Mobile-l March 2014

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Problems with QA MobileFrontend Chrome builds
by Jon Robson 13 Mar '14

13 Mar '14

We get a lot of failures on the Chrome build. The Firefox one seems a lot more stable in comparison although occasionally gets hit by similar problems. Problem 1: There seems to be more connection problems here - sometimes page simply don't load. Usually hits Chrome builds. This can effect important steps such as opting into beta. [0] Problem 2: Selector issues - the language test Language selection.Closing language overlay (overlay button)<https://wmf.ci.cloudbees.com/job/MobileFrontend-en.m.wikipedia.beta.wmflabs…> persistently fails. It seems to fail to match an element even though I can see it in the screencast. Do selectors work differently in the Firefox driver to Chrome driver?As these work fine in Firefox [1] Problem 3: Browser back button doesn't seem to work in the Chrome driver. Is that setup correctly? [2] Problem 4: Opting into beta or alpha sometimes fails due to a cookie not setting correctly. I raised a bug [4] help on fixing that bug would be most appreciated. [0] https://saucelabs.com/jobs/4e5d15a40a7f4c2eb06b59f78e87e859 [1] https://wmf.ci.cloudbees.com/job/MobileFrontend-en.m.wikipedia.beta.wmflabs… [2] https://wmf.ci.cloudbees.com/job/MobileFrontend-en.m.wikipedia.beta.wmflabs… [3] https://wmf.ci.cloudbees.com/job/MobileFrontend-en.m.wikipedia.beta.wmflabs… [4] https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=62583 On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 1:01 AM, <jenkins-no-reply(a)cloudbees.com> wrote: > * FAILURE: MobileFrontend-en.m.wikipedia.beta.wmflabs.org-linux-chrome > Build #318 > <https://wmf.ci.cloudbees.com/job/MobileFrontend-en.m.wikipedia.beta.wmflabs…> > (Thu, 13 Mar 2014 07:32:46 +0000)* > *Test Result*<https://wmf.ci.cloudbees.com/job/MobileFrontend-en.m.wikipedia.beta.wmflabs…> > 6 failed, 2 skipped > Failed Tests *Test Name**Duration**Age* Encourage new users to Keep > Going.I see a KeepGoing message after completing my edit<https://wmf.ci.cloudbees.com/job/MobileFrontend-en.m.wikipedia.beta.wmflabs…>1 > min 11 sec1<https://wmf.ci.cloudbees.com/job/MobileFrontend-en.m.wikipedia.beta.wmflabs…> Language > selection.Closing language overlay (browser button)<https://wmf.ci.cloudbees.com/job/MobileFrontend-en.m.wikipedia.beta.wmflabs…>10 > sec4<https://wmf.ci.cloudbees.com/job/MobileFrontend-en.m.wikipedia.beta.wmflabs…> Language > selection.Closing language overlay (overlay button)<https://wmf.ci.cloudbees.com/job/MobileFrontend-en.m.wikipedia.beta.wmflabs…>8.9 > sec24<https://wmf.ci.cloudbees.com/job/MobileFrontend-en.m.wikipedia.beta.wmflabs…> Nearby > pages.Nearby button visible<https://wmf.ci.cloudbees.com/job/MobileFrontend-en.m.wikipedia.beta.wmflabs…>18 > sec1<https://wmf.ci.cloudbees.com/job/MobileFrontend-en.m.wikipedia.beta.wmflabs…> Search.Search > from Watchlist<https://wmf.ci.cloudbees.com/job/MobileFrontend-en.m.wikipedia.beta.wmflabs…>12 > sec1<https://wmf.ci.cloudbees.com/job/MobileFrontend-en.m.wikipedia.beta.wmflabs…> VisualEditor.I > can edit a page using VisualEditor<https://wmf.ci.cloudbees.com/job/MobileFrontend-en.m.wikipedia.beta.wmflabs…>19 > sec2<https://wmf.ci.cloudbees.com/job/MobileFrontend-en.m.wikipedia.beta.wmflabs…> All > Tests *Package**Duration**Fail**Skip**Total* (root)<https://wmf.ci.cloudbees.com/job/MobileFrontend-en.m.wikipedia.beta.wmflabs…>22 > min6262 >

