diff --git a/core/modules/filters/accumulate-palette-entries.js b/core/modules/filters/accumulate-palette-entries.js
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index 6ca45a051..000000000
--- a/core/modules/filters/accumulate-palette-entries.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
-/*\
-title: $:/core/modules/filters/accumulate-palette-entries.js
-type: application/javascript
-module-type: filteroperator
-
-A temporary filter operator for accumulating palette entries into a unique signature that can be used for cache invalidation. The signature is opaque, and should not be used for anything other than cache invalidation.
-
-Hopefully we can figure out a way to do this within TW's filter language; it might be a good way to stretch the capabilities of the language.
-
-\*/
-(function(){
-
-/*jslint node: true, browser: true */
-/*global $tw: false */
-"use strict";
-
-/*
-Export our filter function
-*/
-exports["accumulate-palette-entries"] = function(source,operator,options) {
-	var paletteTitle = operator.operand,
-		wiki = options.wiki,
-		visitedPalettes = [];
-	// Recursive function to accumulate the palette entries from a single palette
-	function accumulatePaletteEntries(title) {
-		var tiddler = wiki.getTiddler(title),
-			results = [];
-		if(visitedPalettes.indexOf(title) === -1 && tiddler) {
-			visitedPalettes.push(title);
-			if(tiddler.fields["palette-import"]) {
-				Array.prototype.push.apply(results,accumulatePaletteEntries(tiddler.fields["palette-import"]));
-			}
-			var json = wiki.getTiddlerData(tiddler,{});
-			$tw.utils.each(Object.keys(json),function(key) {
-				results.push(key + ":" + json[key]);
-			});
-		}
-		return results;
-	}
-	var results = JSON.stringify(accumulatePaletteEntries(paletteTitle));
-	results += wiki.getTiddlerAsJson(paletteTitle);
-	return [results];
-};
-
-})();
diff --git a/core/modules/filters/changecount.js b/core/modules/filters/changecount.js
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/modules/filters/changecount.js
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+/*\
+title: $:/core/modules/filters/changecount.js
+type: application/javascript
+module-type: filteroperator
+
+Filter operator for retrieving the changecount for each title in the list.
+
+\*/
+(function(){
+
+/*jslint node: true, browser: true */
+/*global $tw: false */
+"use strict";
+
+/*
+Export our filter function
+*/
+exports.changecount = function(source,operator,options) {
+	var results = [];
+	source(function(tiddler,title) {
+		results.push(options.wiki.getChangeCount(title) + "");
+	});
+	return results;
+};
+
+})();
diff --git a/core/wiki/background-actions/AutoCompilePalette.tid b/core/wiki/background-actions/AutoCompilePalette.tid
index 042439703..112ae9135 100644
--- a/core/wiki/background-actions/AutoCompilePalette.tid
+++ b/core/wiki/background-actions/AutoCompilePalette.tid
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 title: $:/core/background-actions/AutoCompilePalette
 tags: $:/tags/BackgroundAction $:/tags/StartupAction
-track-filter: [accumulate-palette-entries[$:/palette]]
+track-filter: [[$:/palette]] +[changecount[]]
 
 \import [subfilter{$:/core/config/GlobalImportFilter}]
 <<actions-recompile-current-palette>>
diff --git a/editions/test/tiddlers/tests/data/palettes/Accumulate.tid b/editions/test/tiddlers/tests/data/palettes/Accumulate.tid
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index 38a67c490..000000000
--- a/editions/test/tiddlers/tests/data/palettes/Accumulate.tid
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-
-title: Operators/Palettes/Accumulate
-description: Recursively accumulate palette definitions
-type: text/vnd.tiddlywiki-multiple
-tags: [[$:/tags/wiki-test-spec]]
-
-title: Output
-
-\import [subfilter{$:/core/config/GlobalImportFilter}]
-\parsermode inline
-<$text text={{{ [accumulate-palette-entries[MyPalette]] }}}/>
-+
-title: $:/palette
-
-MyPalette
-+
-title: MyPalette
-name: My Palette
-description: My custom palette
-tags: $:/tags/Palette
-type: application/x-tiddler-dictionary
-palette-import: MyOtherPalette
-color-scheme: light
-
-page-background: <<colour custom>>
-custom: #f4e4d4
-+
-title: MyOtherPalette
-name: My Other Palette
-description: My other custom palette
-tags: $:/tags/Palette
-type: application/x-tiddler-dictionary
-color-scheme: light
-
-page-background: #d4e4f4
-background: red
-+
-title: ExpectedResult
-
-["page-background:#d4e4f4","background:red","page-background:&lt;&lt;colour custom&gt;&gt;","custom:#f4e4d4"]{"title":"MyPalette","name":"My Palette","description":"My custom palette","tags":"$:/tags/Palette","type":"application/x-tiddler-dictionary","palette-import":"MyOtherPalette","color-scheme":"light","text":"page-background: &lt;&lt;colour custom&gt;&gt;\ncustom: #f4e4d4"}
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