On September 8/9, the daily rate of pageLoaded events registered by the Popups schema on the Hungarian Wikipedia fell by more than a half, while the number of daily sessions dropped by about a third. This indicates that something is seriously wrong with the instrumentation.
This also impacts the number of pageviews per session (session depth), one of the key metrics we are using for T139319: Analyze results of Hovercards A/B test - Hungarian.
The timing matches the deployment of the fix for the "multiple hovers" issue discovered here (rolled out on September 8 per T141922#2608417, I understand it's this code change). However, that fix was only meant to affect the control group (Hovercards OFF) and only link interaction events, not pageLoaded events.
For what it's worth (perhaps not much), https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/309469 was also deployed on September 8, per the Server Admin Log.
Data source:
SELECT LEFT(timestamp, 8) AS date, event_popupEnabled, COUNT(*) AS pageloaded_events, COUNT(DISTINCT event_pageToken) AS pageTokens, COUNT(DISTINCT event_sessionToken) AS sessions, COUNT(DISTINCT event_pageToken)/COUNT(DISTINCT event_sessionToken) AS page_tokens_per_session FROM log.Popups_15777589 WHERE wiki ='huwiki' AND event_isAnon = 1 AND event_action = 'pageLoaded' GROUP BY date, event_popupEnabled ORDER BY date, event_popupEnabled; +----------+--------------------+-------------------+------------+----------+-------------------------+ | date | event_popupEnabled | pageloaded_events | pageTokens | sessions | page_tokens_per_session | +----------+--------------------+-------------------+------------+----------+-------------------------+ | 20160728 | 0 | 4856 | 4849 | 1908 | 2.5414 | | 20160728 | 1 | 4872 | 4867 | 1924 | 2.5296 | | 20160729 | 0 | 23179 | 23144 | 9419 | 2.4572 | | 20160729 | 1 | 22031 | 22016 | 9549 | 2.3056 | | 20160730 | 0 | 22471 | 22453 | 7885 | 2.8476 | | 20160730 | 1 | 19140 | 19107 | 7752 | 2.4648 | | 20160731 | 0 | 24962 | 24947 | 9298 | 2.6831 | | 20160731 | 1 | 22800 | 22783 | 9173 | 2.4837 | | 20160801 | 0 | 28484 | 28469 | 10571 | 2.6931 | | 20160801 | 1 | 26546 | 26521 | 10822 | 2.4507 | | 20160802 | 0 | 27020 | 26998 | 10768 | 2.5072 | | 20160802 | 1 | 24803 | 24786 | 10553 | 2.3487 | | 20160803 | 0 | 26116 | 26102 | 10059 | 2.5949 | | 20160803 | 1 | 23768 | 23749 | 10256 | 2.3156 | | 20160804 | 0 | 25470 | 25456 | 9914 | 2.5677 | | 20160804 | 1 | 23275 | 23246 | 10282 | 2.2608 | | 20160805 | 0 | 25097 | 25082 | 9456 | 2.6525 | | 20160805 | 1 | 22889 | 22864 | 9693 | 2.3588 | | 20160806 | 0 | 25771 | 25743 | 9129 | 2.8199 | | 20160806 | 1 | 22314 | 22283 | 8947 | 2.4906 | | 20160807 | 0 | 26062 | 26028 | 9753 | 2.6687 | | 20160807 | 1 | 23380 | 23362 | 9515 | 2.4553 | | 20160808 | 0 | 28008 | 27986 | 11184 | 2.5023 | | 20160808 | 1 | 25173 | 25147 | 10768 | 2.3353 | | 20160809 | 0 | 27877 | 27860 | 11252 | 2.4760 | | 20160809 | 1 | 26651 | 26634 | 11181 | 2.3821 | | 20160810 | 0 | 29146 | 29116 | 11865 | 2.4539 | | 20160810 | 1 | 26395 | 26361 | 11662 | 2.2604 | | 20160811 | 0 | 30941 | 30914 | 11542 | 2.6784 | | 20160811 | 1 | 27123 | 27098 | 11416 | 2.3737 | | 20160812 | 0 | 24377 | 24351 | 9783 | 2.4891 | | 20160812 | 1 | 22254 | 22239 | 9668 | 2.3003 | | 20160813 | 0 | 23373 | 23345 | 8278 | 2.8201 | | 20160813 | 1 | 19675 | 19657 | 8367 | 2.3493 | | 20160814 | 0 | 30283 | 30271 | 9296 | 3.2563 | | 20160814 | 1 | 23231 | 23196 | 9212 | 2.5180 | | 20160815 | 0 | 28601 | 28590 | 11201 | 2.5525 | | 20160815 | 1 | 25648 | 25608 | 11203 | 2.2858 | | 20160816 | 0 | 28462 | 28434 | 11077 | 2.5669 | | 20160816 | 1 | 25256 | 25239 | 10861 | 2.3238 | | 20160817 | 0 | 28334 | 28311 | 11125 | 2.5448 | | 20160817 | 1 | 27150 | 27116 | 11052 | 2.4535 | | 20160818 | 0 | 28235 | 28196 | 11091 | 2.5422 | | 20160818 | 1 | 26178 | 26151 | 11006 | 2.3761 | | 20160819 | 0 | 24760 | 24740 | 9556 | 2.5889 | | 20160819 | 1 | 21827 | 21811 | 9598 | 2.2725 | | 20160820 | 0 | 25262 | 25250 | 9084 | 2.7796 | | 20160820 | 1 | 23946 | 23922 | 9043 | 2.6454 | | 20160821 | 0 | 30939 | 30914 | 10598 | 2.9170 | | 20160821 | 1 | 26655 | 26637 | 10269 | 2.5939 | | 20160822 | 0 | 34995 | 34967 | 13422 | 2.6052 | | 20160822 | 1 | 31905 | 31881 | 13119 | 2.4301 | | 20160823 | 0 | 27896 | 27871 | 11008 | 2.5319 | | 20160823 | 1 | 25769 | 25743 | 11198 | 2.2989 | | 20160824 | 0 | 27544 | 27531 | 10529 | 2.6148 | | 20160824 | 1 | 25387 | 25336 | 10702 | 2.3674 | | 20160825 | 0 | 26607 | 26586 | 10440 | 2.5466 | | 20160825 | 1 | 24138 | 24121 | 10348 | 2.3310 | | 20160826 | 0 | 22099 | 22081 | 9257 | 2.3853 | | 20160826 | 1 | 21492 | 21467 | 9270 | 2.3157 | | 20160827 | 0 | 21308 | 21300 | 7693 | 2.7688 | | 20160827 | 1 | 17986 | 17967 | 7730 | 2.3243 | | 20160828 | 0 | 24897 | 24884 | 9163 | 2.7157 | | 20160828 | 1 | 21786 | 21775 | 8959 | 2.4305 | | 20160829 | 0 | 26666 | 26633 | 11038 | 2.4128 | | 20160829 | 1 | 25690 | 25673 | 11052 | 2.3229 | | 20160830 | 0 | 28716 | 28701 | 11258 | 2.5494 | | 20160830 | 1 | 24306 | 24282 | 11042 | 2.1991 | | 20160831 | 0 | 25817 | 25805 | 10603 | 2.4337 | | 20160831 | 1 | 23104 | 23086 | 10351 | 2.2303 | | 20160901 | 0 | 23926 | 23904 | 10072 | 2.3733 | | 20160901 | 1 | 21914 | 21892 | 9751 | 2.2451 | | 20160902 | 0 | 23572 | 23554 | 9666 | 2.4368 | | 20160902 | 1 | 21736 | 21704 | 9725 | 2.2318 | | 20160903 | 0 | 21651 | 21627 | 8375 | 2.5823 | | 20160903 | 1 | 19780 | 19761 | 8308 | 2.3786 | | 20160904 | 0 | 26163 | 26132 | 10192 | 2.5640 | | 20160904 | 1 | 24289 | 24258 | 10187 | 2.3813 | | 20160905 | 0 | 31511 | 31482 | 12678 | 2.4832 | | 20160905 | 1 | 29749 | 29705 | 12726 | 2.3342 | | 20160906 | 0 | 30656 | 30634 | 12467 | 2.4572 | | 20160906 | 1 | 30067 | 30046 | 12359 | 2.4311 | | 20160907 | 0 | 28797 | 28772 | 11716 | 2.4558 | | 20160907 | 1 | 25739 | 25726 | 11494 | 2.2382 | | 20160908 | 0 | 24472 | 24449 | 10646 | 2.2965 | | 20160908 | 1 | 23236 | 23217 | 10538 | 2.2032 | | 20160909 | 0 | 9647 | 9630 | 5908 | 1.6300 | | 