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CSS Regressions
by Jon Robson 13 Mar '14

13 Mar '14

I just wondered if anyone doing MediaWiki development had any experience in catching CSS regressions? We have had a few issues recently in mobile land where we've made big CSS changes and broken buttons on hidden away special pages - particularly now we have been involved in the development of mediawiki ui and moving mobile towards using them. My vision of how this might work is we have an automated tool that visits a list of given pages on various browsers, take screenshots of how they look and then compares the images with the last known state. The tool checks how similar the images are and complains if they are not the same - this might be a comment on the Gerrit patch or an e-mail saying something user friendly like "The Special:Nearby page on Vector looks different from how it used to. Please check everything is okay." This would catch a host of issues and prevent a lot of CSS regression bugs. Any experience in catching this sort of thing? Any ideas on how we could make this happen?

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Filtering uploads with no EXIF
by Max Semenik 13 Mar '14

13 Mar '14

[1] was reported some time ago, got backlogged over concerns of lack of data about the prevalence of this. Now we have [2]/[3] with concrete numbers. Time to reevaluate? ---- [1] https://wikimedia.mingle.thoughtworks.com/projects/mobile/cards/1314 [2] https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=62598 [3] https://wikimedia.mingle.thoughtworks.com/projects/mobile/cards/1768 -- Best regards, Max Semenik ([[User:MaxSem]])

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File upload error report: Token errors and file name problems
by Jon Robson 12 Mar '14

12 Mar '14

Here is a report of current mobile upload errors that have occurred in the last 30 days. It appears that are main source of errors are around filenames and bad tokens/expired logged in sessions. Let's try and cut these down [1,2]. What is strange is none of the filenames look bad - 2 examples being: "Cheatahs_play_a_live_show_at_Amoeba_music_2014-03-01_16-52.jpg" "Colonel_Reynolds_in_Iraq-_2014-02-05_23-28.jpg" Does anyone see any issues with the above names? Help much appreciated... [1] https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=62587 [2] https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=62241 Full breakdown of errors... == Server problems == An internal error occurred 28 upload/error/http 26 Database query error 25 parsererror: SyntaxError: Unexpected token < 8 error: Internal Server Error 4 error: Bad Gateway 4 upload/error/autoblocked 2 internal_api_error_DBQueryError 1 edit/error/http 1 == Token errors == Invalid token 3468 Bad token name. 1983 Anonymous token. 1574 badtoken 195 Failed to retrieve token. 172 upload/error/badtoken 52 edit/error/badtoken 4 == Abuse filter problems == abusefilter 161 edit/abusefilter 45 verification-error abusefilter-disallowed 2 edit/error/autoblocked 1 == Captcha == captcha 1 == Permissioning problems == You have been blocked from editing 681 Unknown error: "titleblacklist-forbidden-edit" 323 Your IP address has been blocked automatically, because it was used by a blocked user 133 The "autoconfirmed" right is required to edit this page 110 blocked 83 edit/error/blocked 29 The "protect" right is required to edit this page 22 The "editprotected" right is required to edit this page 22 upload/error/blocked 16 Unknown error: "wikimedia-globalblocking-ipblocked" 14 Unknown error: "globalblocking-ipblocked" 13 autoblocked 11 The "editsemiprotected" right is required to edit this page 11 The wiki is currently in read-only mode 4 edit/error/protectedpage 3 protectedpage 2 The "templateeditor" right is required to edit this page 1 == Edit conflicts == Edit conflict detected 96 editconflict 2 == File type problems == Bad filename: * 6806 This file did not pass file verification 588 Missing filename: Duplicate archive 1534 verification-error filetype-mime-mismatch 49 empty-file 8 Filetype not permitted: bmp 30 Filetype not permitted: docx 1 Filetype not permitted: m4a 3 Filetype not permitted: MOV 31 Filetype not permitted: mp3 7 Filetype not permitted: mp4 5 Filetype not permitted: txt 1 Filetype not permitted: webp 15 Filetype not permitted: xml 2 Filetype not permitted: zip 1 filetype-banned 22 Filename exists 52 Missing filename 774 Missing filename: Bad filename 356 Missing filename: Filename exists 270 The file you submitted was empty 149 The file you submitted was too large 8 The filename is not allowed 11 Unknown error: "titleblacklist-custom-double-apostrophe" 10 Unknown error: "titleblacklist-custom-filename" 853 Unknown error: "titleblacklist-custom-hidden-char" 15 Missing filename: Unknown warning {"exists-normalized":* 8 Missing filename: Unknown warning {"bad-prefix":"* 93 upload/warning/badfilename/* 184 upload/warning/exists/* 5 upload/warning/exists-normalized/* 3 upload/warning/duplicate-archive/* 59 upload/warning/bad-prefix/* 2 upload/error/verification-error/filetype-mime-mismatch 13 upload/error/verification-error/zip-bad 1 upload/error/filetype-banned 2 upload/error/empty-file 1 == Other == error: 833 error: Error: INVALID_STATE_ERR: DOM Exception 11 1 Exception Caught: Error: invalid magic word 'noexternallanglinks' 9 Exception Caught: The calling convention to LinksUpdate::__construct() has changed. Please see WikiPage::doEditUpdates() for an invocation example.↵ 6 The modification you tried to make was aborted by an extension hook 222 upload/error/unknownerror 55 unknownerror 157 undefined/undefined 4

