IP Info
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	• Niharika
	Jul 1 2021, 8:19 PM

Description

Goal

IP addresses reveal a whole host of important information that help users decide their next steps when taking an action during patrolling and other activities on the wikis. The aim of this feature is to surface some of the information that WHOIS on an IP address provides next to the IP in the wiki interface itself so users are able to successfully perform their duties without any disruption when IPs are masked.

Features

IP Information is available from two places:
- Popups that appear next to IPs on some predefined pages (T268657)
  - This is to provide quick at-a-glance information needed while patrolling to identify if an editor looks suspicious. This popup will contain the following information: Blocks, Contributions (local edits), Location, Organization
- IP Information accordion on Special:Contributions page for the IP address (T287647)
  - This is to provide detailed information if a case warrants in-depth investigation. This box will contain the following information: Location, Organization, ISP, Connection Method, Connection Owner, Proxy, Static/Dynamic, Number of devices on IP, Blocks, Contributions (local and global edits), IP version
All users are required to request access to this information. The request will be automatically granted but it will be logged in a database so we can track who had access to the IP information at any given time. Users will also be able to give up their access, by visiting Special:Preferences.
Users with different permissions will be able to see different levels of information.
- Location, Organization and ISP will only be visible to admins and above (checkusers, sysops etc)
- Everything else will be visible to autoconfirmed and above users.
- Non autoconfirmed users will not be able to obtain access to the IP Information.

Mockups


Popup	Info icon to activate popup	IP Information box on Special:Contributions	Activating and removing access

