frappe/__init__.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ if sys.version[0] == '2':
 	reload(sys)
 	sys.setdefaultencoding("utf-8")
 
-__version__ = '11.1.15'
+__version__ = '11.1.16'
 __title__ = "Frappe Framework"
 
 local = Local()
diff --git a/frappe/utils/__init__.py b/frappe/utils/__init__.py
index 9756ddc741..78e6b56fe2 100644
--- a/frappe/utils/__init__.py
+++ b/frappe/utils/__init__.py
@@ -74,6 +74,12 @@ def extract_email_id(email):
 		email_id = email_id.decode("utf-8", "ignore")
 	return email_id
 
+def validate_email_add(email_str, throw=False):
+	"""
+	validate_email_add will be renamed to the validate_email_address in v12
+	"""
+	return validate_email_address(email_str, throw=False)
+
 def validate_email_address(email_str, throw=False):
 	"""Validates the email string"""
 	email = email_str = (email_str or "").strip()
@@ -654,4 +660,4 @@ def get_safe_filters(filters):
 		# filters are not passed, not json
 		pass
 
-	return filters
\ No newline at end of file
+	return filters
diff --git a/frappe/utils/response.py b/frappe/utils/response.py
index 5f4ced5405..8412ec6271 100644
--- a/frappe/utils/response.py
+++ b/frappe/utils/response.py
@@ -105,7 +105,8 @@ def make_logs(response = None):
 
 	if frappe.error_log:
 		response['exc'] = json.dumps([frappe.utils.cstr(d["exc"]) for d in frappe.local.error_log])
-		response['locals'] = json.dumps([frappe.utils.cstr(d["locals"]) for d in frappe.local.error_log])
+		if frappe.conf.developer_mode:
+			response['locals'] = json.dumps([frappe.utils.cstr(d["locals"]) for d in frappe.local.error_log])
 
 	if frappe.local.message_log:
 		response['_server_messages'] = json.dumps([frappe.utils.cstr(d) for