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login.check_user_exists does not work on private wiki
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self.check_user_exists calls self.site.allusers which requires paraminfo to be loaded.

A direct API request should be used instead (the function already catches the readapidenied error)

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valhallasw created this task.Sep 14 2015, 7:54 PM
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Change 238307 had a related patch set uploaded (by XZise):
[IMPROV] site_detect: Fail with more specific error

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/238307

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Sorry used the wrong bug id accidentally.

Dvorapa mentioned this in T248471: login() with retry=True might delete correct password if unknown APIError occurs.Mar 31 2020, 5:12 PM
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