Special:Filepath sometimes throws "MWException: SpecialFilepath doesn't redirect!"
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Description

Spotted in production on commonswiki. Only happening to a couple of URLs:

Message

[{exception_id}] {exception_url}   MWException from line 112 of /srv/mediawiki/php-1.32.0-wmf.15/includes/specialpage/RedirectSpecialPage.php: RedirectSpecialPage SpecialFilepath doesn't redirect!

Details

exception_id: W2scUwpAADkAAES2FfIAAAAC
exception_url: /w/index.php?title=Special:FilePath&file= ( .. ) &width=750

exception.trace:
#0 /srv/mediawiki/php-1.32.0-wmf.15/includes/specialpage/RedirectSpecialPage.php(56): RedirectSpecialPage->showNoRedirectPage()
#1 /srv/mediawiki/php-1.32.0-wmf.15/includes/specialpage/SpecialPage.php(566): RedirectSpecialPage->execute(NULL)
#2 /srv/mediawiki/php-1.32.0-wmf.15/includes/specialpage/SpecialPageFactory.php(569): SpecialPage->run(NULL)
#3 /srv/mediawiki/php-1.32.0-wmf.15/includes/MediaWiki.php(288): SpecialPageFactory::executePath(Title, RequestContext)
#4 /srv/mediawiki/php-1.32.0-wmf.15/includes/MediaWiki.php(867): MediaWiki->performRequest()
#5 /srv/mediawiki/php-1.32.0-wmf.15/includes/MediaWiki.php(524): MediaWiki->main()
#6 /srv/mediawiki/php-1.32.0-wmf.15/index.php(42): MediaWiki->run()
#7 /srv/mediawiki/w/index.php(3): include(string)
#8 {main}

Details

	Subject	Repo	Branch	Lines +/-
	Handle invalid input to Special:FilePath?file=	mediawiki/core	master	+9 -4

Customize query in gerrit

Related Objects

Mentioned Here: T202183: Special:Redirect should give more specific error messages

Event Timeline

• demon created this task.Sep 7 2017, 7:08 PM

Restricted Application added a subscriber: Aklapper. · View Herald TranscriptSep 7 2017, 7:08 PM

Krinkle renamed this task from RedirectSpecialPage SpecialFilepath doesn't redirect! to Special:Filepath sometimes throws RedirectSpecialPage doesn't redirect!.Aug 14 2018, 8:21 PM

Krinkle renamed this task from Special:Filepath sometimes throws RedirectSpecialPage doesn't redirect! to Special:Filepath sometimes throws "MWException: SpecialFilepath doesn't redirect!".

Krinkle updated the task description. (Show Details)

Still seen in the last week. Looks like some SpecialFilepath do not get a redirect, yet the class is missing an implementation for the showNoRedirectPage() method.

It needs to either have a redirect for every query, or an implementation of showNoRedirectPage() to handle non-redirect responses.

Restricted Application added projects: Commons, Multimedia. · View Herald TranscriptAug 14 2018, 8:32 PM

Krinkle moved this task from Untriaged to Dec2019/1.35.wmf.10+ on the Wikimedia-production-error board.Aug 14 2018, 8:32 PM

The file name provided in the screenshots looks invalid, because there are double encoded - %C3 is invalid in titles. In that case SpecialPage::getSafeTitleFor( 'Redirect', $argument ); does not return a title object and gets no redirect

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Konrad_Alexander_M%25C3%25BCller-Kurzwelly_-_Stornas.jpg
It works for the correct title: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Konrad_Alexander_M%C3%BCller-Kurzwelly_-_Stornas.jpg

I suggest to redirect to Special:Redirect/file with the invalid value prefilled in the form. This also happen for titles not found, but always have the same error messages. I have created T202183 for a possible distinct on that.

Change 453556 had a related patch set uploaded (by Umherirrender; owner: Umherirrender):
[mediawiki/core@master] Handle invalid input to Special:FilePath?file=

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/453556

gerritbot added a project: Patch-For-Review.Aug 18 2018, 12:39 AM

Krinkle merged a task: T177542: RedirectSpecialPage SpecialFilepath doesn't redirect.Aug 23 2018, 1:03 AM

Krinkle added a subscriber: • mmodell.

Umherirrender merged a task: T56177: SpecialFilepath doesn't redirect.Aug 23 2018, 8:54 AM

Umherirrender added subscribers: Reedy, • wikibugs-l-list.

Liuxinyu970226 moved this task from To triage to Multimedia-related on the MediaWiki-Special-pages board.Sep 2 2018, 9:54 AM

Krinkle moved this task from Dec2019/1.35.wmf.10+ to Apr 2019 / 1.33.wmf.25+ on the Wikimedia-production-error board.Sep 16 2018, 7:17 PM

Change 453556 merged by jenkins-bot:
[mediawiki/core@master] Handle invalid input to Special:FilePath?file=

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/453556

ReleaseTaggerBot added a project: MW-1.32-notes (WMF-deploy-2018-09-18 (1.32.0-wmf.22)).Sep 17 2018, 10:00 PM