makeMailingList.php: "in_array() expects parameter 2 to be array, null given" and "Undefined index: central-lists"
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	brennen
	Aug 20 2021, 1:19 PM

Description

Error

mwversion: 1.37.0-wmf.19
reqId: 27c55f3f4f24f44bdff6b03e
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normalized_message

[{reqId}] {exception_url}   PHP Warning: in_array() expects parameter 2 to be array, null given

exception.trace

from /srv/mediawiki/php-1.37.0-wmf.19/extensions/SecurePoll/cli/wm-scripts/makeMailingList.php(150)
#0 [internal function]: MWExceptionHandler::handleError(integer, string, string, integer, array)
#1 /srv/mediawiki/php-1.37.0-wmf.19/extensions/SecurePoll/cli/wm-scripts/makeMailingList.php(150): in_array(string, NULL)
#2 /srv/mediawiki/php-1.37.0-wmf.19/maintenance/doMaintenance.php(108): MediaWiki\Extensions\SecurePoll\MakeMailingList->execute()
#3 /srv/mediawiki/php-1.37.0-wmf.19/extensions/SecurePoll/cli/wm-scripts/makeMailingList.php(336): require_once(string)
#4 /srv/mediawiki/multiversion/MWScript.php(116): require_once(string)
#5 {main}

Also:

normalized_message

[{reqId}] {exception_url}   PHP Notice: Undefined index: central-lists

exception.trace

from /srv/mediawiki/php-1.37.0-wmf.19/extensions/SecurePoll/cli/wm-scripts/makeMailingList.php(150)
#0 /srv/mediawiki/php-1.37.0-wmf.19/extensions/SecurePoll/cli/wm-scripts/makeMailingList.php(150): MWExceptionHandler::handleError(integer, string, string, integer, array)
#1 /srv/mediawiki/php-1.37.0-wmf.19/maintenance/doMaintenance.php(108): MediaWiki\Extensions\SecurePoll\MakeMailingList->execute()
#2 /srv/mediawiki/php-1.37.0-wmf.19/extensions/SecurePoll/cli/wm-scripts/makeMailingList.php(336): require_once(string)
#3 /srv/mediawiki/multiversion/MWScript.php(116): require_once(string)
#4 {main}

Impact

I don't know if there's any user-facing impact to this. I noticed these in logs just now when logspam-watch was taking an unusually long time for a single run through logfiles.