The configuration option skip_validation_on_save does not correspond to the expected behavior. I was expecting a save(validate: false) when that option is true but instead it is completely bypassing all calbacks and only persisting the state column.

I would suggest either changing the behavior to match the name or changing the name (only_persist_state_on_save) to match the behavior as to avoid confusion. In either case, this change would not be backwards compatible so I'm not sure how best to deal with that.