The upload wizard doesn't realize that it should untick the "Same as caption" option to copy the field. Super annoying, especially now that it requires a caption, when it didn't before.

Change #1032711 had a related patch set uploaded (by Matthias Mullie; author: Matthias Mullie):

[mediawiki/extensions/UploadWizard@master] Remove complicated synchronization of caption/description inputs

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1032711

Change #1032711 merged by jenkins-bot:

[mediawiki/extensions/UploadWizard@master] Remove complicated synchronization of caption/description inputs

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1032711

Change #1032824 had a related patch set uploaded (by Matthias Mullie; author: Matthias Mullie):

[mediawiki/extensions/UploadWizard@wmf/1.43.0-wmf.5] Remove complicated synchronization of caption/description inputs

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1032824

Checked on commons beta - single upload/multiple upload (and I've read the original discussion on Commons:Upload_Wizard_feedback#Issues_on_the_new_version).
The workflow that might cause some confusion
Steps:

• Special:UploadWizard - add a single file
• Properly fill in all required fields in Release rights fields
• In the Describe step - the "Same as caption" checkbox is checked
• Now, I'm filling in the Description field first, before the Caption field. i.e. click on the "Same as caption" checkbox to un-check it, so the description field is displayed.
• Then I change my mind and click on the "Same as caption" checkbox to make it checked and enter some text in the Caption field

If after that I want to make sure that the "Same as caption" checkbox does its job and filled the Description field with the same text as in the Caption field, I have no way to confirm it, since the Description field is collapsed when the "Same as caption" checkbox is checked. If I un-check the "Same as caption" checkbox - I will see my previously entered text.

It'd be useful to have the Description field be available to preview at any point of workflow ( i.e. the case with the same text as the Caption field).

Works as expected in commons beta.

Note:

• in a multiple files upload make sure that "Copy information to all uploads following..." options will copy Description of the first file to other files in the upload.

Change #1032824 merged by jenkins-bot:

[mediawiki/extensions/UploadWizard@wmf/1.43.0-wmf.5] Remove complicated synchronization of caption/description inputs

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1032824

Mentioned in SAL (#wikimedia-operations) [2024-05-21T08:04:47Z] <mlitn@deploy1002> Started scap: Backport for [[gerrit:1032824|Remove complicated synchronization of caption/description inputs (T365119)]]

Mentioned in SAL (#wikimedia-operations) [2024-05-21T08:07:25Z] <mlitn@deploy1002> mlitn: Backport for [[gerrit:1032824|Remove complicated synchronization of caption/description inputs (T365119)]] synced to the testservers (https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mwdebug)

Mentioned in SAL (#wikimedia-operations) [2024-05-21T08:22:27Z] <mlitn@deploy1002> Finished scap: Backport for [[gerrit:1032824|Remove complicated synchronization of caption/description inputs (T365119)]] (duration: 17m 40s)