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Ensure User::addGroup is not called on temporary users from WikiLambda extension
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Following T340470, Ensure that User::addGroup is not called on temporary users in WikiLambda extension
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• TThoabala created this task.Jun 28 2023, 8:39 AM
Maintenance_bot added a project: Abstract Wikipedia team.Jun 28 2023, 8:46 AM
Jdforrester-WMF moved this task from To Triage to To triage: After launch on the Abstract Wikipedia team board.Jun 29 2023, 5:43 PM
Jdforrester-WMF claimed this task.Aug 2 2023, 3:55 PM
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This is inside a function that's only ever called from a maintenance script, on User::newSystemUser, so I think everything's fine?

There's wider work we should probably do, but I think we can call this Invalid.

DVrandecic reassigned this task from Jdforrester-WMF to • TThoabala.Aug 3 2023, 3:16 AM
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Assigning back to @TThoabala for review based on @Jdforrester-WMF 's answer.

Tchanders closed this task as Invalid.Aug 14 2023, 10:33 AM
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