Unable to create a new account with patch demo
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	• ppelberg
	Apr 6 2021, 12:07 AM

Description

Behavior

Visit topic subscription prototype: https://patchdemo.wmflabs.org/wikis/77cda30f9d/wiki/Talk:Main_Page
Click Create account

Actual

❗️Notice the following error appears:

... RuntimeException: SFS IP file contents and file md5 do not match!

Backtrace:

from /srv/patchdemo-wikis/77cda30f9d/w/extensions/StopForumSpam/includes/DenyListUpdate.php(222)
#0 /srv/patchdemo-wikis/77cda30f9d/w/extensions/StopForumSpam/includes/DenyListUpdate.php(86): MediaWiki\StopForumSpam\DenyListUpdate::fetchDenyListIPsRemote()
...

Expected

✅Arrive at https://patchdemo.wmflabs.org/wikis/77cda30f9d/w/index.php?title=Special:CreateAccount&returnto=Talk%3AMain+Page

Enter text into the Username, Password, Confirm password and Captcha fields (not sure what this field is actually called considering it doesn't heave a header)
Click Create account
Arrive on https://patchdemo.wmflabs.org/wikis/77cda30f9d/w/index.php?title=Special:CreateAccount&returnto=Talk:Main+Page

Done

Expected behavior is implemented
Alert @Pelagic on mediawiki.org https://w.wiki/3AE3

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Resolved	matmarex	T279395 Unable to create a new account with patch demo

Event Timeline

Note: I was able to reproduce this issue once. Although, I have not yet been able to reproduce it since.

• ppelberg moved this task from Incoming to Ready to Be Worked On on the Editing-team (Kanban Board) board.Apr 6 2021, 12:08 AM

• ppelberg moved this task from Ready to Be Worked On to Upcoming on the Editing-team (Kanban Board) board.

This is the same error as T276393#6951820. I turned off the StopForumSpam extension on that wiki for now, and I'll look into it.

matmarex mentioned this in T279449: Spurious MD5 errors ("SFS IP file contents and file md5 do not match!").Apr 6 2021, 4:00 PM

In T279395#6976597, @matmarex wrote:

This is the same error as T276393#6951820.

Roger that.

I turned off the StopForumSpam extension on that wiki for now, and I'll look into it.

In doing the above, would it be reasonable for us to assume people creating new accounts on this patch demo instance will no longer run into this issue?

Reason I ask: I'm wanting to post an update on mediawiki.org and I'm wondering whether that update should: A) notify people that the issue has since been resolved or B) that the issue persists and people should hold off on trying to test the prototype until we post another message informing them that the issue has been fixed.

Yes, it's resolved now