User::isPingLimitable() should handle CIDR notation in $wgRateLimitsExcludedIPs. There are several IP ranges set in the Wikimedia config which apparently don't work.
Not sure what the performance implication would be, the current logic just does an in_array check.
| Status | Subtype | Assigned | Task | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Resolved | hashar | T87704 Account creation throttling too restrictive on Beta Cluster | |||
| Resolved | None | T87841 Don't throttle WMF office IP(s) for account creation in beta | |||
| Resolved | Krinkle | T156983 User::isPingLimitable() should handle CIDR notation in $wgRateLimitsExcludedIPs |
Change 335580 had a related patch set uploaded (by Gergő Tisza):
User::isPingLimitable(): handle CIDR notation in $wgRateLimitsExcludedIPs
Change 335580 merged by jenkins-bot:
User::isPingLimitable(): handle CIDR notation in $wgRateLimitsExcludedIPs
Change 339084 had a related patch set uploaded (by Gergő Tisza):
Mention $wgRateLimitsExcludedIPs semantics change in release notes
Change 339084 merged by jenkins-bot:
Mention $wgRateLimitsExcludedIPs semantics change in release notes