The editnotice API doesn't pass a title object when expanding user permission errors, causing things like {{ROOTPAGENAME}} to fall back on (incorrect) $wgTitle defaults. An example of this can be seen at https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=visualeditor&paction=metadata&page=User:Vahurzpu/common.js&uselang=en&formatversion=2 (search for "Badtitle/dummy title for API calls set in api.php"
This seems to have been a case missed by T300184, which corrected most similar cases
| Status | Subtype | Assigned | Task | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Resolved | BUG REPORT | Vahurzpu | T313262 This userscript is protected editnotice refers to "User:Badtitle/dummy title for API calls set in api.php" as the relevant user | ||
| Resolved | Vahurzpu | T313372 VisualEditor editnotice API doesn't set a page title when expanding user permission errors |
Change 815426 had a related patch set uploaded (by Vahurzpu; author: Vahurzpu):
[mediawiki/extensions/VisualEditor@master] ApiVisualEditor: set title when expanding permission editnotices
Change 815426 merged by jenkins-bot:
[mediawiki/extensions/VisualEditor@master] ApiVisualEditor: set title when expanding permission editnotices
Thank you for the bug report and the fix!
The patch will be deployed to Wikimedia wikis next week, 26-28 July, per the usual schedule.