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Wikimedia Enterprise Office Hours
by Liam Wyatt 20 May '21

20 May '21

On Friday 16th @1500 UTC - exactly one week from the time that this email was sent - the *Wikimedia Enterprise *team will be hosting the April edition of our monthly 'Office Hours'. You are most welcome to join us. Details for how to join are available at our documentation homepages [[Wikimedia Enterprise]] on MediaWiki.org <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Enterprise>, and on Meta <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Enterprise>. Equally on Meta are instructions for requesting a separate call for your community group (at a time and technical platform of your choosing); and the videos of the recordings of the two office-hours meetings from March. Relatedly, the team will be presenting at the forthcoming EMWCon Spring 2021 <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/EMWCon_Spring_2021> conference <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/EMWCon_Spring_2021> later in April. Details: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Enterprise Sincerely, *Liam Wyatt [Wittylama]* WikiCite <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiCite> Program Manager & Wikimedia Enterprise <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Okapi> Community Liaison Wikimedia Foundation

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Looking for reviewers for Selenium related patches
by Željko Filipin 20 May '21

20 May '21

Hi, If you're not interested in Selenium tests, you can ignore this message. I'm working on improving our Selenium framework. That means I'm creating a few patches a week. I'm looking for reviewers. Please reply off-list if you would like to be a reviewer on a Selenium related patch. You can see the type of patches I'm creating in Gerrit[0]. I would like to thank my usual reviewers, James Forrester and Timo Tijhof for reviewing many many commits so far. Thanks! Željko -- 0: https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/q/owner:zfilipin%2540wikimedia.org

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Removal of custom CLI options for the PHPUnit runner
by Daimona 19 May '21

19 May '21

Hi all, (If you don't locally run PHPUnit tests on MediaWiki, you can skip this notice.) In order to simplify our PHPUnit configuration,[0] the following CLI options for tests/phpunit/phpunit.php were replaced by environment variables in a patch that just landed in the HEAD branch: * --wiki=foo => PHPUNIT_WIKI=foo * --use-normal-tables => PHPUNIT_USE_NORMAL_TABLES=1 * --reuse-db => PHPUNIT_REUSE_DB=1 * --use-filebackend=foo => PHPUNIT_USE_FILEBACKEND=foo * --use-bagostuff=foo => PHPUNIT_USE_BAGOSTUFF=foo * --use-jobqueue=foo => PHPUNIT_USE_JOBQUEUE=foo Furthermore, some of these options are being considered for removal, so if you regularly use them, please raise your voice on the task. Thank you, and thanks to James F, Kosta and Timo for your help with moving this forward. [0] - See https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T90875 for details -- https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Daimona_Eaytoy "Daimona" is not my real name -- he/him

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Wikimedia Hackathon 2021 this week! (May 21-23)
by Pavithra Eswaramoorthy 18 May '21

18 May '21

Hello everyone, Wikimedia Hackathon 2021<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Hackathon_2021> is this week! The event will take place from Friday 21st to Sunday 23rd May, across various time zones. As mentioned earlier, the hackathon will have one main track and two open rooms. We’re excited to announce the main track sessions for the event: Hackathon Schedule<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Hackathon_2021/Schedule>! Please note that this schedule is still under construction and subject to change. You can still propose sessions for the open room (deadline: 19th May, 2021) by creating a Phabricator task using this template<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/maniphest/task/edit/form/1/?title=%5BSess…>. For more information, please go through How to propose a session<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Hackathon_2021/How_to#How_to_propo…> on the Hackathon Wiki-page. Notes for hackathon participants: * Make sure to add yourself to the list of participants<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Hackathon_2021/Participants> * Learn how you can participate and contribute<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Hackathon_2021/How_to#Contribute> * Join the hackathon discussion channels<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Hackathon_2021/Discussions> * If this is your first hackathon, check out some newcomer resources<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Hackathon_2021/How_to#First_time_a…> and join the newcomers telegram group<https://t.me/joinchat/fxc2lnfugAM1MTBh> for any queries We are looking for people to help us run an awesome and smooth event! If you're interested, feel free to have a look at the available roles<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Hackathon_2021/How_to#Help_running…>. We’re especially looking for people who could facilitate sessions and help newcomers. Please feel free to share this in your communities, see you at the hack! Cheers, Organizing Team - Amir Sarabadani, Birgit Müller, Joaquin Hernandez, Léa Lacroix, Mohammed Sadat, Neslihan Turan, and Pavithra Eswaramoorthy

