I get
[9005c35bbc1b3d296bacb04f] 2017-03-10 14:18:20: Fatal exception of type "MWException" when trying to login to wikitech
I get
[9005c35bbc1b3d296bacb04f] 2017-03-10 14:18:20: Fatal exception of type "MWException" when trying to login to wikitech
The error logged for this was:
[9005c35bbc1b3d296bacb04f] /w/index.php?title=Special:UserLogin&returnto=Main+Page MWException from line 4013 of /srv/mediawiki/php-1.29.0-wmf.15/includes/user/User.php: CAS update failed on user_touched for user ID '7898' (read from replica); the version of the user to be saved is older than the current version.
These are transient errors that show up from time to time. I don't think there is any major regression in the auth system currently or we would have a lot more bug reports.
I did make https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/322204/1/LdapAuthenticationPlugin.php in an attempt to fix stuff like this before