| Ammarpad | |
| Aug 12 2020, 12:50 PM |
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| Aug 12 2020, 7:31 PM |
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| Aug 12 2020, 1:00 PM |
For the some time now, I am getting streams of Gerrit email for a patch that I have no relation. I was not added as reviewer, I didn't add myself. I didn't interact with the patch.
I'd expect Gerrit to not not send me such emails.
I can't remember the topics of the earlier ones, but the two most recent are
@Ammarpad: Do you have anything listed under https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/settings/#Notifications ?
No, it's empty. I am aware about that setting and I know I did not add any project. I am watching none too.
According to Gerrit's backend storage, the above mentioned changes are both starred by you. So the emails you received are expected.
Not sure though, how they got starred.
Do you recall starring them? (Either through the API or by clicking the star icon (see red arrow on
Anyway, the star should show blue for you. Click it again, and it should become white again, and you unstarred a change. Then you should no longer receive emails for that change (unless you are reviewer, cc, ...)
Do you recall starring them? (Either through the API or by clicking the star icon (see red arrow on ) on the change pages?
No. I can clearly recall that the first time I am seeing each patch is after I followed the email link. The stars are indeed blue but I didn't take the action on any of the patches. I knew what the star does, but for the changes I am reporting I am confident I didn't star them. As I said in the task, it happened before these, some few weeks ago, but I decided not report unless it recurs and it did today again, hence this report. I admit there's no way to prove this beyond just saying.
Anyway, the star should show blue for you. Click it again, and it should become white again, and you unstarred a change. Then you should no longer >receive emails for that change (unless you are reviewer, cc, ...)
I have unstarred, though both changes are already merged so unlikely to receive any further activity. I just hope this is a temporary glitch.
Starring of changes is save in the All-Users.git repository in the form refs/starred-changes/XX/<change id>/<account id>. When the star is removed, the reference is simply removed and I don't think there is any history of star/unstarring.
You can find the list of changes you have starred at: https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/q/owner:self+is:starred
Note: you most probably have starred a change by unintentionally using the s keyboard shortcut on the change page or while browsing a list of changes and having one of them selected. That seems the most likely solution ;)