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MediaWiki 1.31 will soon be End-of-Life
by Sam Reed 18 May '21

18 May '21

Hello all, I wanted to send a heads-up to various places that MediaWiki 1.31, the legacy LTS release, will be End-of-Life as of next month, June 2021.[0] There will be a final release to follow-on from the current latest version 1.31.14 coming out in June, but it may have slipped people's mind that this deadline is approaching so swiftly. System administrators still using 1.31 are encouraged to start their migration to the current LTS release, 1.35. MediaWiki 1.35, released in September 2020, will be supported until September 2023. If you don't require LTS support, you will be able to upgrade to 1.36 which will be supported till May 2022 once it is released, before the end of the month. As always, please be mindful of the upgrade instructions, especially including making a back-up of your database, and testing extension compatibility. Thanks! [0] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Version_lifecycle

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GitLab: Implementation status update and a call for early adopters
by Brennen Bearnes 14 May '21

14 May '21

tl;dr: We're still moving to GitLab. WMF Release Engineering & SRE are working with contractors on an MVP installation of GitLab CE, which we hope to have running by July, and in use by early-adopter projects soon thereafter. Read on for more details. ---- Hi all, It's been over six months since we wrapped up the GitLab consultation process[0] with a decision to migrate from Gerrit to GitLab's Community Edition. It seemed like a good idea to update the community with our progress since then. We currently have contractors from Speed & Function working on a minimum-viable installation of GitLab CE. We hope to be fairly confident installing this by the end of June (end Q4 of WMF's fiscal year). You can follow this work on the "GitLab (Initialization)" workboard in Phabricator.[1] Additionally, we're hiring for two Service Operations SRE positions to build and support a more robust production installation[3], and planning for new job runner capacity to handle CI on GitLab. Tentatively, we in RelEng hope to begin using GitLab for some of our own projects around July (early Q1 of WMF fiscal year) and begin migrating other projects thereafter. (Keeping in mind, of course, that everything takes longer than you expect.[4]) We've already heard from some people that their project or team is interested in being an early adopter of GitLab. If that describes you, please add a comment on T282842: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T282842 Feel free to reach out with any questions! [0]. https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/GitLab_consultation#Outcome [1]. https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/project/view/5212/ [3]. https://boards.greenhouse.io/wikimedia/jobs/2659677 [4]. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hofstadter%27s_law -- Brennen Bearnes Release Engineering Wikimedia Foundation

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[Train] 1.37.0-wmf.5 status update (blocked again at group1)
by Brennen Bearnes 13 May '21

13 May '21

Hi all, A patch was provided for T282735 earlier today and the 1.37.0-wmf.5[0] train rolled to all wikis at the scheduled time. Thanks to Zabe for speedy assistance there. Unfortunately, the train is now blocked at group1 by the following issues: * MapSourcesPage.php: PHP Notice: Undefined offset: 13 - https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T282833 * LogEventsList.php: PHP Notice: Undefined variable: pageName - https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T282834 Thanks in advance for any assistance with these! As ever, you can follow train progress on Freenode's #wikimedia-operations as well as on the blocker task[0]. Regards, -- Your irascible train crew [0]. <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T281146> [1]. <https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Deployments/Holding_the_train#Issues_th…>

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Nomination for the +2 right in the Mediawiki group
by Zoran Dori 13 May '21

13 May '21

Hello everyone, per policy [0], I want to notify you that I've nominated myself again for +2 right in the MediaWiki group on the Gerrit. [1] Be free to comment if you want. Best regards, Zoran [0] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Gerrit/Privilege_policy#Requesting%20Gerrit%… [1] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T282786

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Page security extension disclaimer
by Charlot Cobben 13 May '21

13 May '21

Under the tag of WP:BOLD I took the liberty of copying the "Page security extension disclaimer" that is put on extension pages whenever an extension uses a legit hook like "usercan" . While I get why the disclaimer is added, the words used in the disclaimer are certainly up for improvements. It now states, whenever you need security, use another package, not MediaWiki. It also brands an extension using legit hooks to be a hack. So I made a simple template "Page security extension disclaimer 2021" that still shares the sames bottomline message : "MediaWiki is not responsible for exposed content", but using words that are more appropriate. I would like people to review the original disclaimer and the text I have used to come up with a suitable solution.