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Disable images on Special:MobileOptions
by Jon Robson 12 Mar '14

12 Mar '14

On this page - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:MobileOptions - it is possible to disable images across the mobile site. How many people actually use this (outside Zero)? Can we get some data? I personally think we should explore killing this feature as an option and leave it to the browser to take care of...

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useskin=minerva
by Jon Robson 12 Mar '14

12 Mar '14

You can now apply the mobile skin to the desktop site [1]. Wahhhh?! To cut a long story short, to help MobileFrontend and VisualEditor integrate nicely with one another, we needed the mobile skin to be registered as a valid skin. We've previously avoided this as we didn't want to surface this in the Special:Preferences (a side effect of doing so). Kaldari however found a way we can supress it there, so thus we went and registered it [1]. I encourage editors to check how their stuff looks in the minerva skin on a small window size. This should make mobile optimisation a lot easier for you! :) [1] http://en.wikipedia.beta.wmflabs.org/wiki/Forty-seven_Ronin?useskin=minerva [2] https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/118037/

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Wikipedia App Reboots, HTTPS, and Wikipedia Zero (was Re: [Wikitech-l] Wikimedia Commons mobile photo uploader app updated on iOS and Android)
by Adam Baso 12 Mar '14

12 Mar '14

Another note in case you missed it earlier. If your'e looking in general to test the Wikipedia app reboot, at the moment the Android APK can be downloaded from https://releases.wikimedia.org/mobile/android/apps-android-wikipedia-sprint… bugs can be filed via Bugzilla. The iOS build is currently internal due to installation limits, although simulator and debugging stuff can be done on the latest beta of Xcode. I also forgot to mention my peer Yuri's great work! The guy knuckled down to considerably revise Varnish scripts, reviewed and helped me improve code, and offered really good advice on API-app interaction. Thanks Yuri! -Adam On Wed, Mar 5, 2014 at 4:16 PM, Adam Baso <abaso(a)wikimedia.org> wrote: > I realized I should be clear that the "rebooted apps" I mention are "the > future Wikipedia mobile app"s mentioned earlier in the thread. Sorry if any > confusion. > > -Adam > > > On Wed, Mar 5, 2014 at 11:43 AM, Adam Baso <abaso(a)wikimedia.org> wrote: > >> +mobile-l >> >> Greetings. Rupert, an update! >> >> The rebooted Android (Android 2.3+) and iOS (iOS 6+) apps will have >> Wikipedia Zero flourishes built into them, making it possible for the user >> to know whether the app access is free of data usage charges. The rebooted >> apps are tentatively slated for store submission at the end of the month. >> The flourishes will hinge on each operator's zero-rating of HTTPS. >> >> Likewise, HTTPS contributory features are about to be introduced on the >> Wikipedia Zero mobile web experience as well for operators that zero-rate >> HTTPS. >> >> WMF is starting the work with partner operators to add support for >> zero-rating of HTTPS. There will be, at least, technical hurdles >> (networking equipment architecture varies) in this transition, but it's >> underway! Indeed, we have some carriers that have noted support for HTTPS >> zero-rating already. >> >> I'm very much grateful to Brion, Yuvi, and Monte for their assistance >> while I added code to the Android and iOS platforms, and am happy to get to >> work with them more while putting final touches in place this month. Props >> to Faidon, Mark, and Brandon in Ops Engineering as well on helping us >> overcome some rather non-trivial hurdles in order to retain good >> performance and maintainability while adding HTTPS support. >> >> -Adam >> >> >> On Mon, Aug 26, 2013 at 