As I was populating https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Images_from_banknote.ws I noticed three errors in VisualFileChange:
API request failed (readonly): The wiki is currently in read-only mode. <i>at Sat, 13 Jul 2019 21:30:20 GMT</i> <u>served by mw1342</u> (for https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:10_cents_-_Agricultural_Bank_of_Four_Provinces_-_Honan,_Hupeh,_Anhui_%26_Kiangsi_(1933)_02.jpg )
API request failed (readonly): The wiki is currently in read-only mode. <i>at Sat, 13 Jul 2019 21:32:58 GMT</i> <u>served by mw1232</u> (for https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:100_Coppers_-_Hsing_Yeh_Bank_of_Jehol_(1921)_03.jpg )
API request failed (readonly): The wiki is currently in read-only mode. <i>at Sat, 13 Jul 2019 21:33:26 GMT</i> <u>served by mw1346</u> (for https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:10_Dollars_-_Bank_of_Kiangsi_(Undated)_02.jpg )
The other 5035 edits went fine. Why would it say the wiki is in read-only mode?