Error Opening Finnish Wikipedia Links from Spotlight Search on iOS
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	May 17 2024, 12:32 AM

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Steps to replicate the issue (include links if applicable):

Search something in Spotlight, so that you get a result for a Wikipedia entry:

*Tap the result and then tap these links (in my case I searched for “ydinvoimala’ which is ‘nuclear power plant’):
*If it’s a link to Finnish Wikipedia, this will happen.
*If it’s a link to English Wikipedia, the link works as expected, and open in the app.

What happens?:
An error message appears.

What should have happened instead?:
Open the article to read normally.

Version: WikipediaApp/7.5.0.3563 (iOS 17.4.1; Phone)

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Mentioned Here: T341898: Bug: Error 'WMF.RequestError error 0'

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ARamadan-WMF created this task.May 17 2024, 12:32 AM

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ARamadan-WMF assigned this task to ABorbaWMF.May 17 2024, 12:33 AM

+1 with the Russian language:

image-27-04-24-04-05 (2).jpeg (1,284×2,637 px, 244 KB)

And this is video shows the issue.

+1 report with the Russian language again .

This error has come up before T341898

I have not been able to reproduce this one in Finnish or Russian. I am curious about how they use Spotlight when watching the video and looking at the screenshots. They seem to be tapping Siri knowledge after a spotlight search, which opens a Siri screen containing the Wikipedia icon. When I tap the Wikipedia icon, it works for me. However, I'm not sure that I am following their steps exactly. I suggest they update the App and iOS device to the latest. If this is still happening, please add a a screenshot or video from the beginning of the spotlight search to get a clearer sense of what led to the issue.

3 users were contacted, one report was from a Finish Wiki user and the other two were from the Rusian Wiki users. once they reply the ticket will be updated.

HNordeenWMF moved this task from Needs Triage to Bug Backlog on the Wikipedia-iOS-App board.Jun 11 2024, 5:23 PM

I’m seeing the same behavior, with German articles working in my case.
And all other links that most likely link to Wikipedia articles in English (or other languages) fail with the given error message.

I’m happy to provide debug logs or even remote hands to one of you, if interested.

I can add that one thing I had suspected to make a difference does in fact not do so:
the language set for the Wikipedia app makes no difference whatsoever. I live in Germany, have most of my regional defaults set to German standards, but iOS system language is English, and also the Wikipedia app language set via Settings > Wikipedia > Language is set to “English” (see screenshot below). Changing that to German however makes no difference in regards to the bug.

HNordeenWMF added a project: iOS-Bug-Backlog.Feb 12 2025, 5:42 PM

Seddon edited projects, added: Wikipedia-iOS-App (Bug Backlog); removed: Wikipedia-iOS-App.Aug 15 2025, 9:21 AM

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