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HTTP 503 Error editing a project description to add a link to a username not in the project
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Steps to reproduce:

  1. Go to https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/project/profile/1619/
  2. Edit the description
  3. Replace "User:Mxn" with "@mxn"
  4. Attempt to save

Expected:

  • Description is updated

Actual:

  • You get an error, and the description is not updated

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• Deskana created this task.Nov 6 2015, 6:48 PM
• Deskana raised the priority of this task from to Needs Triage.
• Deskana updated the task description. (Show Details)
• Deskana added a project: Phabricator.
• Deskana added subscribers: • Deskana, mxn.
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• Deskana updated the task description. (Show Details)Nov 6 2015, 6:48 PM
• Deskana set Security to None.

Note that if I try to add a link to my own username instead of @mxn, it works. Perhaps this is because I am a member of the project and @mxn is not?

Krenair renamed this task from Trying to add a link to a username in a project description gives you an error, and the update to the description fails to Editing a project description to add a link to a username not in the project gives you an error.Nov 6 2015, 6:51 PM
Aklapper added a comment.Nov 6 2015, 7:06 PM

If you get an error, please always paste the error message. Thanks.

Krenair subscribed.Nov 6 2015, 7:12 PM
In T118014#1789494, @Aklapper wrote:

If you get an error, please always paste the error message. Thanks.

Wikimedia
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Our servers are currently experiencing a technical problem. This is probably temporary and should be fixed soon.
Please try again in a few minutes.

If you report this error to the Wikimedia System Administrators, please include the details below.

Request: POST http://phabricator.wikimedia.org/project/details/1619/, from 10.64.0.106 via cp1069 cp1069 ([10.64.0.106]:80), Varnish XID 390684544
Forwarded for: [redacted], 10.64.0.106
Error: 503, Service Unavailable at Fri, 06 Nov 2015 19:12:01 GMT

Aklapper renamed this task from Editing a project description to add a link to a username not in the project gives you an error to HTTP 503 Error editing a project description to add a link to a username not in the project.Nov 9 2015, 10:23 AM
Aklapper triaged this task as Medium priority.
epriestley subscribed.Feb 12 2016, 4:04 AM

This may be a duplicate of T121071, and resolved upstream if so.

Restricted Application added a subscriber: Luke081515. · View Herald TranscriptFeb 12 2016, 4:04 AM
epriestley mentioned this in T120013: Next Phabricator Upgrade - 2016-02-18.Feb 12 2016, 4:18 AM
Aklapper added a subtask: T126797: Next Phabricator Upgrade - 2016-03-03.Feb 13 2016, 1:22 PM
Aklapper closed this task as Resolved.Feb 18 2016, 11:16 AM
Aklapper claimed this task.
Aklapper edited subtasks, added: T120013: Next Phabricator Upgrade - 2016-02-18; removed: T126797: Next Phabricator Upgrade - 2016-03-03.

This problem cannot be reproduced anymore as I could just edit the project description. Closing as resolved.

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