3:34 PM, Brion Vibber <bvibber(a)wikimedia.org>wrote: >> >>> On Mon, Aug 26, 2013 at 8:19 AM, Adam Baso <abaso(a)wikimedia.org> wrote: >>> >>> > Rupert, I saw your question regarding Wikipedia Zero. Wikipedia Zero is >>> > currently targeted for the mobile web, but I'll take this question >>> back to >>> > the business team as to whether we'd be able to support zero-rating of >>> apps >>> > traffic at some point in the future, at least in locales where moderate >>> > bandwidth is available. >>> > >>> >>> I think that once the zero-rating is switched to support HTTPS by using >>> IP-based instead of Deep Packet Inspection-based HTTP sniffing, ISP >>> partners wouldn't actually be able to distinguish between mobile web and >>> mobile apps content unless we actively choose to make them use separate >>> IPs >>> and domain names. >>> >>> Especially if, as we think we're going to, the future Wikipedia mobile >>> app >>> will consist mostly of native code widgets and modules that plug into the >>> web site embedded in a web control... it'll be loading mostly the same >>> web >>> pages from the same servers, but running a different mix of JavaScript. >>> >>> -- brion >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wikitech-l mailing list >>> Wikitech-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l >>> >> >> >

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Wikipedia new app beta sprint 26 builds available
by Brion Vibber 12 Mar '14

12 Mar '14

Latest Wikimedia-internal iOS build on TestFlight -- anyone working for Wikimedia who wants to test but didn't get the email please let me know and I'll get you set up. Currently we can only do internal beta distribution for iOS, but we hope to be able to do wider testing again soon. Public Android build at https://releases.wikimedia.org/mobile/android/apps-android-wikipedia-sprint… Note that both versions of the beta app now support logging in, creating accounts (with captcha), and basic wikitext editing. iOS version now includes optional edit summaries, with an experimental 'canned summary' feature where you can select some common notes. There are also updated localizations from translatewiki.net -- please give a shout if there are obvious problems with the UI not matching the phone's system language; it's our first build since the new updates went in. Coming soon: Android edit summaries didn't quite make it through review yet, but should be available in a beta update in a couple days. Random-article feature is also coming on both platforms, needs some slight tweaking but should be ready in next build. -- brion

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WAP is finally deprecated
by Max Semenik 11 Mar '14

11 Mar '14

After a lot of analysis, discussions and preparations, today we announce that WAP/WML support has been removed from MobileFrontend. Our sites were running HTML only for a couple weeks now, so since we received no complaints, we pulled the trigger. Final deprectation might take a couple more weeks, but we're already beyond the point of no return. I would like to thak everyone who participated in this effort! This wasn't an easy decision, however the share of WAP has fallen tremendously and we can find better use for engineering resources we would have needed to maintain WAP support functional. -- Best regards, Max Semenik ([[User:MaxSem]])

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Nearby broken in beta
by Jon Robson 11 Mar '14

11 Mar '14

In the beta mode of mobile, due to the features having no tests we broke nearby pages. There is a bug for this and the fix provides some browser tests https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/62294 1) Can someone help with review for this 2) Do we want to lightning deploy a fix, or are we happy to have nearby broken on production wikis for a week?

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