[Config change] Offer Topic Subscriptions (desktop) as opt-out feature at all projects
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	• ppelberg
	Aug 20 2022, 12:39 AM

Description

This task involves the work of making Topic Subscriptions available by default on desktop to everyone who is logged in at all Wikimedia wikis

Deployment timing

Tuesday, 30 August 2022

Requirements

People who meet the criteria below will see subscribe links next to all == H2== section headings, across namespaces, that contain discussions:

People visiting Wikipedia using a desktop skin at any of the wikis listed in ===Deployment wikis below
People who are logged in

NOTE: per T294398, only new accounts should see the Automatically subscribe to topics setting within Special:Preferences ENABLED

Deployment wikis

All Wikimedia wikis

Done

All ===Requirements are met
@ppelberg to update Talk pages project/Deployment status

Details

Due Date: Aug 30 2022, 5:00 PM

	Subject	Repo	Branch	Lines +/-
	Make DiscussionTools topicsubscription, autotopicsub opt-out on all wikis	operations/mediawiki-config	master	+2 -46

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Status	Assigned	Task
Open	None	T276497 Scale DiscussionTools to all projects
Open	None	T251207 [Epic] Scale DiscussionTools to all Wikipedias
Resolved	• ppelberg	T284489 Deploy topic subscriptions (desktop) as opt-out feature at all projects
Resolved	matmarex	T315714 [Config change] Offer Topic Subscriptions (desktop) as opt-out feature at all projects

Event Timeline

• ppelberg created this task.Aug 20 2022, 12:39 AM

• ppelberg added a subtask: T300904: Verify Automatic Topic Subscriptions are enabled in expected ways.

• ppelberg moved this task from Backlog to Triaged on the DiscussionTools board.

• ppelberg edited projects, added Editing-team (Kanban Board); removed Editing-team.

• ppelberg updated the task description. (Show Details)Aug 26 2022, 12:14 AM

• ppelberg moved this task from Incoming to Ready to Be Worked On on the Editing-team (Kanban Board) board.Aug 26 2022, 8:20 PM

• ppelberg set Due Date to Aug 30 2022, 7:00 AM.

• ppelberg changed Due Date from Aug 30 2022, 7:00 AM to Aug 30 2022, 5:00 PM.

• ppelberg added a subscriber: matmarex.

Change 827548 had a related patch set uploaded (by Bartosz Dziewoński; author: Bartosz Dziewoński):

[operations/mediawiki-config@master] Make DiscussionTools topicsubscription, autotopicsub opt-out on all wikis

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/827548

gerritbot added a project: Patch-For-Review.Aug 29 2022, 7:24 PM

Scheduled: https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Deployments#deploycal-item-20220830T1300

Change 827548 merged by jenkins-bot:

[operations/mediawiki-config@master] Make DiscussionTools topicsubscription, autotopicsub opt-out on all wikis

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/827548

Maintenance_bot removed a project: Patch-For-Review.Aug 30 2022, 1:30 PM

Mentioned in SAL (#wikimedia-operations) [2022-08-30T13:34:34Z] <urbanecm@deploy1002> Synchronized wmf-config/InitialiseSettings.php: 25500e503954bdd61d991ef18d45a514e5591be4: Make DiscussionTools topicsubscription, autotopicsub opt-out on all wikis (T315714) (duration: 03m 56s)

matmarex moved this task from Doing to QA on the Editing-team (Kanban Board) board.Aug 30 2022, 3:09 PM

matmarex added a project: Editing QA.

Ryasmeen edited projects, added Verified; removed Editing QA.Aug 30 2022, 9:22 PM

Ryasmeen moved this task from QA to Ready for Sign Off on the Editing-team (Kanban Board) board.

• ppelberg closed this task as Resolved.Aug 31 2022, 12:41 AM

VPuffetMichel removed a project: OWC2020.Sep 8 2022, 4:23 PM

• ppelberg removed a subtask: T300904: Verify Automatic Topic Subscriptions are enabled in expected ways.Sep 10 2022, 12:37 AM

[Config change] Offer Topic Subscriptions (desktop) as opt-out feature at all projectsClosed, ResolvedPublicActions