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Status	Subtype	Assigned	Task
Open		None	T261555 Allow CheckUser to provide IP addresses for logged in edits/actions
Resolved		STran	T298955 Return different data from IPInfo api based on context [M]
Resolved		STran	T300825 IPInfo logger should queue a logging job instead of writing directly
Open		None	T285977 IP Info
Open		None	T268657 Epic: IP Info popup
Invalid		None	T270320 Display block and contribs info in popup
Resolved		• Niharika	T286661 Create framework for fetching on-wiki information [L]
Resolved		phuedx	T270318 Block info in the popup [M]
Resolved	Spike	• TThoabala	T293263 [SPIKE] Investigate getting number of past block for IP (including IP ranges) [8H]
Resolved		• wikitrent	T270319 Contribs info in the popup [M]
Resolved		• wikitrent	T286662 Display block and contribs info in popup and infobox [S]
Resolved		• wikitrent	T293639 Ensure the number 0 is a valid value for formattedData
Resolved		• Niharika	T271675 Create loading and error states for the IP info box and popup [M]
Resolved		• Niharika	T251602 Draft: Build a prototype for the IP info feature
Open		None	T251933 Add IP Info (ASN & Geolocation) to requests to MediaWiki
Declined		Tchanders	T268294 Ensure the necessary data files are present and accessible on beta for IP Info to function
Resolved		• TThoabala	T267235 Add performance instrumentation to IP Info extension [M]
Resolved		jwang	T273010 Investigate whether link click actions on the page are captured now in any schema
Resolved		• wikitrent	T271673 Fix padding and typography issues in the IP info box [M]
Duplicate		None	T271670 Figure out what the IP info box should show when some information is not available
Declined		None	T269767 Add Domain info to the IP Information box
Open		None	T287647 IP Information accordion on Special:Contribs
Resolved	Oct 20 2020	Tchanders	T264905 Switching mock data in IP Info for live data
Resolved	Dec 15 2020	Tchanders	T269267 Add ISP info to IPInfo API response
Resolved	Dec 15 2020	Tchanders	T269268 Add the connection type to the IPInfo API response
Resolved		STran	T271672 Add help text for Connection Method and Connection Owner in IPInfo infobox [M]
Resolved		STran	T269304 Add connection owner to the IP Information box [M]
Resolved		STran	T269760 Add proxy information to the API for pulling it in the IP Information box
Open		None	T271671 V2: Add indicators to proxy field in IP Info to mark which ones could be problematic
Resolved		STran	T290941 Preserve open/collapsed state of the accordion [M]
Resolved	BUG REPORT	• Niharika	T294914 Preserve open/collapsed state of the accordion Fails in IE [L]
Open		None	T269764 Add "Number of users on this IP" to the API for pulling into the IP Information box
In Progress		None	T269763 Add Static / Dynamic value to the IP Information box [M]
Resolved		STran	T288933 Fetch information about an IP from the MaxMind GeoIP2 Enterprise database
Resolved	BUG REPORT	• TThoabala	T293011 Infobox (accordion) is inserted before partial block notice [M]
Resolved		Tchanders	T295462 The infobox and popup should display properties from different sources in a given order [L]
Resolved		STran	T295466 The columns in the infobox should expand to fill the width of the container [M]
Open		None	T292704 Show global contribution info in the infobox and popup
Resolved	Spike	• Niharika	T292623 [SPIKE] Investigate getting global contribution information for IP Info [8H]
Invalid		None	T297701 Record recent IP contributions in the ipinfo_ip_changes table [M]
Resolved		Tchanders	T297696 Create ipinfo_ip_changes table [M]
Duplicate		None	T298901 Create ipinfo_ip_changes table
Resolved		• Niharika	T287648 Reviews and deployment
Resolved		Tchanders	T260597 Deploy IP Info extension to all wikis (as a beta feature)
Resolved		• Niharika	T261372 Replace mock data returned from API endpoint with live data
Resolved		• AGueyte	T306212 Remove AdHocDebug logging for investigating duplicate log entries
Resolved		STran	T296480 Enable the ipinfo instrument in production
Resolved		STran	T304438 Enable IP Info instrumentation in testwiki
Resolved		• AGueyte	T307493 Update IPInfo disclaimer per Legal
Resolved		Dzahn	T288844 Update MaxMind GeoIP2 license key and product IDs for application servers
Resolved	BUG REPORT	Clement_Goubert	T288375 IPInfo MediaWiki extension depends on presence of maxmind db in the container/host
Open	Spike	• Niharika	T263637 Determine on which pages IPInfo should be available
Resolved		• Niharika	T292755 Epic: IP Info access
Resolved		STran	T292842 Log when the user's access level changes
Resolved		• Niharika	T263756 Create a table to store which users have access to IPInfo, and the timestamp when access was granted [L]
Resolved		Tchanders	T264795 Decide how we want to store how we log which users have access to IP Info [8 hours]
Invalid		None	T291827 Create IPInfo access manager
Invalid		None	T291854 Create revoke user access maintenance script
Invalid		None	T296186 Create a group that revokes all ipinfo* rights
Resolved		STran	T264150 User needs to request access to IP information [L]
Resolved		STran	T291582 Implement condition agreements in Special:Preferences [M]
Resolved	Spike	phuedx	T291583 [SPIKE] Check that IPInfo-related user properties aren't replicated to publicly accessible databases [8H]
Resolved		STran	T294658 Create a log entry when the RevisionHandler is called
Resolved		• TThoabala	T294657 Create a log entry when the LogHandler is called
Resolved		phuedx	T294680 IP Info: Create a logger function to be used in both the popup and accordion presenters [M]
Declined		Tchanders	T296184 Automatically promote users to the group that grants basic rights
Resolved		STran	T296085 Create a group that grants basic ipinfo* rights
Resolved		STran	T296499 Grant certain groups the ipinfo-view-full right
Resolved		Tchanders	T260598 Deploy IP Info extension to test.wikipedia.org
Resolved		Tchanders	T260599 Deploy IP Info extension to beta cluster
Resolved		sbassett	T262963 Security Readiness Review For geoip2/geoip2
Resolved	Dec 15 2020	Tchanders	T266136 Update CI config once geoip2 is available
Resolved		Tchanders	T269475 Add geoip2/geoip2 library to mediawiki/vendor
Resolved		Tchanders	T260602 Complete the necessary reviews for the IP Info extension
Invalid		None	T260601 Remove the static mock data from the popup and make a request to the API endpoint for dynamic mock data
Resolved	Sep 22 2020	Tchanders	T260603 Create an API endpoint that accepts a log id or revision id and returns mock data about the IP address
Resolved	Sep 22 2020	Tchanders	T260604 Display a popup with fixed mock data for an IP address on the specified page(s)
Resolved		Tchanders	T260605 Add IP Info extension to translatewiki.net
Resolved		dbarratt	T260607 Deploy the IP Info extension to The Good Place
Resolved		Tchanders	T260609 Create a basic extension.json file and a new wikipage for the IP Info extension
Resolved		dbarratt	T260611 Request a repository for the IP Info Extension
Resolved		Tchanders	T260610 Request the necessary reviews of the IP Info extension
Resolved		sbassett	T260822 Security review of IP Info extension
Resolved		• Niharika	T260821 Performance review of IP Info extension
Invalid		None	T270347 Remove 'ipinfo' right from administrators on the Beta Cluster
Stalled		None	T309318 Can global sysops have ipinfo-view-full and ipinfo-view-log access?
Resolved	Security	Urbanecm	T309411 sysop access to ipinfo logs can leak IP addresses that sysops should not have access to
Resolved		Urbanecm	T309928 Remove `ipinfo-view-log` from sysops

Event Timeline

• Niharika triaged this task as Medium priority.Jul 1 2021, 8:19 PM

• Niharika created this task.