20160909 | 1 | 9955 | 9945 | 6113 | 1.6269 | | 20160910 | 0 | 8811 | 8791 | 4934 | 1.7817 | | 20160910 | 1 | 8067 | 8050 | 4920 | 1.6362 | | 20160911 | 0 | 11125 | 11105 | 6216 | 1.7865 | | 20160911 | 1 | 11044 | 11028 | 6256 | 1.7628 | | 20160912 | 0 | 12167 | 12146 | 7417 | 1.6376 | | 20160912 | 1 | 11995 | 11982 | 7498 | 1.5980 | | 20160913 | 0 | 12277 | 12238 | 7274 | 1.6824 | | 20160913 | 1 | 12021 | 11989 | 7293 | 1.6439 | | 20160914 | 0 | 11846 | 11835 | 7385 | 1.6026 | | 20160914 | 1 | 11839 | 11821 | 7378 | 1.6022 | | 20160915 | 0 | 12181 | 12153 | 7460 | 1.6291 | | 20160915 | 1 | 11618 | 11602 | 7507 | 1.5455 | | 20160916 | 0 | 10394 | 10363 | 6323 | 1.6389 | | 20160916 | 1 | 9748 | 9733 | 6258 | 1.5553 | | 20160917 | 0 | 10140 | 10110 | 5620 | 1.7989 | | 20160917 | 1 | 9386 | 9362 | 5486 | 1.7065 | | 20160918 | 0 | 11769 | 11728 | 6577 | 1.7832 | | 20160918 | 1 | 11665 | 11640 | 6803 | 1.7110 | | 20160919 | 0 | 12919 | 12894 | 7828 | 1.6472 | | 20160919 | 1 | 12602 | 12572 | 7783 | 1.6153 | | 20160920 | 0 | 12026 | 11991 | 7372 | 1.6266 | | 20160920 | 1 | 12098 | 12075 | 7435 | 1.6241 | | 20160921 | 0 | 17741 | 17699 | 10009 | 1.7683 | | 20160921 | 1 | 16798 | 16788 | 9994 | 1.6798 | | 20160922 | 0 | 24790 | 24776 | 11221 | 2.2080 | | 20160922 | 1 | 24839 | 24820 | 11016 | 2.2531 | | 20160923 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 1.2222 | | 20160923 | 1 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 1.0625 | | 20160924 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1.0000 | | 20160924 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1.0000 | +----------+--------------------+-------------------+------------+----------+-------------------------+ 118 rows in set (59.81 sec) double-check (querying a day later) with all event types taken into account: SELECT LEFT(timestamp, 8) AS date, event_popupEnabled, COUNT(*) AS all_events, COUNT(DISTINCT event_pageToken) AS pageTokens, COUNT(DISTINCT event_sessionToken) AS sessions, COUNT(DISTINCT event_pageToken)/COUNT(DISTINCT event_sessionToken) AS page_tokens_per_session FROM log.Popups_15777589 WHERE wiki ='huwiki' AND event_isAnon = 1 GROUP BY date, event_popupEnabled ORDER BY date, event_popupEnabled; +----------+--------------------+------------+------------+----------+-------------------------+ | date | event_popupEnabled | all_events | pageTokens | sessions | page_tokens_per_session | +----------+--------------------+------------+------------+----------+-------------------------+ | 20160728 | 0 | 13149 | 4849 | 1908 | 2.5414 | | 20160728 | 1 | 9451 | 4867 | 1924 | 2.5296 | | 20160729 | 0 | 56754 | 23153 | 9420 | 2.4579 | | 20160729 | 1 | 44393 | 22024 | 9552 | 2.3057 | | 20160730 | 0 | 56776 | 22471 | 7893 | 2.8470 | | 20160730 | 1 | 37816 | 19123 | 7755 | 2.4659 | | 20160731 | 0 | 61497 | 24967 | 9304 | 2.6835 | | 20160731 | 1 | 48833 | 22801 | 9179 | 2.4840 | | 20160801 | 0 | 71742 | 28486 | 10578 | 2.6929 | | 20160801 | 1 | 52469 | 26542 | 10827 | 2.4515 | | 