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Production Excellence #31: April 2021
by Krinkle 12 May '21

12 May '21

How’d we do in our strive for operational excellence last month? Read on to find out! Read on Phabricator at https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/phame/post/view/235/ Incidents 6 documented incidents. That's above the historical average <https://codepen.io/Krinkle/full/wbYMZK> of 3–4 per month. Learn about recent incidents at Incident status <https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Incident_status> on Wikitech, or Preventive measures <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/project/view/4758/> in Phabricator. ------- Trends In April, we saw a continuation of the healthy trend that started this January <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/phame/post/view/227/production_excellence…> — a trend where the back of the line is moving forward at least as quickly as the front of the line. We did take a little breather in March <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/phame/post/view/229/production_excellence…> where we almost broke even, but otherwise the trend is going well. Last month we bade farewell to the production errors we found in July 2019. This month we cleared out the column for October 2019. One point of concern is that we did encounter a high number of new production errors — are errors that we failed to catch during development, code review, continuous integration, beta testing, or pre-deployment checks. Where we used to discover about a dozen of those a month, whereas we found 42 during this month. As of writing, 17 of the 42 April-discovered errors have been resolved. The "Old" column (generally tracking pre-2019 tasks) grew for the first time in six months. This increase can largely be attributed to improved telemetry of client-side errors uncovering issues in under-resourced products, such as the old Kaltura video player. Figure 1, Figure 2: Unresolved error reports stacked by month. <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/phame/post/view/235/production_excellence…> ------- Outstanding errors Take a look at the workboard <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/tag/wikimedia-production-error/> and look for tasks that could use your help. Summary over recent months, per spreadsheet <https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vTrUCAI10hIroYDU-i5_8s7pony…> : Aug 2019 (1 of 14 left) ⚠️ Unchanged (over one year old). Oct 2019 (0 of 12 left) ✅ Last three tasks resolved! -3 Jan 2020 (1 of 7 left) ⚠️ Unchanged (over one year old). Mar 2020 (2 of 2 left) ⚠️ Unchanged (over one year old). Apr 2020 (5 of 14 left) ⚠️ Unchanged (over one year old). May 2020 (5 of 14 left) ⏸ — Jun 2020 (5 of 14 left) ⬇️ One task resolved. -1 Jul 2020 (4 of 24 issues <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/maniphest/query/s__D8Kd0xuQH/#R>) ⬇️ One task resolved. -1 Aug 2020 (13 of 53 issues <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/maniphest/query/hu1yhWu4sXkP/#R>) ⬇️ Two tasks resolved. -2 Sep 2020 (7 of 33 issues <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/maniphest/query/CGFQViLShnOY/#R>) ⏸ — Oct 2020 (20 of 69 issues <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/maniphest/query/MYnnBybPTYpd/#R>) ⬇️ Two tasks resolved. -2 Nov 2020 (9 of 38 issues <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/maniphest/query/CkC_VqQq5VC0/#R>) ⏸ — Dec 2020 (7 of 33 issues <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/maniphest/query/10NQy74iKaZJ/#R>) ⬇️ Four tasks resolved. -4 Jan 2021 (1 of 50 issues <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/maniphest/query/WIP9W8q54HB6/#R>) ⬇️ One task resolved. -1 Feb 2021 (8 of 20 issues <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/maniphest/query/5MzPJAb5oJgv/#R>) ⬇️ One task resolved. -1 Mar 2021 (18 of 48 issues <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/maniphest/query/RsVPep46KRY4/#R>) ⬇️ Sixteen tasks resolved. -16 *Apr 2021* (25 of 42 issues <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/maniphest/query/rYyMt_gYYymb/#R>) 42 new issues found, of which 25 remained open. +42; -17 ------- Tally 139 issues open, as of Excellence #30 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/phame/post/view/229/production_excellence…> (March 2021). -31 issues closed, of the previously open issues. +25 new issues that survived April 2021. 133 issues open, as of today (12 May 2021). ------- Thanks Thank you to everyone who helped by reporting, investigating, or resolving problems in Wikimedia production. Thanks! Until next time, – Timo Tijhof

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