Adding to the other comments, I've encountered similar on shared hosts. The first time, when I encountered something similar through a PHP program, I reached o

Adding to the other comments, I've encountered similar on shared hosts. The first time, when I encountered something similar through a PHP program, I reached out; I did get a response from support (who were responsive and did on their own escalate to a higher level), along the lines of, "We know. It's not ideal, but it's the best we can do within the current systems design."