20160802 | 0 | 67698 | 27017 | 10774 | 2.5076 | | 20160802 | 1 | 48948 | 24800 | 10559 | 2.3487 | | 20160803 | 0 | 66766 | 26126 | 10070 | 2.5944 | | 20160803 | 1 | 48588 | 23767 | 10261 | 2.3162 | | 20160804 | 0 | 63990 | 25475 | 9918 | 2.5686 | | 20160804 | 1 | 46822 | 23260 | 10285 | 2.2615 | | 20160805 | 0 | 64087 | 25097 | 9462 | 2.6524 | | 20160805 | 1 | 45078 | 22883 | 9707 | 2.3574 | | 20160806 | 0 | 68490 | 25766 | 9135 | 2.8206 | | 20160806 | 1 | 45851 | 22293 | 8949 | 2.4911 | | 20160807 | 0 | 67524 | 26050 | 9761 | 2.6688 | | 20160807 | 1 | 48669 | 23376 | 9522 | 2.4549 | | 20160808 | 0 | 70690 | 28034 | 11195 | 2.5042 | | 20160808 | 1 | 50913 | 25178 | 10782 | 2.3352 | | 20160809 | 0 | 70704 | 27879 | 11255 | 2.4770 | | 20160809 | 1 | 53773 | 26652 | 11188 | 2.3822 | | 20160810 | 0 | 75152 | 29133 | 11869 | 2.4545 | | 20160810 | 1 | 53483 | 26385 | 11669 | 2.2611 | | 20160811 | 0 | 80530 | 30943 | 11549 | 2.6793 | | 20160811 | 1 | 54721 | 27114 | 11425 | 2.3732 | | 20160812 | 0 | 61157 | 24373 | 9788 | 2.4901 | | 20160812 | 1 | 44658 | 22258 | 9674 | 2.3008 | | 20160813 | 0 | 61409 | 23367 | 8281 | 2.8218 | | 20160813 | 1 | 40373 | 19675 | 8374 | 2.3495 | | 20160814 | 0 | 76976 | 30293 | 9302 | 3.2566 | | 20160814 | 1 | 45622 | 23218 | 9219 | 2.5185 | | 20160815 | 0 | 71437 | 28613 | 11205 | 2.5536 | | 20160815 | 1 | 49893 | 25630 | 11213 | 2.2857 | | 20160816 | 0 | 71702 | 28448 | 11083 | 2.5668 | | 20160816 | 1 | 50837 | 25264 | 10874 | 2.3233 | | 20160817 | 0 | 71217 | 28331 | 11129 | 2.5457 | | 20160817 | 1 | 53750 | 27139 | 11059 | 2.4540 | | 20160818 | 0 | 73430 | 28492 | 11139 | 2.5579 | | 20160818 | 1 | 52465 | 26425 | 11053 | 2.3908 | | 20160819 | 0 | 63224 | 25195 | 9643 | 2.6128 | | 20160819 | 1 | 43680 | 22131 | 9663 | 2.2903 | | 20160820 | 0 | 68239 | 25702 | 9162 | 2.8053 | | 20160820 | 1 | 51643 | 24324 | 9105 | 2.6715 | | 20160821 | 0 | 82325 | 31477 | 10681 | 2.9470 | | 20160821 | 1 | 56893 | 27059 | 10352 | 2.6139 | | 20160822 | 0 | 90560 | 35598 | 13531 | 2.6308 | | 20160822 | 1 | 64889 | 32387 | 13196 | 2.4543 | | 20160823 | 0 | 69363 | 28345 | 11084 | 2.5573 | | 20160823 | 1 | 50641 | 26131 | 11270 | 2.3186 | | 20160824 | 0 | 68587 | 28004 | 10618 | 2.6374 | | 20160824 | 1 | 50653 | 25713 | 10767 | 2.3881 | | 20160825 | 0 | 68770 | 26998 | 10500 | 2.5712 | | 20160825 | 1 | 48547 | 24463 | 10394 | 2.3536 | | 20160826 | 0 | 54946 | 22465 | 9324 | 2.4094 | | 20160826 | 1 | 43727 | 21806 | 9333 | 2.3364 | | 20160827 | 0 | 54863 | 21709 | 7751 | 2.8008 | | 20160827 | 1 | 36975 | 18223 | 7761 | 2.3480 | | 20160828 | 0 | 64123 | 25319 | 9224 | 2.7449 | | 20160828 | 1 | 44441 | 22116 | 9002 | 2.4568 | | 20160829 | 0 | 65194 | 27118 | 11119 | 2.4389 | | 20160829 | 1 | 50440 | 26078 | 11116 | 2.3460 | | 20160830 | 0 | 73032 | 29237 | 11355 | 2.5748 | | 20160830 | 1 | 49508 | 24648 | 11116 | 2.2173 | | 20160831 | 0 | 62878 | 26233 | 10687 | 2.4547 | | 20160831 | 1 | 44946 | 23407 | 10408 | 2.2489 | | 20160901 | 0 | 57052 | 