During PreSync development @Samuel Cupp created a pull request to set validity after a regrid operation.

https://github.com/EinsteinToolkit/Carpet/pull/8

This may or may not be still required, but should be reviewed and applied or closed.

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Ticket URL: https://bitbucket.org/einsteintoolkit/tickets/issues/2846/added-presync-support-in-regrid