Restricted Application added a subscriber: Aklapper. · View Herald TranscriptJul 1 2021, 8:19 PM

• Niharika added a project: IP Info.Jul 1 2021, 8:19 PM

• Niharika added a project: Epic.Jul 1 2021, 8:22 PM

• Niharika updated the task description. (Show Details)

• Niharika added subtasks: T268657: Epic: IP Info popup, T271672: Add help text for Connection Method and Connection Owner in IPInfo infobox [M], T271675: Create loading and error states for the IP info box and popup [M], T260821: Performance review of IP Info extension, T251602: Draft: Build a prototype for the IP info feature, T260602: Complete the necessary reviews for the IP Info extension, T268294: Ensure the necessary data files are present and accessible on beta for IP Info to function, T267235: Add performance instrumentation to IP Info extension [M], T271671: V2: Add indicators to proxy field in IP Info to mark which ones could be problematic, T271673: Fix padding and typography issues in the IP info box [M], T271670: Figure out what the IP info box should show when some information is not available, T260598: Deploy IP Info extension to test.wikipedia.org, T260610: Request the necessary reviews of the IP Info extension, T269767: Add Domain info to the IP Information box, T260597: Deploy IP Info extension to all wikis (as a beta feature), T251933: Add IP Info (ASN & Geolocation) to requests to MediaWiki.Jul 14 2021, 3:43 PM

• Niharika closed subtask T251602: Draft: Build a prototype for the IP info feature as Resolved.

• Niharika updated the task description. (Show Details)Jul 28 2021, 9:22 PM

• Niharika closed subtask T269767: Add Domain info to the IP Information box as Declined.Jul 28 2021, 10:15 PM

• Niharika mentioned this in T287647: IP Information accordion on Special:Contribs.Jul 28 2021, 11:10 PM

• Niharika removed a subtask: T271671: V2: Add indicators to proxy field in IP Info to mark which ones could be problematic.Jul 28 2021, 11:14 PM

• Niharika removed a subtask: T271672: Add help text for Connection Method and Connection Owner in IPInfo infobox [M].

• Niharika updated the task description. (Show Details)Jul 28 2021, 11:18 PM

• Niharika mentioned this in T287648: Reviews and deployment.Jul 28 2021, 11:32 PM

• Niharika removed subtasks: T260597: Deploy IP Info extension to all wikis (as a beta feature), T260610: Request the necessary reviews of the IP Info extension, T260598: Deploy IP Info extension to test.wikipedia.org, T260602: Complete the necessary reviews for the IP Info extension, T260821: Performance review of IP Info extension.Jul 28 2021, 11:35 PM

• Niharika closed subtask T271673: Fix padding and typography issues in the IP info box [M] as Resolved.Aug 16 2021, 10:24 PM

• Niharika added a subtask: T264150: User needs to request access to IP information [L].Sep 15 2021, 2:28 AM

• Niharika updated the task description. (Show Details)Sep 17 2021, 10:03 PM

• Niharika moved this task from Next to Now on the AHT-Roadmap board.Sep 20 2021, 5:19 PM

• Niharika mentioned this in T267403: IPInfo: Show country in the popup [M].Oct 6 2021, 4:46 PM

phuedx added a subtask: T292755: Epic: IP Info access.Oct 7 2021, 3:03 PM

phuedx removed a subtask: T264150: User needs to request access to IP information [L].Oct 8 2021, 1:39 PM

• Niharika closed subtask T271675: Create loading and error states for the IP info box and popup [M] as Resolved.Nov 3 2021, 5:07 AM

@Niharika was there a task in which the choice of data source was discussed and MaxMind was selected? I am using MaxMind a bit more lately and am learning about some important limitations. I would like to open a task if one doesn't exist.