24290 | 10148 | 2.3936 | | 20160901 | 1 | 44738 | 22203 | 9808 | 2.2638 | | 20160902 | 0 | 59160 | 23935 | 9747 | 2.4556 | | 20160902 | 1 | 43073 | 21999 | 9786 | 2.2480 | | 20160903 | 0 | 54247 | 21977 | 8459 | 2.5981 | | 20160903 | 1 | 40045 | 20099 | 8376 | 2.3996 | | 20160904 | 0 | 65829 | 26587 | 10271 | 2.5886 | | 20160904 | 1 | 49016 | 24582 | 10239 | 2.4008 | | 20160905 | 0 | 77852 | 31966 | 12771 | 2.5030 | | 20160905 | 1 | 59508 | 30133 | 12813 | 2.3518 | | 20160906 | 0 | 75816 | 31134 | 12559 | 2.4790 | | 20160906 | 1 | 60656 | 30474 | 12441 | 2.4495 | | 20160907 | 0 | 71017 | 29258 | 11807 | 2.4780 | | 20160907 | 1 | 51478 | 26120 | 11579 | 2.2558 | | 20160908 | 0 | 59302 | 24871 | 10744 | 2.3149 | | 20160908 | 1 | 46967 | 23546 | 10613 | 2.2186 | | 20160909 | 0 | 19638 | 9781 | 5969 | 1.6386 | | 20160909 | 1 | 19817 | 10105 | 6186 | 1.6335 | | 20160910 | 0 | 20305 | 8929 | 4974 | 1.7951 | | 20160910 | 1 | 16205 | 8162 | 4965 | 1.6439 | | 20160911 | 0 | 25265 | 11310 | 6292 | 1.7975 | | 20160911 | 1 | 23466 | 11201 | 6310 | 1.7751 | | 20160912 | 0 | 25174 | 12324 | 7479 | 1.6478 | | 20160912 | 1 | 24119 | 12146 | 7567 | 1.6051 | | 20160913 | 0 | 27711 | 12438 | 7360 | 1.6899 | | 20160913 | 1 | 24629 | 12148 | 7355 | 1.6517 | | 20160914 | 0 | 26730 | 12046 | 7481 | 1.6102 | | 20160914 | 1 | 23953 | 11993 | 7445 | 1.6109 | | 20160915 | 0 | 26474 | 12340 | 7546 | 1.6353 | | 20160915 | 1 | 22510 | 11760 | 7576 | 1.5523 | | 20160916 | 0 | 22013 | 10528 | 6387 | 1.6483 | | 20160916 | 1 | 18700 | 9843 | 6303 | 1.5616 | | 20160917 | 0 | 22535 | 10264 | 5685 | 1.8055 | | 20160917 | 1 | 20029 | 9516 | 5538 | 1.7183 | | 20160918 | 0 | 27397 | 11910 | 6648 | 1.7915 | | 20160918 | 1 | 23937 | 11812 | 6863 | 1.7211 | | 20160919 | 0 | 28089 | 13092 | 7916 | 1.6539 | | 20160919 | 1 | 25976 | 12757 | 7835 | 1.6282 | | 20160920 | 0 | 26488 | 12197 | 7449 | 1.6374 | | 20160920 | 1 | 24725 | 12269 | 7508 | 1.6341 | | 20160921 | 0 | 38254 | 17969 | 10101 | 1.7789 | | 20160921 | 1 | 34070 | 17024 | 10076 | 1.6896 | | 20160922 | 0 | 51892 | 25163 | 11312 | 2.2245 | | 20160922 | 1 | 51215 | 25186 | 11094 | 2.2702 | | 20160923 | 0 | 28 | 21 | 18 | 1.1667 | | 20160923 | 1 | 51 | 28 | 27 | 1.0370 | | 20160924 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 1.0000 | | 20160924 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1.0000 | | 20160925 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1.0000 | | 20160925 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1.0000 | | 20160926 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 1.5000 | | 20160926 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.0000 | +----------+--------------------+------------+------------+----------+-------------------------+ 122 rows in set (1 min 25.32 sec) (edit: fix column name)
(I've left out the data after Sept 21 in the above charts, as it is likely affected by separate changes, cf. https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T136746#2663210 .)